The construction of Hino Motors plant began in Moscow region

On April 24th, the Japanese company Hino Motors began the construction of a plant for the production of trucks in the suburban town of Khimki. Construction of the enterprise is planned to be completed before the end of 2019, informed the press service of the governor and the government of the Moscow region.

The territory of the land, on which the plant will be located, is 5.3 hectares. The area of the plant and the surrounding buildings will be about 12 thousand square meters. The volume of investments in the project is estimated at 17 million US dollars.

The first cars will come off the assembly line in May of the next year. In the high-tech enterprise it will be assembled medium- and light-duty trucks in four versions: the Hino 300 vehicles with a total weight of 3.5 tons and 7.5 tons, and the Hino 500 with a weight of 12 and 18 tons.

As previously reported, the production capacity of the company Hino Motors will be about 2 thousand cars per a year. Hino cars, which will be manufactured at the new plant in Khimki, are not only designed for the Russian market, but they will be also delivered to neighboring countries.