Ganja Auto Plant: Difference between revisions

Ganja Auto Plant, is an auto assembly plant situated in the Ganja city in Azerbaijan. The factory was founded in 1986 for a production of run of 30,000 "GAZelle" vans according to the project brief. The commissioning was intended to end in 1989 but following a decision of Ministers Cabinets of USSR the construction of the factory was interrupted and the technological project was given to Bryansk automobile plant. The 256 hectares of territory and 50 hectares of production territory stayed without utilization for 15 years.

Construction of an automobile plant was considered by the government after Azerbaijan had obtained its independence. Since 1994 the giant and famous automobile companies of Italy, Korea, Japan, France and Germany have shown interest in the institution, but negotiations held with them ended without result.

Only in December 2004 Ganja automobile plant began its activity and the first car built at the factory was issued. In 2008 the plant produced about 600 cars and tractors.

Products

• tractors

• MAZ trucks

• UAZ suv's

• Vaz Oka

RUS Lada

• VAZ-1111 Oká

RUS UAZ

• UAZ 31512
• UAZ 31514
• UAZ 39094

BLR MAZ trucks

• MAZ 953000-010
• MAZ 642208-232
• MAZ 642205-222

Template:BFlag BelAZ Tractors

• Belarus 801
• Belarus 821
• Belarus 892
• Belarus 1025
• Belarus 1221

History

In December 2004 Gyandzha Auto Plant started its activities and the first car that came out of their production line was presented that year. In the year 2008 the factory produced about 600 vehicles from cars and tractors.

In parallel, this plant serves as one example of Azeri government to show progress in diversifying its economy, always dependent on oil and gas, and has been able to serve other purposes, in particular, to give political proaganda his government, but not to give any autosificiencia in its main weaknesses, such as the import of transport equipment other nations.

Despite the efforts made ​​in this plant by Russian plants, the production is still very low, being just hundreds, where facility on the original idea could accommodate increased production.

Recently Moldova , Belarus and Russia investers have visited the plant in order to see the progress made ​​and the production of their products in this factory.

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