Kamaz
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Native name | КамАЗ |
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Company type | Public |
MCX: KMAZ | |
Industry | Automotive |
Founded | 1969 |
Headquarters | Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan, Russia |
Key people | Sergey A. Kogoghin, Director General |
Products | Trucks and buses |
Revenue | ![]() |
Owner | Russian Technologies State Corporation(49.9 %) Troika Dialog (27.3 %) Daimler AG (11 %) European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (4 %) |
Number of employees | 35,000 |
Website | www |
KamAZ (Камский Автомобильный Завод – КАМАЗ / Kamskiy Avtomobilny Zavod – translated: Kama Automobile Plant) is a Russian truck manufacturer located in Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan, Russian Federation. KAMAZ opened its doors in 1976. Today, heavy duty models are exported to many areas of the world including Eastern Europe, Latin America, China, the Middle East, Indonesia, Singapore, India and North Africa. The trucks have won the Dakar Rally a record thirteen times. KAMAZ is the largest truck producer in Russia and the CIS. The factory produces 43,000 trucks a year (2014).[1] Reinforced KAMAZ trucks are used by the Russian army.
History
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In 1969, the Central Committee of the CPSU and Ministerial council of the USSR decided to begin construction of factories for the manufacture of supersized cars in the city of Naberezhnye Chelny.
Construction actually began on 13 December 1969, but the first Kamaz rolled off the main assembly conveyor on 16 February 1976.
In 1987, a manufacturing line for Oka midget cars (VAZ-1111) was unveiled. The first car rolled out on 21 December 1987.
On 25 June 1990, the production association was transformed into an open joint-stock company.
On 14 April 1993, a fire destroyed the Kamaz engine factory.
In 1995, KamAZ embarked on a major company-wide restructuring project involving Western partners such as Cummins and Deloitte & Touche. [2]
Until 2005, Kamaz had a major share in ZMA (Factory of Micro-displacement Cars) that produces the Oka microcar. It was later sold to the Severstal group.
Owners and management
The authorized capital of "KAMAZ" is 35.36 billion rubles. The shareholders of the plant as of June 2010 are:[3] 49.9 % of the shares owned by the state corporation "Russian Technologies State Corporation"; 27.3 % controlled by the company "Troika Dialog"; 11 % owned by Daimler (package of 10% was sold to "Daimler" Company "Troika Dialog" for $250 million in early December, 2008); 4 % owned by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
At the same time, "KAMAZ" has a lot of minority shareholders (more than 76,000 individuals).[4]
In early March, 2008 the Board of Directors of KAMAZ was elected, which included 15 people, including:[5] The mayor of the city of Naberezhnye Chelny (April 2010 - Prime Minister of Tatarstan) - Ildar Khalikov, head of the management Federal Agency for State Property Management (Rosimushchestvo) - Ivan V. Aksenov, and the Director-General of the "Russian Technologies State Corporation" Sergey Chemezov.
Group structure
The Public Company "KAMAZ" has more than 110 subsidiaries and affiliates, it owns shares in the authorized capital of more than 50 different companies and businesses. Together they form the "Group of KAMAZ".
The group includes:
- Automobile Plant (Naberezhnye Chelny)
- Metallurgical Complex OJSC "KAMAZ"
- Kama Foundry (now one of the largest in Russia[6])
- Kamsky forging plant
- Kama Automotive Plant
- "Kama Press and Stamping Plant"
- Engine plant OJSC "KAMAZ"
- Company Remdizel
- JSC "Trade finance company" KAMAZ ""
- Of "Neftekamsk Automotive Plant" (NEFAZ) - manufactures buses and machinery on KAMAZ chassis
- Of "Trailer KAMAZ Inc." (formerly СЗАП (En:SZAP) of Stavropol)
- Dealership "Auto-force"
- OAO KamazTehObsluzhivanie
- Company "KAMAZavtotehnika"
- OAO RIZ (formerly of KAMAZinstrumentspetsmash)
- OAO "KIP" Master ""
- Company "KAMAZ-FINANCE"
- OAO "KAMAZ-CAPITAL"Scientific-Technical Center "KAMAZ"
The main production facilities of the plant are located in the industrial area of Naberezhnye Chelny. Nefaz buses are produced in Neftekamsk (Bashkortostan).
There are also foreign manufacturing facilities in the following locations: Afghanistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, India, Indonesia, Iran, Kazakhstan (AO "KAMAZ-Engineering), Malaysia, North Korea <! - According to the official website ->Nicaragua, Pakistan, Panama, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Chile, Ethiopia.
