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AvtoKrAZ levels at Dakar The first demonstration area for heavy trucks testing in Ukraine. A photo-report from the demonstration area

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KrAZ-255B: 40 years in service FLN the Iranian partner of HC AvtoKrAZ. Guarantee of success!

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FTF KrAZs objective is leadership in sales markets

automobile machinery based on KrAZ-6322 to the post-war Iraq. The military men of Yemen, Angola, India and other countries have given preference to this truck. At one of the biggest defense exhibitions IDEX-2007 which took place in Abu Dhabi in February 2007, AvtoKrAZ together with his partner the Streit Armored Group Company has presented a multi-purpose armored KrAZ-6322 platform truck Raptor that received favourable reviews of experts. High estimate of Ukrainian trucks resulted in signing of a few contracts for KrAZ trucks delivery to the countries of Africa and the Middle East. Sales growth was stimulated by a considerable extension of model range and profound vehicles modernization that improved consumer qualities, as well as fundamental reorganization of work and concentration on the customer in order to satisfy his needs at most that is to supply him with spare parts and service package: warranty and after-sales service. Currently the company is working actively at developing of KrAZ trucks with RH steering, enlarging the range of options offered to the customer. We have adapted the engines with the ecological standard Euro-3 manufactured by the Yaroslavl Motor Plant, KAMAZ and Cummins for KrAZ vehicles sets and we offer such trucks to the customer. Recently we have considerably enlarged standard size range of tipping platforms offered the consumer due to completing trucks with 14-, 16-, 18- and 20cube bodies. KrAZ vehicle served as a basis for new types of special equipment, namely, the KrAZ truck with multi-lift equipment, the truck for patching repair, the truck-mounted concrete pump, and special trucks for the Ministry of Emergency Situations and shot lighters. For the first time during the KrAZ history the production of the fire-fighting truck and the truck crane on two-axle chassis was mastered. The truck cabin was considerably modernized: a new steering wheel was applied, air suspension seat was equipped with safety belts, due to modern sound-insulating materials the level of internal noise was greatly decreased, vibroloading at the drivers working place was reduced, the brake system was modernized etc. We offer the consumer KrAZ vehicles equipped with engines of such manufacturers as Cummins, Deutz, as well as of Eaton and Alisson gear boxes, fifth wheels of the JOST or George Fisher type, Micheline tyres etc. Our future trend is to work out KrAZ medium-duty trucks, to diversify special equipment. The company is constantly engaged in information gathering about running performance of the supplied KrAZ trucks in order to make engineering development. Holding Company AvtoKrAZ and its export subdivision JSC FTF KrAZ offer cooperation!

JSC Foreign Trade Firm KrAZ, being an export subdivision of Holding Company AvtoKrAZ, is a kind of engine of the company and defines development strategy of the enterprise, produced vehicles design in conditions of rapidly changing global automobile market. Today sales efforts of Foreign Trade Firm KrAZ are directed to 16 priority markets in the countries of the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Europe. Our goal is to obtain a total share of 1% in the markets of these countries with 0.25% annual growth and we are resolutely approaching it. Properly elaborated sales politics, carrying out of active promotion and exhibition, extension of dealer network, as well as company maintenance centers network provided FTF KrAZ with possibility to extend the geography of sales. In 2006 traditional markets were enlarged owing to Bulgaria, Liberia, UAE, Ghana, Saudi Arabia. In 2007 Poland, Macedonia, Afghanistan, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria and other countries were newly reopened. KrAZ vehicles sales growth in foreign markets is determined by favourable terms of payment for foreign customers, such as leasing, factoring, forfeiting etc. Among successful projects carried out by Foreign Trade Firm KrAZ this year is the establishment of joint venture in Poland together with Polish company and signing the contract for delivery of 50 KrAZ vehicles by the end of the year. JV KrAZ Motors Algeria found its further development in Algeria; signing the call-off contract for delivery of 100 KrAZ vehicles per year is confirmation of this development. We have concluded a contract for delivery of a large lot to Equatorial Guinea and successfully won a number of tenders for delivery of KrAZ vehicles to Egypt, Afghanistan, Angola and other countries. A short-term goal of FTF KrAZ is to launch assembling in Iran and India and open joint ventures in Ghana, Sudan, Yemen. Today among KrAZ vehicles the most merchantable in the foreign markets are fifth-wheel tractors (47% of the total delivery amount), dump trucks (25%) and chassis (26%). The most popular in the far-abroad markets are KrAZ-65055 and KrAZ-65032 dump trucks, KrAZ-6443 fifth-wheel tractor. KrAZ-6322 military cross-country truck and its modifications is the leader of sales. High competitiveness of this model and the company itself was proved by successful fulfillment of the contract (the largest in the automobile plants history and the third-large in the history of a military-technical collaboration of Ukraine with foreign countries valued at more than 110 USD mln.) for delivery of more than 2000 units of

