The Kirovets
plant for the production of energy-saturated tractors was opened in the
Kostanay region on the territory of the Kostanay Industrial Zone in October
this year. This tractor is very popular and is the best-selling product of all
energy-saturated tractors. It is a market leader. The sales level exceeds 50%.
When the plant
reaches its design capacity, it is planned to produce up to 700 tractors per
year. About 500 jobs will be created in production and 700 in related
industries. The localization level will gradually be brought to 50% by 2025.
As part of the
opening of the plant, an agreement was signed on the entry of PTZ JSC into the
charter capital of the Kostanay Tractor Plant. The strategic document was
signed by Chairman of the KTZ Supervisory Board and President of the
Association of Kazakhstan Auto Business Andrey Lavrentyev and Director of «Petersburg
Tractor Plant» JSC Sergey Serebryakov.
Joint work with «Petersburg
Tractor Plant» JSC carries with it the strategic task of building up industrial
cooperation between the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation. The
project has high economic and social significance for the country, production
has been established that meets all modern international norms and standards
with the transfer of technological competencies, deep localization and high
added value in Kazakhstan.
This is an
important event in the engineering industry of Kazakhstan. The launch of the
plant has mutually beneficial cooperation: Kazakhstan receives new production,
its own products, jobs, the Russian side - the production of components for
both the parent plant and the secondary market.