AGCO-RM (a joint venture of AGCO, the international manufacturer of agricultural equipment, and the Russian corporation “Russian Machines”, part of the Basic Element Industrial Group) and the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation have signed an agreement for provision of subsidies for tillage and seeding equipment under Challenger brand. The subsidies will cover up…
A total of 7 launch vehicles of the Soyuz family will be built for the Russian Defense Ministry this year, Alexander Kirilin, the Director General of the Progress Missile and Space Center, said. “The production plans in the framework of the State Defense Order for 2016 feature 7 Soyuz launch vehicles and two of the…
Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (SCAC) held a roll-out ceremony of two Sukhoi Business Jet (SBJ) aircraft built for Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF). The aircraft will be providing VIP transportation services for Thai top officials and government leaders as well as to the High Command of Thailand. The two SBJs are the company’s first business jets…
The team of Ford plant in Vsevolozhsk, Leningrad region, will be on the company vacation until August 17, representative of Rabochaya Assotsiatsiya trade-union Igor Temchenko said. “The team will be on vacation until August 17”, Temchenko said. The plant was idle for a week before the company holidays. The Ford plant in Leningrad region has…
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 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…
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…