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…

Belarus: MAZ to sell 100 buses to Russia

The Belarusian automaker Minsk Automobile Plant (MAZ trademark) will ship 100 buses to the Russian city of Kazan in the Republic of Tatarstan, representatives of the company said. The Belarusian low-floor large-capacity buses MAZ 203 will be used to transport passengers during the world football championship that will take place in Kazan in 2018. The…

Belarus: truck exports up in H1 2016

Belarus increased truck exports by 24% YoY in January-June to 1,847 units, Belstat said in a statistical report. Truck exports to the CIS states grew by 13.5% to 1,546 units at the average price of $140,123 apiece (down by 10.8% YoY), other foreign countries – 301 units (up 2.4 times), average price – $116,598 (down…

Russia: RH to establish service center in Iran

The Russian Helicopters holding is intensively working up an issue to establish an authorized technical maintenance center in Iran with the Iran Helicopter Support and Renewal Company (IHSRC), according to the holding’s Deputy Director General Alexander Shcherbinin. “The Russian Helicopters company is discussing the potential supply of Ka-226T and Ansat light utility helicopters to Iran’s…