Sollers opened a new automotive plant in Far East

Today there has been a solemn ceremony of start of automotive manufacture �Sollers- Far East� in Vladivostok.
The project conducted in cooperation with Vnesheconombank consists of building a new full cycle automotive plant in Far East, which will produce a wide range of Korean off-roaders under the SsangYong brand, the Japanese ISUZU trucks and specialized FIAT Ducato vehicles for Far East social infrastructure: passenger and school buses, emergency and armored vehicles, etc. The factory Special versions of Russian UAZ Patriot off-roader are to be produced as well.
In 2010 it is planned to produce10 thousand off-roaders SsangYong, not less than 1 thousand Isuzu trucks and about 500 special vehicles on the basis of FIAT Ducato at the factory �Sollers - Far East�. On the first stage (in 2010) production capacity of the plant will make 15.000 vehicles per year and will come up to 40.000 units by 2012. The project also suggests establishment of component production which provides high localization level of produced cars.