OREANDA-NEWS. May 21, 2009. The delegation from Bashkortostan headed by Rail Sarbaev, Prime Minister of Bashkortostan Government, will arrive at KAMAZ with a business visit. The guests are accompanied by the representatives of Tatarstan Government with its Prime Minister Rustam Minnikhanov.

It is planned to visit Automobile Plant and KAMAZ-Diesel, Cummins Kama Joint Venture. Later the members of the delegation will move to KAMAZ R&D Center where they will see an exhibition of special equipment produced by enterprises of the corporation (tractors, buses, fire-fighting equipment, etc.).

The guests will be shown potential of a legendary sports vehicle KAMAZ-4911 EXTREME, a repeated winner of many international contests, including Paris-Dakar super marathon. Firdaus Kabirov, a famous racer of the KAMAZ-master team, will drive the vehicle. In conclusion the parties will hold negotiations at the end of which an agreement on cooperation between Bashkortostan Government and KAMAZ Inc. will be signed. The point of the agreement is support and development of the enterprises of the KAMAZ Group located in Bashkortostan – OAO NEFAZ and OAO Tuimazy Concrete Delivery Truck Works.

KAMAZ Inc. is the largest truck and diesel engine producer in the Russian Federation. The company ranks 11th in the world by truck output volumes and takes 8th place by diesel engine production. KAMAZ Inc. established 4 joint ventures with leading world manufacturers of automobile components: ZF KAMA (gearboxes), Cummins Kama (engines), Knorr Bremse Kama (brake systems and other chassis units), Federal Mogul Naberezhnye Chelny (piston assemblies).