The head of the enterprise named the reasons for the undesirable decision.
According to the CEO of KAMAZ Sergey Kogogin, after a long effort, the company’s management decided to abandon the production of military equipment. In addition, cooperation with Rostec has been reduced.
The reason for this decision was Western sanctions.
Kogogin mentioned that the company had been in the red zone since 2014, from which it risked falling under restrictive measures.
To prevent this from happening, it was necessary to reduce the share of cooperation with Rostec, which was done, he explained.
The second task, to abandon the production of products ordered by the Ministry of Defense, was also solved.
The company that produces it is currently withdrawn from the concern. Moreover, purely military equipment “KAMAZ ” is no longer produced.
In a conversation with Tina Kandelaki on the program “ Special Guest”, he explained that the concern cannot ignore sanctions because it needs “Western solutions ” and is embedded in the global automotive industry.
It is technologically impossible to produce all the parts inside the country.
Kogogin explained that over the past few years, the production of many components has been transferred to the country.
He called the conditions of the pandemic and the political instability in the world the reason. There are also parts that are easier to produce abroad, for example, if gearboxes are more profitable to make in Russia, then synchronizers are in Germany.
As Topnews wrote earlier, “KAMAZ” held a presentation of the first Russian electric car “Kama-1 ”.