Competition
Kamaz vehicles have won the truck category of the Dakar Rally 13 times as of 2015.[7] All 14 of the 2010 Dakar Rally stages in the truck category were won by Kamaz trucks.
Generations
No | years of release | Features | Photo |
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1 | 1976-2000 (with changes issue remains army trucks) | Diskless wheels. Low cabin roof. Corrugated sidewalls sleeping compartment. Lights on the front of the cab. | ![]() |
2 | 1995- | Increased height of the cab roof. Disc wheels. Rectangular lights on the bumper. New bumper with sidewalls. Underride underbody. | ![]() |
3 | 2004- | New surround bumper (double for tractors). New headlamps with headlamp swivel sections, which call on the sidewalls of the bumper. We haul tractors appeared high cab. Smooth walls of the sleeping compartment. Voluminous front fenders. Some of the trucks new plastic dashboard instead of metal | ![]() |
4 | 2010- | Large-scale modernization. All new front of cabin, including new radiator grille. New front bumper. New headlight lens type in one case with swivel headlights. Plastic dashboard with electronic instrument cluster. Part of trucks equipped with Cummins engine manufacturing joint venture Cummins and KAMAZ in Naberezhnye Chelny. | ![]() |
5 | 2014- | cabin from Mercedes-Benz Axor with some modifications | ![]() |
6 | ? | Being developed – completely new cab – jointly with South Korean engineering company DMEC. Prototype trucks already presented |
Models
Trucks
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From 1976 - 2015, KAMAZ has produced trucks as follows :
- KAMAZ 4308 4x2 Medium-range truck & 4x2 Chassis truck
- KAMAZ 4326 4x4 Side truck & 4x4 Chassis truck
- KAMAZ 4326-9 Dakar 4x4 Dakar Rally Sport truck
- KAMAZ 4911 Extreme 4x4 Civilian Sport truck Dakar Rally
- KAMAZ 43114 6x6 Side truck & 6x6 Chassis truck
- KAMAZ 43118 6x6 Side truck & 6x6 Chassis truck
- KAMAZ 43253 4x2 Side truck & 4x2 Chassis truck
- KAMAZ 5460 4x2 Prime mover
- KAMAZ 53205 6x4 Chassis truck
- KAMAZ 53215 6x4 Side truck & 6x4 Chassis truck
- KAMAZ 53228 6x6 Chassis truck
- KAMAZ 53229 6x4 Chassis truck
- KAMAZ 53205 6x4 Chassis truck
- KAMAZ 52212 6x4L Chassis truck
- KAMAZ 52213 6x4L Chassis truck
- KAMAZ 53605 4x2 Dump truck
- KAMAZ 5320 6x4 Side truck & 6x4 Chassis truck
- KAMAZ 53202 6x4 Side truck & 6x4 Chassis truck
- KAMAZ 53212 6x4 Side truck & 6x4 Chassis truck
- KAMAZ 53213 6x4 Side truck & 6x4 Chassis truck
- KAMAZ 53229 6x4 Side truck & 6x4 Chassis truck
- KAMAZ 53228 6x6 Side truck & 6x6 Chassis truck
- KAMAZ 5511 6x4 Dump truck
- KAMAZ 45141 6x6 Dump truck
- KAMAZ 54115 6x4 Prime mover
- KAMAZ 55111 6x4 Dump truck & 6x4 Chassis truck
- KAMAZ 6460 6x4 Prime mover
- KAMAZ 6520 6x4 Dump truck & 6x4 Chassis truck
- KAMAZ 6522 6x6 Dump truck & 6x6 Chassis truck
- KAMAZ 6540 8x4 Dump truck & 8x4 Chassis truck
- KAMAZ 6560 8x8 Chassis truck
- KAMAZ 63968 Typhoon 6x6 Armored infantry transport
- KAMAZ 65111 6x6 Dump truck
- KAMAZ 65115 6x4 Dump truck & 6x4 Chassis truck
- KAMAZ 65116 6x4 Prime mover
- KAMAZ 65117 6x4 Side truck & 6x4 Chassis truck
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/KamAZ_military_tank_transporter.jpg/220px-KamAZ_military_tank_transporter.jpg)
Prime mover
- KAMAZ 65116 6x4 Prime mover
- KAMAZ 6460-73 6x4 Prime mover
- KAMAZ 5460-73 4x2 Prime mover
- KAMAZ 5490 4x2 Prime mover
- KAMAZ 5410 6x4 Prime mover
- KAMAZ 44108 6x6 Prime mover
- KAMAZ 65225 6x6 Prime mover
- KAMAZ 65226 6x6 Prime mover
- KAMAZ 65228 6x6 Prime mover
Engines
KAMAZ Engines
- KAMAZ 740.10 210 HP V8
- KAMAZ 740.31 225 - 240 HP V8
- KAMAZ 740.73 400 HP V8
- KAMAZ 740.622 280 HP V8
- KAMAZ 740.632 400 HP V8
- KAMAZ 740.662 300 HP V8
- KAMAZ 740.602 360 HP V8
- KAMAZ 740.652 260 HP V8
KAMAZ Cummins
- Cummins ISB6.7e4 245 - 300 HP I6
- Cummins ISB6.5e4 185 HP I6
KAMAZ Mercedes
- Daimler OM457LA 428 HP I6
KAMAZ truck Engines used issue
- For KAMAZ truck based before 2010, the engine like KAMAZ 65117, KAMAZ 65111, KAMAZ 65115, KAMAZ 65116 use the 740 series but after 2010, the engines 75% replaced by Cummins ISB6.7e4 and added paper A4 that means the 7e4 engines.
