OREANDA-NEWS. Ukrainian "AvtoKrAZ" switched to suppliers of European countries and in 2015 it abandoned completely parts of Russian production.

According to the agency "Prime", the volume of the engines, which was ordered monthly by "KrAZ" at the Yaroslavl Motor Plant, was fulfilled by Minsk Motor Plant, the company Deutz, Cummins, Daimler, Fiat, WEICHAI, Ford, Toyota. In addition, at the request of customers, "KrAZ" can equip trucks by Yaroslavl engines from inventory of enterprise.

As noted, even in 2014, the dependence of "AvtoKrAZ" from Russian suppliers has fallen by approximately 30% compared to a year before. And in 2015 "KrAZ" completely stopped the purchase of materials and components from Russian manufacturers: not only engines, but also steel, electrical equipment, forging, rubber products, bearings and more.

In particular, the electric equipment is bought by "KrAZ" in Poland, Belarus, bearings - in Poland, Turkey, India, wire products mastered in Krivoy Rog, sheet metal - in Poland, the Czech Republic, China is worked out, "Zaporizhstal" is almost completely covers the delivery of Novolipetsk Steel Plant.

Public Joint Stock Company "AvtoKrAZ" is among the top ten world's leading manufacturers of heavy trucks and it is the only Ukrainian producer of heavy trucks, it has a closed production cycle and it is a financial-industrial group "Finance and Credit”.