According to the document, the American company is limited to existing and previously announced agreement and has no plans to create a new Russian joint venture. This strategy was adopted last week, said the managing director of GM Russia and CIS Jim Bovenzi. Americans are planning to sign an agreement with the Ministry of Economic Development of the industrial assembly of cars in Russia. The new agreement will run until 2020 and requires several years to increase annual production to 350,000 cars per year.
As reported by Vedomosti, such volumes of GM plans to achieve through their own enterprise, located in St. Petersburg. This factory will be producing up to 230,000 cars a year. Now, however, he produces 60,000 cars - Opel Astra and Antara, Chevrolet Cruze and Captiva.
In addition, the American concern will be to expand production at the joint venture «GM-AvtoVAZ, which is currently being produced off-road Chevrolet Niva. This also will be moved to the assembly Lada 4x4. However, GM does not plan to abandon the agreement with GAZ Group for contract assembly subcompact Chevrolet Aveo in the amount of 30 thousand cars per year. Concern will also continue to contract the assembly of its models at a factory in Kaliningrad Avtotor. At present the available cars Chevrolet, Opel and Cadillac.
According to Bovenzi, since the beginning of this year concern considering several options for further development in Russia, but decided to stay on their own. |
