OREANDA-NEWS. January 27, 2011.  Sergey Kogogin and other top managers of OJSC KAMAZ visited NEFAZ, KAMAZ’s subsidiary in Bashkortostan. They saw the main production facilities in the development of which KAMAZ invested its money during last year.

These are the third stage of a painting complex, welding robots in a dump truck production department, automatic machines and a robot in a hydraulic cylinder production department, new conveyor lines in a bus production department, a maintenance crew vehicle production department.

“Last time I visited this enterprise half a year ago, and I’m impressed by those great changes it has seen since then,” Sergey Kogogin said. “NEFAZ adopted the latest technologies and mounted up-to-date equipment, and it works. Currently, the main task is to utilize the machines efficiently: in this case all expenditures will be covered as soon as possible.”

Also, NEFAZ successfully develops its Production System based on Lean Production. Yury Klochkov, Chairman of the Board of Directors of NEFAZ, First Deputy Director General of OJSC KAMAZ – CEO; Irek Gumerov, Deputy Director General of OJSC KAMAZ for Development; Eugeny Pronin, Deputy Director General of OJSC KAMAZ for Sales and Service; Danis Valeev, Design Manager of R&D Center; and Ravil Khisamutdinov, Director of Technological Center, met and discussed development of the model range of passenger buses, dumpers, special and towed vehicles.

In conclusion, Director General of KAMAZ noted that NEFAZ coped with its tasks in the crisis period, and, despite all difficulties, cleared a profit in 2010 showing high financial and economic performance.