OREANDA-NEWS. March 05, 2011. Manfred Kindermann, Director General of OOO KNORR-BREMSE KAMA Russian-German Joint Venture, received a state award of the All-Russian Economic Forum “Leaders of Modernization” in the nomination “Enterprise of the Year”.

The award is instituted to support the president’s project for modernization of Russia’s economy. The annual contest is held for the second time under the auspices of the RF State Duma, Council of the Federation and Ministry of Economic Development. Nominees are chosen on the basis of an analytical study of data of the Federal State Statistics Service, rating agencies, information of mass media and other open sources.

OOO KNORR-BREMSE KAMA was established in Naberezhnye Chelny in 2007 as a part of KAMAZ’s single technological cycle for production of trucks, buses and other vehicles. According to the business plan of the project, the JV is meant for annual production of 220 thousand drum and disk brakes, 108 thousand brake chambers, 240 thousand vibration dampers, and 543 thousand automatic regulating levers. Its production was launched in October 2008. The JV successfully develops its technologies and localizes production. As one of projects realized in this area, the JV started up equipment processing brake calipers, the main parts of drum brakes. In 2010, the enterprise launched a production line for manufacture of vibration dampers for KAMAZ trucks and other vehicles produced domestically.

During the first calendar year of operation, and at the height of the global economic crisis at that, the enterprise reached a breakeven point. And later on, its economy and production began to make it. While in 2009 the volume of marketable products was 796 million roubles, 113.5 thousand drum brakes, in 2010 it exceeded 1.4 billion roubles. During the passed year, 163 thousand drum brakes and 21 thousand vibration dampers were produced. And to date, the production volumes of KNORR-BREMSE KAMA completely satisfy the current production plans of KAMAZ. The number of employees also grows: last year it exceeded 100 people. In 2009-2010, the enterprise became the best supplier of automobile components for KAMAZ among all JVs operating in Naberezhnye Chelny.

Manfred Kindermann has been at the head of OOO KNORR-BREMSE KAMA since the very beginning and is held in high respect by his personnel. Special mention should be made of the German accuracy and transparency of the enterprise.