OREANDA-NEWS. KAMAZ and the company "Severstal" during the coordinating council that was held in Naberezhnye Chelny agreed on a joint program on import substitution of parts of the frames, manufactured under the brand name "KAMAZ".

As part of these initiatives, "Severstal" has already delivered to KAMAZ an experimental lot of spars, made from high-strength steel grades in one of the service centers of the Cherepovets Metallurgical Plant. This is the first step to replace foreign manufacturers that supply the Russian market spars and amplifiers for trucks.

During the held Coordinating Council the parties also discussed issues of further cooperation in the development of new products of high strength steel grades, improved logistics and reduce delivery time.

"Severstal" and KAMAZ have agreed to establish a quality council, in which it will be possible to make quick decisions about the prospects of development of new products. The parties also agreed to consider the possibility of transition from applied today the high grade steel 20GYUT, used for the production of spars, to more promising steel grade S550, which is superior the previous analogue by strength properties and formability. Transition to the new steel grade will improve the performance of vehicles.

According to the Deputy General Director of KAMAZ, Director of Development, Yrek Gumerov, the Coordinating Council – is an important part of the relationship of KAMAZ and "Severstal". "This meeting – is a new stage in the cooperation between our companies in the scientific and technical point of view, the joint development of the technology, which also solves the actual problem on import substitution of products”, - he said.

"The result of our joint work will improve the quality of products of both companies, it applies both the improve of the technology of production of high-strength steels as well as the production of quality, demanded by the market vehicles," - said the director of "Severstal Russian Steel", Sergei Toropov.