Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- SamAuto, one of the largest enterprises in Uzbekistan, celebrated its 20th anniversary on 16 March. On the occasion of the anniversary, a solemn event was held at the plant with the participation of employees, founders, foreign partners, dealers and distributors.

At the time of the launch of the plant in 1999, the production line consisted of only two models of buses and trucks. In 2006, the plant was reorganized and began a partnership with major Japanese companies: Isuzu Motors and Itochu Corporation.

In the following years, the plant engineers did a lot of work to expand production, modernize and supplement the model range of the equipment produced. During the period of activity at the SamAuto plant, new production technologies were mastered, and the production complex was equipped with machines from Germany, Italy and Japan.

SamAuto engineers designed and launched into production more than 120 models of automotive equipment for various purposes: flatbed, awning, isothermal vans, refrigerators, water carriers, grain carriers, beverage drinks, dump trucks, vacuum trucks, milk carriers, aerial platforms, fire engines, mobile blood transfusion stations, mobile pharmacies, gas rescue, special purpose, etc. The company also mastered the production of over 40 modifications of trucks for various purposes based on the ISUZU chassis with a gross weight of 5 tons. up to 17t. As well as the basic bus models of the small class SAZ family based on the ISUZU chassis and the low-floor middle class bus LE-60, which was first completely designed and developed at the SamAuto design office in Samarkand.

Last year, in 2018, 904 buses and 2466 trucks, including 468 units of special equipment, were manufactured at the plant. Over 20 years of SamAuto activity, more than 33,000 units of automotive vehicles have rolled off the assembly lines of the plant. Samarkand Automobile Plant has become a reliable supplier of automotive technology in Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Georgia, Iraq.

Much has already been done over the past 20 years, but more needs to be achieved. High competition in the world and customer expectations is for SamAuto the main incentive and engine of continuous work to improve the products. There are still many new models and promising projects.