Ukraine: GE signs memos of cooperation with Antonov State Enterprise and Ukrzaliznytsia

The U.S. General Electric Corporation on July 21, signed letters of cooperation with Ukraine’s Antonov State Enterprise and public joint-stock company Ukrzaliznytsia. “We sign two strategic and political documents on cooperation with GE at the Infrastructure Ministry. This decision is not accident: we were mulling the positions of all players on the global market for…

Kazakhstan to start producing high-speed locomotives

Kazakhstan’s electric locomotives assembly factory (Elektrovoz Kurastyru Zauyty) will start production of high-speed passenger locomotives in autumn, the press service of Kazakhstan Railways (Kazakhstan Temir Zholy) said. The high-speed locomotives will be able to make 200 kilometers per hour. Such an electric locomotive – KZ4AT, designed by the French company Alstom – was successfully tested…

Kazakhstan: car manufacturing down in H1 2016

Car manufacturing dropped by 62.2% YoY in Kazakhstan in H1 2016, to 2,980 cars, said the Kazakh Statistics Committee. Minibus production decreased by 23.7%, to 71 minibuses. During the period, the truck manufacturing in Kazakhstan increased by 16.6% and totalled 718 trucks. Three large car plants: Azia Avto, SaryarkaAvtoProm and Agromashholding – operate in Kazakhstan.…

Kazakhstan: Nexia R3 presented

GM Uzbekistan presented an automobile Nexia R3 under the brand of Ravon in Kazakhstan. It is worth to mentioning that Nexia R3 is a modified Chevrolet Aveo of the second generation (T250). Nexia R3 is equipped with a gasoline engine with a volume of 1.5 liters. The power unit is paired with a five-speed manual…

Ukraine: UkrOboronProm cooperation with Azerbaijan establishes model of working relationship with other countries

Cooperation between Ukraine and Azerbaijan in AN-178 production will establish the model of UkrOboronProm working relationship with other countries. This was stated by Director General of the State Concern Roman Romanov, commenting on the statement of the President of Ukraine in his briefing in Baku in the framework of the official visit to Azerbaijan. “One…