OREANDA-NEWS. February 24, 2014. With accordance with the Manufacturing Plan for New Products for 2014, Poltava Brake Components Plant, strategic partner of “AutoKrAZ”, intends to start pre-production work to bring new generation units to the market of CIS countries.

The plan also involves upgrade of separate units that are high in demand among numerous clients. Improved end-user performance of products will allow better meeting customers of “PAAZ”. 

The products covered by the pre-production and upgrade plan are as follows:  flange type air-assisted hydraulic cutch  booster, handbrakes, electropneumatic valve blocks, brake chambers, coupling heads, automatic moisture drain valve, single-section brake valve, electropneumatic valve. Efforts are underway to develop design documentation and prototypes of products for rolling stock.

Many of these products are in high demand among machine-building companies both of Ukraine and CIS countries.

Completion of works scheduled for 2014 to launch these products will lead to increase in market share by 1,5-2% on average and  additional sales growth.