A new GAZ Group plant has started mass production of automotive components in Nizhny Novgorod. The Nizhny Novgorod Foundry, with the help of a preferential loan from the FRP, began mass-producing cast-iron castings of cylinder blocks for engines, castings of flywheels, brake discs and clutch discs, crankcases, gearbox housings, brake system components and other components. This was announced by the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia.
The capacity of the new plant is over 60 thousand tons of cast iron per year. The products are supplied to Yaroslavl Motor Plant, Ulyanovsk Motor Plant, Gorky Automobile Plant, Kanash Automobile Assembly Plant and others.
The Nizhny Novgorod Foundry will become the basis for the localization of a light diesel engine, the production of which is planned at the Nizhny Novgorod site of GAZ Group.
Gorky Automobile Plant (GAZ) is a leading manufacturer of commercial vehicles in Russia, a full production and engineering cycle company (OEM). It produces light and medium-tonnage commercial vehicles for small and medium-sized businesses, various industries, utilities, agricultural enterprises, medical and school institutions in Russia and abroad. It occupies a leading position in the Russian market: over 50% in the segment of light commercial vehicles, about 70% in the segment of medium–duty trucks. The main models of manufactured equipment: "Gazelle NN", "Gazelle NEXT", "Lawn NEXT", "Valdai NEXT", "Gazelle BUSINESS", "Sable BUSINESS", "Sadko NEXT". It produces over 5 thousand types of component products. The company has its own engineering center and more than 20 high–tech industries. 583 industrial robots participate in the assembly of GAZ cars, the level of automation in key areas is 85%. The company is located in Nizhny Novgorod.
