Azerbaijan: new Lifan cars to be assembled

New Lifan cars will be assembled at the Nakhchivan Automobile Plant (NAZ), the plant’s Director Musa Abdullayev said. This issue was discussed during the talks in Baku between the plant’s Director Musa Abdullayev and Director General of Lifan International Sun Zejun. Four-wheel drive Lifan X7 sport utility vehicle (SUV) and a minivan for 11 people…

Ukraine: Antonov not to reassign An-225 ‘Mriya’ intellectual property rights to China

Ukraine-China cooperation in the Antonov An-225 ‘Mriya’ heavy-lift transport aircraft project boasting a 250-ton payload rules out reassignment of intellectual property rights to China, Antonov State Company said. “The An-225 cooperation agreement between Antonov State Company and Aerospace Industry Corporation of China (AICC) is a sort of a roadmap acknowledging mutual interest in collaboration fostering…

Ukraine: Antonov and AICC agree on long-term cooperation on An-225 Mriya aircraft

Kyiv-based state-run Antonov enterprise and Aerospace Industry Corporation of China (AICC) have signed an agreement on cooperation under the An-225 Mriya aircraft program, the Ukrainian company’s press service has said. “The parties have expressed their intention to cooperate in the long-term outlook, which foresees the construction of the second sample of the modernized An-225 Mriya…

Belarus: Gomselmash deliveries to Ukraine up in 2016

Since the start of the year the Belarusian mechanical engineering company Gomselmash has delivered 150 grain and forage harvesters to Ukraine, up by 50 vehicles YoY, the First Deputy Director of the company’s regional sales department Igor Korotkevich reported. The exports mainly consisted of grain harvesters, including KZS-1218, KZS-812 that have already made a good…

Russia: Boeing top exec to chair Sukhoi Civil Aircraft

Boeing Commercial Airplanes top executive Kamil Gaynutdinov will become CEO of Russia’s Sukhoi Civil Aircraft. In 2003, Gaynutdinov worked at airline UTair being responsible for contracts on helicopter transportation abroad and in 2005 he chaired Boeing Commercial Airplanes’ division Commercial Aviation Services in Russia and the CIS. Ilya Tarasenko, the current CEO of Sukhoi Civil…