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News The Egyptian military men have completed their training in KrAZ maintenance
Last year Holding Company AvtoKrAZ has concluded a contract for delivery of 29 trucks for the Ministry of Defence of the Egypt Arabian Republic (EAR). This cooperation was completed by the customer representatives training in operation, maintenance and operating repair of the KrAZ-6322 platform truck. The Egyptian military men have received theoretical knowledge which they have already applied in practice in the second half of their training. The training completed, the representatives of the Ministry of Defence of Egypt were awarded diplomas certifying the acquired qualification level.

A new design on KrAZ chassis a truck-mounted concrete pump

Italian company Vehicle Engineering has bought a lot of all-wheel drive KrAZ-632 chassis. The president of the company, Mr. Marco Tockachelly, has shown his willingness to accept the vehicles on the spot and test them personally in off-roads conditions and in the soft ground. Having completed a test-drive Mr. Tockachelly admired high cross-country ability of all-purpose vehicles, their excellent dynamic behaviour and good maneuverability and expressed his interest in developing cooperation.

KrAZ cross-country trucks have made their way towards Italy

To satisfy numerous requests of construction organizations, Holding Company AvtoKrAZ has brought out to the market of building technology a truck-mounted concrete pump JXZ 37-4.16HP (JUNJIN Heavy Industry, Korea) on KrAZ-65053 chassis with 6x4 wheel arrangement. A new design enables to discharge concrete mix to the height of 37 m with high accuracy, it saves time, provides conveniences and additional opportunities when operated on the construction site. The concrete pump truck output is 20-158 cubic meter per hour. Concrete intake capacity is 600 l. A powerful multi-stage rotary water pump has output capacity of 120 l/m and operating pressure of 20 bar. The pump is equipped with automatic control system using radio remote control.

AvtoKrAZ jointly with the Telecard-Device Company (Odessa) created field communication system based on the two-axle all-wheel drive KrAZ-5233BE truck with 4x4 wheel arrangement. The truck is equipped with 330-h.p. engine Euro-2, 1350x550-533 tyres and provided with centralized tyre inflation system controlled directly from the cabin. Truck full mass with communication equipment room complex is 14.2 tons. Truck maximum speed is 80 km/h. Communication equipment complex (the so called shelter) is mounted on the shortened platform. This complex takes place of 7-8 earlier applied communication equipment rooms. It is noteworthy that similar products are produced only in 5 countries of the world. This complex has a great export potential since without it, it is impossible to control army in modern conditions.

Field communication system based on KrAZ-5233BE

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Holding Company AvtoKrAZ jointly with the company AUTOKRAZ POLSKA the exclusive representative in the territory of Poland took part in the International Exhibtion of Road Construction Autostrada-Polska 2007 that was held in the city of Kelts (Poland) in May. Annually the exhibition hosts on its area the leading European manufacturers of construction equipment, trucks, trailers and parts. This year more than 600 companies from all over the world took part in it. Holding Company AvtoKrAZ exposition was represented by: I all-wheel drive dump trucks with 6x6 wheel arrangement: KrAZ-65032-063 with load carrying capacity of 20 tons, equipped with a platform of 16 m3, and KrAZ-65032-65 on wide-section tyres Micheline with load carrying capacity of 18 tons, equipped with 12-cube platform. I four-axle KrAZ-7133C4 dump truck with 8x4 wheel arrangement, load carrying capacity of 25 tons and 12-cube platform. Ukrainian heavy trucks are widely known in Poland and enjoy the reputation of reliable and undemanding vehicles, therefore KrAZ exposition aroused a great interest among exhibition visitors. The representatives of construction and mining companies that had KrAZ vehicles in their truck fleet bought at the times of the Soviet Union spoke respectfully of their functional performance and stated they had not come across a more endurable truck. A good truck was the most frequent phrase pronounced by the guests of AvtoKrAZ exposition. One of the guests, Romeck Kirichin a driver with 20-years working experience of driving different types of KrAZ vehicles, said the following: The first time I drove KrAZ was in the army, that was KrAZ-260B fifth-wheel tractor that is used for fuel tanks transportation. I had a very good impression about that truck. Having a 20-years driving experience

New KrAZ vehicles for Polish builders!

