KAMAZ and NEFAZ are Best
OJSC KAMAZ and its affiliate OAO NEFAZ are again among Russia’s best exporters according to the last year results.
This news was announced by the RF Ministry of Industry and Trade supporting export of industrial products and conducting the annual All-Russian contest for the title “The Best Russian Exporter” in 16 main industries in three nominations – “Best Exporter of Industry”, “Best Exporter of Industry to the CIS Countries” and “Most Quickly Developing Exporter of Industry”.
Again, already for the 11th time in succession, OJSC KAMAZ won in the first of the above mentioned nominations in the “Mechanical Engineering” industry, and its daughter enterprise from Bashkortostan producing specialized equipment and buses on KAMAZ chassis became the most successful machine-building enterprise exporting its products to the CIS countries.
In 2009 OJSC KAMAZ sold over 3.9 thousand KAMAZ trucks and spare parts for them to the tune of 1 billion 354 million roubles to 42 foreign countries. Even when the crisis first of all affected the work of automotive enterprises KAMAZ managed to hold its positions as the leader in the Russian machine building production export and even increase its share on the main foreign markets. Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Ukraine are among the top three countries by purchase amount of KAMAZ production. Delivery of a large batch of trucks (400 units) to Yemen should be mentioned here.
On the whole, by all activities in 2009, KAMAZ won in the All-Russian contest “Company of the Year” among the Russian machine building enterprises.
The RF Ministry of Industry and Trade also announced that the award presentation ceremony would take place in the cultural center of the Chief Directorate for Service of the Diplomatic Corps under the RF Ministry of Foreign Affairs on July 1, 2010.
Wednesday, 16 June 2010
Award for Services
Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev awarded the racing drivers of the KAMAZ-master team, the winners of the “Dakar-2010” International Rally Raid which was held this January.
The Order “For Services to the Fatherland” 4th Class was awarded to pilots Vladimir Chagin and Firdaus Kabirov, navigator Sergey Savostin and leader of the KAMAZ-master team Semyon Yakubov. Pilot Ilgizar Mardeev and mechanic Eduard Nikolaev were awarded the Order of Friendship. The title “Honoured Worker of Transport of Russia” was given to Sergey Kogogin, Director General of OJSC KAMAZ – a titular sponsor of the team.
Routes of the last two “Dakars” passed through the territories of Argentina and Chile, and both were victorious for the KAMAZ-master team. Vladimir Chagin became the winner of today’s most prestigious rally marathon for the sixth time in his career. His crew consisting of navigator Sergey Savostin and mechanic Eduard Nikolaev performed best of all on the stages of “Dakar-2010” nine times, and Vladimir himself brought the number of his “Dakar” victories up to 56, having established a record among all-class participants of the whole race history.
Two-fold “Dakar” winner Firdaus Kabirov’s crew consisting of navigator Aydar Belyaev and mechanic Andrey Mokeev became the second one, having gained 5 victories on stages. Firdaus Kabirov overstepped the mark of 30 victories on “Dakar” stages.
Ilgizar Mardeev’s crew took fifth place, having won in the last stage of this off-road rally.
Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev noted that KAMAZ-master was the only team which had managed to finish the race without losses. All three crews finished among the leaders. “The ninth victory of the KAMAZ-master team is an additional evidence of the Russian sportsmen’s first class, as well as demonstration of excellent potential of the domestic automotive equipment,” he said.
Wednesday, 16 June 2010