Kamaz

KamAZ Inc.
Native name
 КамАЗ
Public
Traded as MCX: KMAZ
Industry Automotive
Founded 1969
Headquarters Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan, Russia
Key people
 Sergey A. Kogoghin, Director General
Products Trucks and buses
Revenue Increase US$ 3 billion
Owner Russian Technologies State Corporation(49.9%)
Troika Dialog (27.3%)
Daimler AG (11%)
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (4%)
Number of employees
 35,000
Website www.kamaz.ru/en/

KamAZ (Камский Автомобильный Завод – КАМАЗ / Kamskiy Avtomobilny Zavod – translated: Kama Automobile Plant) is a Russian truck manufacturer located in Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan, Russian Federation. KAMAZ opened its doors in 1976. Today, heavy duty models are exported to many areas of the world including Eastern Europe, Latin America, China, the Middle East, Indonesia, India and North Africa. The trucks have won the Dakar Rally a record thirteen times. KAMAZ is the largest truck producer in Russia and the CIS. The factory produces 43,000 trucks a year (2014).[1] Reinforced KAMAZ trucks are used by the Russian army.

History

KamAZ 1-st generation (1976-2000)
KamAZ-535901
KamAZ-6560
USSR 1974 postage stamp featuring a KamAZ truck

In 1969, the Central Committee of the CPSU and Ministerial council of the USSR decided to begin construction of factories for the manufacture of supersized cars in the city of Naberezhnye Chelny.

Construction actually began on 13 December 1969, but the first Kamaz rolled off the main assembly conveyor on 16 February 1976.

In 1987, a manufacturing line for Oka midget cars (VAZ-1111) was unveiled. The first car rolled out on 21 December 1987.

On 25 June 1990, the production association was transformed into an open joint-stock company.

On 14 April 1993, a fire destroyed the Kamaz engine factory.

In 1995, KamAZ embarked on a major company-wide restructuring project involving Western partners such as Cummins and Deloitte & Touche. [2]

Until 2005, Kamaz had a major share in ZMA (Factory of Micro-displacement Cars) that produces the Oka microcar. It was later sold to the Severstal group.

Owners and management

The authorized capital of "KAMAZ" is 35.36 billion rubles. The shareholders of the plant as of June 2010 are:[3] 49.9% of the shares owned by the state corporation "Russian Technologies State Corporation"; 27.3% controlled by the company "Troika Dialog"; 11% owned by Daimler (package of 10% was sold to "Daimler" Company "Troika Dialog" for $250 million in early December, 2008); 4% owned by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

At the same time, "KAMAZ" has a lot of minority shareholders (more than 76,000 individuals).[4]

In early March, 2008 the Board of Directors of KAMAZ was elected, which included 15 people, including:[5] The mayor of the city of Naberezhnye Chelny (April 2010 - Prime Minister of Tatarstan) - Ildar Khalikov, head of the management Federal Agency for State Property Management (Rosimushchestvo) - Ivan V. Aksenov, and the Director-General of the "Russian Technologies State Corporation" Sergey Chemezov.

Group structure

The Public Company "KAMAZ" has more than 110 subsidiaries and affiliates, it owns shares in the authorized capital of more than 50 different companies and businesses. Together they form the "Group of KAMAZ".
The group includes:

The main production facilities of the plant are located in the industrial area of Naberezhnye Chelny. Nefaz buses are produced in Neftekamsk (Bashkortostan).

There are also foreign manufacturing facilities in the following locations: Afghanistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, India, Indonesia, Iran, Kazakhstan (AO "KAMAZ-Engineering), Malaysia, North Korea <! - According to the official website ->Nicaragua, Pakistan, Panama, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sudan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Chile, Ethiopia.

Competition

Kamaz vehicles have won the truck category of the Dakar Rally 13 times as of 2015.[7] All 14 of the 2010 Dakar Rally stages in the truck category were won by Kamaz trucks.