I tested many trucks, but if I were to choose which truck I would prefer for work, I would answer without hesitation: Surely, KrAZ! Once at the highway construction we had an accident. Primary work was carried out by our domestically produced STAR vehicles. A heavy rain started, it lasted rather long and was not going to stop. Suddenly our vehicles started to sink in the mud. Then our chief decided to call for more powerful vehicles KrAZ and TATRA from the other site. The work was continuing for some time. TATRA vehicles did not sustain torrential rain and a heavy wind, and run down, whereas KrAZ continued to work confidently. A foul weather did not grow quiet continuing to test the strength of people and equipment and it won KrAZ vehicles run down. Then our chief was at loss and pronounced the phrase that I remembered for all my life. He said: If even KrAZ vehicle did not manage, nobody and nothing is able to work in such conditions.

Romeck Kirichin Polish KrAZ-driver with 20-years working experience During the exhibition Holding Company AvtoKrAZ jointly with AUTOKRAZ POLSKA conducted negotiations with management of mining and construction enterprises that resulted in concluding contracts for KrAZ vehicles delivery. It is scheduled to deliver to Poland not less than 50 KrAZ vehicles by the end of the year. Sales growth of KrAZ vehicles in the Polish market will be stimulated by the established AUTOKRAZ LEASING Company (Gutta Bank financial division) that will carry out leasing sales of KrAZ vehicles.

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forward-control type cabin. Implementation of the project will enable to considerably broaden the product market. Today Holding Company AvtoKrAZ offers its consumers vehicles equipped with the engine with the ecological standard Euro 3 and 360-375 h.p. manufactured by JSC Avtodiesel (Yaroslavl, Russia), KAMAZ (Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan), Cummins (USA), Deutz (Germany). Vehicles design provides for usage of power-plants that meet the Euro-3 requirements of several manufacturers, hence the consumer can choose vehicle modification subject to availability of service centers network for power-plants maintenance in the countryimporter of the purchased machinery. Among new developments of the year 2007 is the design of a new 25-tons KrAZ 7140C6 dump truck of 8x6 wheel arrangement with the engine YAMZ7511.10 of 400 h.p. and the dump platform of 18 m3. The current year witnessed the completion of testing and certification of the new KrAZ-7140H6 truck chassis (8x6) with 25.0 tons load carrying capacity and KrAZ-6140TE fifth-wheel tractor with 20 tons loading on fifth wheel and permissible full semitrailer mass of 70 tons. A new design is KrAZ-65053 truck-mounted concrete pump with application of the Korean equipment of the model JXR-38-5.1 HP. This year a range of special equipment on two-axle chassis for crane mounting, fire-fighting and recovery vehicles equipment was designed. One of our priority areas is to create vehicles modifications with RH steering, thus, the plant will be able to offer vehicles in the new markets and present modernized vehicles in a new quality in the traditional markets. Owing to application of modern devices and parts, as well as introduction of breakthrough technical decisions, KrAZ vehicles design has been considerably improved for the last year. The basic aspects of design improvement are increase of drivers safety, improvement of his work place ergonomics, and conformation to higher ecological requirements. On the consumers demand HC AvtoKrAZ started mounting of KrAZ vehicles with ABS of leading manufacturers WABCO, Knorr-Bremse, Ekran that enables to use more effectively braking force distribution on each wheel depending on road conditions, thus increasing vehicle active safety. In order to increase KrAZ vehicle operational figures and provide reliability of the brake system, it is suggested to use Knorr-Bremse air-preparation device. This device performs a gas-dynamic and absorptive purification of the compressed air after compressor. Air drying eliminates the possibility of

KrAZ automobile machinery model range of the year 2007 includes 28 basic models, 62 modifications and about 300 sets of KrAZ vehicles among those are dump trucks, platform trucks and its chassis, fifth-wheel tractors, timber trucks and log trucks, motor-truck concrete mixers, military and civil vehicles of high cross-ability with single-type and doubletype wheels, arrangement of 4x2, 4x4, 6x4, 6x6, 8x4 and 8x6. Today company experts focus on the issues concerning KrAZ vehicles modernization and extension of model range, execution of technical decisions aimed at improving the level of quality and consumer characteristics of the produced vehicles. This year engineering team of the Kremenchug automobile plant will complete the development of working documentation for KrAZ vehicles family of