- KAMAZ only use the KAMAZ engine, Cummins engine, & Daimler (Mercedes Benz) engine but on some trucks the engines will be different from the top. Example : O 056 BO (05 RUS) KAMAZ 5410 with YaMZ 238 engine. This truck had modifications, that is the engine. The real engine was KAMAZ 740.10 powered 210 HP then replaced by YaMZ 238 engine.
Other vehicles
- KAMAZ 4310 6x6 Chassis truck
- KAMAZ 43269 Vystrel (BPM-97) Wheeled armoured vehicle
- KAMAZ Barhan 4x4 multipurpose vehicle, a large prototype SUV built on a Kamaz-43501 chassis, made by CaRS, a private company. Original prototype was on a GAZ-66 chassis.
Kamaz Mustang
The Kamaz Мустанг (Mustang) is a family of general military utility trucks with numerous variants.[8] The family is based on the 1st generation KamAZ family launched in the early 1980s. A three-person cab is standard across the Mustang range. It has a sleeping berth and tilts forward for engine access. This cab can be fitted with add-on armour kit.
The Mustang family is available in eight (8) models:[9]
Original three:
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KamAZ-4350 4x4
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KamAZ-5350 6x6
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KamAZ-6350 8x8
And the Kamaz-43501, -5450, -6450, and -5350 trucks with armoured cabs.:[10]
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KamAZ 43501 for Russian Airborne Troops (VDV) 4x4 short wheelbase truck
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KamAZ-5350 6x6 with armored cab and multi-functional armored module MM 501.
Gallery
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KAMAZ on final stage of Dakar Rally 2004.
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KamAZ-55111 in Russia.
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KamAZ-5320 with a full-trailer.
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KAMAZ military truck mounted with Pantsir-S1 air defense system.
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KamAZ-53215 in center of Warsaw.
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KamAZ-63968 Typhoon armored vehicle.
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KamAZ-4308
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KamAZ-43118 with a Palfinger crane
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AC-2,0-40 on KamAZ-4308 chassis
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KamAZ-65115 garbage truck on "Caucasus Build" exhibition in Georgia
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KamAZ-65117 in Donetsk, Ukraine
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KamAZ-6560
References
- ^ "Новости. ОАО "КАМАЗ"". Kamaz.net. Retrieved 2009-07-14.
- ^ Heather, Roderick (2011). Russia From Red to Black. Penpress. ISBN 978-1780032849.
- ^ Nepomnyashchii, Alex (2010-06-21). ""Troika" depart to partners". Vedomosti № 111 (2629) (in Russian).
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suggested) (help) - ^ www.dp.ru (7 March 2008). ""KAMAZ" approved candidates to the Board". Business Petersburg (Online) / Moscow / (in Russian). ISSN 1606-1829.
- ^ KAMAZ-Metallurgy / / ROSFINPROM.
- ^ "Russian Kamaz Master occupies 2015 Dakar Rally's entire podium". Russian News Agency "TASS". 17 January 2015.
- ^ http://kamaz.net/en/news/2003/12/22/
- ^ http://kamaz.net/en/news/2003/12/22/
- ^ http://kamaz.net/en/news/2003/12/22/
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