Generations

No years of release Features Photo
1 1976-2000 (with changes issue remains army trucks) Diskless wheels. Low cabin roof. Corrugated sidewalls sleeping compartment. Lights on the front of the cab.
2 1995- Increased height of the cab roof. Disc wheels. Rectangular lights on the bumper. New bumper with sidewalls. Underride underbody.
3 2004- New surround bumper (double for tractors). New headlamps with headlamp swivel sections, which call on the sidewalls of the bumper. We haul tractors appeared high cab. Smooth walls of the sleeping compartment. Voluminous front fenders. Some of the trucks new plastic dashboard instead of metal
4 2010- Large-scale modernization. All new front of cabin, including new radiator grille. New front bumper. New headlight lens type in one case with swivel headlights. Plastic dashboard with electronic instrument cluster. Part of trucks equipped with Cummins engine manufacturing joint venture Cummins and KAMAZ in Naberezhnye Chelny.
5 2014- cabin from Mercedes-Benz Axor with some modifications
6 ? Being developed – completely new cab – jointly with South Korean engineering company DMEC. Prototype trucks already presented

Models

Russia's President Vladimir Putin speaks about the 2,000,000th truck produced by KamAZ around the world, 2012.

Trucks

KAMAZ 65117

From 1976 - 2015, KAMAZ has produced trucks as follows :

Military tank transporter KAMAZ 65225 with an SU-85 on parade rehearsal in Red Square
The 3rd Generations of KAMAZ. KAMAZ 6460-06

Prime mover

Engines

KAMAZ Engines

KAMAZ Cummins

KAMAZ Mercedes

KAMAZ truck Engines used issue

  1. For KAMAZ truck based before 2010, the engine like KAMAZ 65117, KAMAZ 65111, KAMAZ 65115, KAMAZ 65116 use the 740 series but after 2010, the engines 75% replaced by Cummins ISB6.7e4 and added paper A4 that means the 7e4 engines.
  2. KAMAZ only use the KAMAZ engine, Cummins engine, & Daimler (Mercedes Benz) engine but on some trucks the engines will be different from the top. Example : O 056 BO (05 RUS) KAMAZ 5410 with YaMZ 238 engine. This truck had modifications, that is the engine. The real engine was KAMAZ 740.10 powered 210 HP then replaced by YaMZ 238 engine.

Other vehicles

Kamaz Mustang

The Kamaz Мустанг (Mustang) is a family of general military utility trucks with numerous variants.[8] The family is based on the 1st generation KamAZ family launched in the early 1980s. A three-person cab is standard across the Mustang range. It has a sleeping berth and tilts forward for engine access. This cab can be fitted with add-on armour kit.

The Mustang family is available in eight (8) models:[9]

Original three:

And the Kamaz-43501, -5450, -6450, and -5350 trucks with armoured cabs.:[10]

Gallery

References

  1. ↑ "Новости. ОАО "КАМАЗ"". Kamaz.net. Retrieved 2009-07-14.
  2. ↑ Heather, Roderick (2011). Russia From Red to Black. Penpress. ISBN 978-1780032849.
  3. ↑ Nepomnyashchii, Alex (2010-06-21). ""Troika" depart to partners". Vedomosti № 111 (2629) (in Russian). (subscription required (help)).
  4. ↑ Stolyarov, Gleb; Fedorinova, Yulia (2007-05-17). ""Kamaz" does not pay the Federal Property Management Agency". Vedomosti, № 88 (1862) (in Russian). (subscription required (help)).
  5. ↑ www.dp.ru (7 March 2008). ""KAMAZ" approved candidates to the Board". Business Petersburg (Online) / Moscow / (in Russian). ISSN 1606-1829.
  6. ↑ KAMAZ-Metallurgy / / ROSFINPROM.
  7. ↑ "Russian Kamaz Master occupies 2015 Dakar Rally’s entire podium". Russian News Agency "TASS". 17 January 2015.
  8. ↑ http://kamaz.net/en/news/2003/12/22/
  9. ↑ http://kamaz.net/en/news/2003/12/22/
  10. ↑ http://kamaz.net/en/news/2003/12/22/

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