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valves freezing in brake system devices. Updated reducer differential suspension owing to introduction of additional pins has considerably improved its reliability. To provide KrAZ fifth-wheel tractors operation with dumping semi-trailers, it is offered to mount hydraulic system on KrAZ-6443 and KrAZ-64431 fifth-wheel tractors. In order to perform regulations of EEC, UN No 55 regarding the provision of operation with different trailers on KrAZ vehicles, where can be applied a towing gear of king pin-eye type. On the consumers demand KrAZ vehicles can be mounted with electrically heated rear-view and sideview mirrors that provide good visibility in winter time. The company has developed and produces currently bodies of various capacities (10.5; 12; 14; 16; 18 and 20) depending on types of transported goods. A steering wheel of the new design meets modern ergonomics requirements. A new seat design of the Pilot company with three-points safety belt fastening decreases vibroloading, makes the drivers working place more comfortable and increases safety. Progressive suspension can be of two types pneumatic and mechanical. In order to increase efficiency and safety of truck brake system, new air tubes with power batteries are introduced in all KrAZ vehicles models.

The companys politics towards more complete satisfaction of consumers demands presupposes extension of model range and quantity of options offered.

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The Republic of Ghana is well-known for its considerable potential of logging and woodprocessing industry. Annually more than 1.6 mln. m3 of timber, such as wawa, mahogany and sapele etc. are exported to various countries of the world. In order to satisfy Ghana logging complex needs, KrAZ-6433 fifth-wheel tractor set was designed at the end of 2006, being equipped with 3.5 in. fifth-wheel manufactured by the George Fisher Company. Trucks possess higher towing and dynamic characteristics in comparison with basic models equipped with twoinch fifth wheel. The development of fifth-wheel tractors with 3.5 in. pin was determined by the need of logging enterprises in a vehicle that had more possibilities at payload and towing characteristics. Last year in August those who possessed such characteristics started conquering the impassable jungles of Ghana. Powerful KrAZ-6443 vehicles linked to two-axle pole-trailers of local manufacturer were transporting logs of century-old fine wood through bushwhack. Loaded with gigantic logs of 1.5 m in diameter and total weight of about 50 t, KrAZ vehicles owing to all-wheel drive were easily moving across steeps, bumpy soil roads of Ghana equatorial forests. Ghana consumers also noted the ergonomics of the drivers seat PILOT with air suspension and three-point safety belts fastening that provided more comfortable conditions for drivers work. A huge advantage of HC AvtoKrAZ in its strategy of gaining consumer preferences in the market of African countries is provision of technical support and after-sales service of the supplied automobile machinery. Providing service support of KrAZ-6443 fifth-wheel tractors delivered to Ghana in last August, technicians of HC AvtoKrAZ were witnesses of the fact that owing to margin of safety implemented by the plant designers, the truck successfully sustains even intense overloads. The next lot of trucks is delivered to Ghana.

Ghana:

Holding Company AvtoKrAZ is confidently regaining its presence in the market of West African countries
The history of KrAZ automobile machinery delivery to Ghana goes back to the beginning of 1960. This country is a strategically promising and quickly developing market of heavy-duty trucks among African countries, it annually increases the volumes of bauxite, manganese, gold and fine wood extraction.

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Liberia:
Once again KrAZ vehicles have proved that it is within their reach to move across sail roads eroded by tropical rains, when there is a heavy earth mover or a grader on the three-axle semitrailer
Liberia is a country that possesses a considerable supply of natural resources (fine wood, diamonds, gold, ore fossils) but yet has much underdeveloped transport infrastructure disrupted by recent army conflicts. Lack of hard-surface roads, the need for a reliable and simple in maintenance truck, reasonable price all this resulted in choosing of the following KrAZ vehicles by the TIG company: KrAZ-6443 fifthwheel tractors (6x6) and KrAZ-65032-063 dump trucks (6x6) with the body of 16 m3. All-wheel drive, interwheel and interaxle lockable differentials, high and low gear of transfer case, 8-speed

gear-box and 330-h.p. turbo-diesel heart of the Kremenchug resident thanks to all this set of qualities these KrAZ vehicles are the first movers on the roads and helpmates of geologists and builders. Locals viewed KrAZ vehicles as something uncommon new trucks in the country could be counted on fingers, the remaining 10-15 year old trucks were from Europe and America. Liberians speak enthusiastically about KrAZ vehicles, since the trucks made a good showing when transporting crushed rock and soil for roads construction. Welcome to Liberia, KrAZ!

