16968.jpg

OREANDA-NEWS. St. Petersburg plant Toyota in August of 2016 will begin the production of the crossover Toyota RAV4, which will become the second model in the enterprise assembly line.

At the end of 2015 the production capacity of the plant was doubled - from 50 to 100 thousand cars per year. There were enlarged squares of shops; it was expanded product lines, installed new equipment in all departments, including robotic welding line of the body, as well as the equipment needed to increase automation in the assembly shop and in the shop of stamping.

Investment in the project to expand the production capacity and to prepare for the launch of Toyota RAV4 to date is 7.1 billion rubles. Total investment in the company was 18.2 billion rubles.

The modernized production lines will permit the company in May of 2016 to double the speed of the conveyor. At the same time at the initial stage the plant will go to work in one shift, by maximum using of capacity production lines. To solve the problem of production volume increase at the plant it will be created about 800 new jobs.