OREANDA-NEWS. October 20, 2011. The State Corporation “Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs (Vnesheconombank)” and Germany’s BHF-BANK Aktiengesellschaft, a leading provider of export and commodity finance with a long track record in structured export finance in Russia and other Eastern European countries, have signed several individual loan agreements. These facilities will finance the supply of German equipment as part of the project aimed at developing and engineering the production of a new family of YAMZ-530 engines with an engine capacity range of 120-315 hp implemented by OJSC Avtodiesel (YAMZ).

The agreements were signed on behalf of Vnesheconombank by Petr Fradkov, Member of the Board – Deputy Chairman, and on behalf of BHF-BANK Aktiengesellschaft by Walter Schwertner, Vice President and Uschi Kirchner, Vice President.

Within the scope of the above documents, BHF-BANK Aktiengesellschaft will provide Vnesheconombank with loans totalling EUR 31.48 million. The amount of the loan agreement with Euler Hermes coverage is EUR 26.89 million. The total tenor of the Euler Hermes-backed financing is 8 years. The commercial loan agreement amounts to EUR 4.59 million.

The implementation of this project will help to meet demand among Russian manufacturers of trucks, agricultural and road construction equipment for competitive diesel engines assembled as far as possible using Russian-made components and parts. The launch of a new production facility with a high proportion of local input will help to ensure that products have lower unit costs than similar imported goods.