Minsk Motor Plant (MMZ) and the Tatarstani holding company RariTEK have signed a memorandum of cooperation to develop and make gas-fueled engines based on engines of the Belarusian company. The companies have also signed a dealership agreement to sell products to the Russian automobile engineering company ELAZ, Igor Yemelyanovich, Director General of OAO Managing Company of Minsk Motor Plant Holding Company, reported.
The Minsk Motor Plant executive said: “We have signed a number of agreements with Tatarstani companies. The main agreement has been signed with RariTEK. We intend to work together with RariTEK to make engines powered by natural gas. Thus, Tatarstan will take part in the development of a new family of MMZ engines”.
According to the Director General of Minsk Motor Plant, initially they will make engines that burn compressed natural gas and intend to design engines powered by liquefied natural gas later on.
Igor Yemelyanovich said: “We’ve demonstrated delegation from Tatarstan all our capabilities and the lineup of engines we make. The Tatarstan president spoke in glowing terms about our products, the enterprise, and workmanship standards”.
Minsk Motor Plant (MMZ) was established in 1963. It designs, makes and sells engines under the MMZ trademark. The engines are sold to assembly enterprises in Belarus, Russia, and other countries. (BelTA/Business World Magazine)
