Tajikistan: construction of municipal vehicles assembly plant to start in Dushanbe

Construction of a joint Russian-Tajik enterprise for assembling Russian-made municipal vehicles will start in Dushanbe in the near future, Ravshan Tuichizoda, the deputy director-general of the State Unitary Enterprise “Khojagii Manziliyu Kommunali” (the central governmental agency responsible for water supply and wastewater services), said. According to him, specialists from the Gorky Automobile Plant (GAZ) developed…

Belarus to sell tractors to Burkina Faso

Belarus and Burkina Faso intend to sign a contract for the delivery of 500 Belarusian tractors to the Burkina Faso market, Deputy Chairman of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Vladimir Ulakhovich said. “Belarus-Burkina Faso trade is not so large. It is generally dominated by our agricultural mechanical engineering industry products. A large contract…

Russia: Mi-38 multirole choppers catch contractors’ eye at Farnborough

Russian-made Mi-38 multirole civil helicopters attracted the attention of foreign buyers at Farnborough Airshow in the United Kingdom, the manufacturer said. Farnborough International Airshow runs in Hampshire, England from Monday through Sunday. It is expected to draw thousands of trade visitors. In 2014, it brought $204 billion worth of confirmed orders. “The Mi-38 multirole helicopter…

Russia: widebody design center project moving forward

Russia’s United Aircraft Corp. (UAC) president Yury Slusar said at the Farnborough Airshow that the design center, which was developing new Russian-Chinese widebody aircraft, might be located in Zhukovskiy, Moscow Oblast. The final assembly will be in Shanghai, China. In June UAC and Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) entered into a joint venture agreement…

Ukraine: UkrOboronProm provides work for 300 enterprises

SC “UkrOboronProm” encourages development of engineering industry enterprises in Ukraine. In the first half of 2016, the number of working plants in this sector increased rapidly, as the State Concern attracted 296 domestic enterprises to import substitution program fulfillment. This is the result of the Memorandums of Cooperation signed by UkrOboronProm and Regional State Administrations.…