UzAuto Trailer plant commissioned in Samarkand region
The plant will supply its products to Uzbek-German company LLC MAN Auto – Uzbekistan. The project cost is $31 million.
UzAuto Trailer will produce semi-trailers, container trucks and other special equipment. Projected capacity is for 2,000 trailers and 1,000 mounted equipment a year.
MAN Truck & Bus AG, a subdivision of the MAN group, and Uzavtoprom set up the joint venture in the summer of 2009. The Uzbek side holds 51% stake in the venture and the German side - 49%.
From September 2010 the joint venture has been assembling trucks at SamAuto. The joint venture opened a dealership and service center in Samarkand region in 2011 and an assembly plant with the capacity to produce 6,000 MAN trucks and chassis a year with the cost of US$30 million was opened in 2012. The capacity of the venture can be increased to 10,000 a year.