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Presenting the project of Holding Company AvtoKrAZ for participation in the rally Dakar

Motor show KrAZ-2007

On the 28th of June, 2007 Holding Company AvtoKrAZ conducted in Kremenchug the third Motor Show KrAZ-2007 that have already become a traditional presentation of the modern plant production. More than 30 KrAZ giants settled themselves on the central square of Kremenchug. The Motor Show guests were able to observe KrAZ trucks of the 2007 model range, as well as historic trucks. Among the new developments of automobile machinery presented by Holding Company AvtoKrAZ one could see a 25-tons KrAZ-7140C6 dump truck with 8x6 wheel arrangement and platform of 18 m3, a truck for roads surface treatment consisting of the KrAZ-64431 fifth-wheel tractor and semitrailer with binding substances distributor manufactured by Nikolaev plant DorMash, KrAZ-6140TE fifth-wheel tractor of 400 h.p. with heavy-duty semitrailer, KrAZ-65053 with multilift system, KrAZ-5233H2 fire-fighting truck on two-axle chassis and other vehicles. The collection of earlier reconstructed old-timers the first produced vehicle of the Kremenchug automobile plant, namely KrAZ-222 dump truck, as well as KrAZ-214 platform military truck and KrAZ-255B cross-country truck was enriched by a legendary experimental KrAZ-7E6316 truck Sibir (8x8) and KrAZ-260 with howitzer Hiacinth. KrAZ vehicles exposition was supplemented with the exhibition of historic and modern military equipment of Morozov construction department, the 110-th Kharkov auto-repair plant and the Kremenchug garrison of the military unit A1546, as well as retro-vehicles, fire engineering, buses and motorcycles. Many official guests attended the KrAZ festival. Opening the motor show KrAZ-2007, General Director of HC AvtoKrAZ Sergey Sazonov congratulated all the guests on the Day of Constitution and the traditional Motor Show KrAZ-2007 and mentioned, in particular, that Holding Company AvtoKrAZ is one of the most dynamic deve-loping companies in Ukraine. At the present moment the Holding Company comprises 12 enterprises and 19 thousand employees. Today we produce not only heavy-duty trucks, but also railway cars, vessels and many other things essential both for national economy of Ukraine and many other countries of the world. All day long Pobeda square had a feel of festive atmosphere: the performances of brass band and rally team Avtoslalom, biker and special forces shows, a big concert starring the comic-troupe Maski, Tina Karol and Mika Newton, as well as Kremenchug groups. That day all children received balloons and many people who took part in a free lottery left the place with valuable presents from AvtoKrAZ. The festival ended up with a huge firework.

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AvtoKrAZ levels at Dakar

In the framework of the Motor Show KrAZ-2007 Holding Company AvtoKrAZ presented a project of HC AvtoKrAZ participation in the rally Dakar. The idea of creating a truck that is able to meet the challenge of any weather, any climatic conditions corresponds to the project name SIMOOM that comes from the Arabian name of a dry hot wind which is generated in the deserts of North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula and entails the strongest sand-storms. Participation in the rally Dakar necessitated the elaboration of technical and engineering documentation for the creation of a new type KrAZ vehicle of the 5th generation KrAZ 5173PE. This is all-wheel drive sports truck (4x4) with independent suspension of all wheels. KrAZ-5173PE was created specially for operation in all kinds of roads and areas in different climatic conditions at the temperature ranging from -450C to +550C. The truck is able to overcome grades rising up to 320 m and lowering up to 250 m. Fuel distance in extreme traffic conditions is not less than 850 km at fuel margin in two fuel tanks their full capacity being 900 l. KrAZ-5173PE can overcome passes up to 5000 m above the sea level and the river fords up to 1.5 m in depth. The truck has a full mass of 16 tons at load carrying capacity of 6 tons. The truck has a peculiar arrangement. There are four superstructures on the truck frame that are not connected to each other, namely an engine compartment, a cabin, a system compartment and a wagon. In his front part the truck has the so called bumper guard for the protection from slight set-backs. The engine has 2 cooling systems: a liquid cooler in front of the engine and two supercharging air coolers above the engine that are essential for engine normal operation in conditions of high temperature in the desert. The truck is equipped with 740 h.p., 4-stroke, 8-cylinder, V-shaped diesel engine manufactured by the DEUZ company (Germany). This is a highly accelerated sports variant of the stock engine that has been popular among the companies- participants of the rally Dakar in the course of 5 years. The cabin of KrAZ-5173PE sports truck is an updated cabin of KrAZ production vehicles. It is mounted behind the engine and is located within the truck wheelbase. The cabin is supplied with 3 anatomical seats for driver, navigator and mechanic and three panel boards with its own indicators for each of them. Moreover, the cabin has an inner roll bar for crew protection in case of rolling over. The fourth section of the truck is an aluminium wagon with inner roll bar and opening rear doors. The wagon comprises a set of tools and spare parts, at least two spare wheels in the wheelholder, tanks for water and oil. Taking into account the specific conditions of Dakar, the truck is equipped with sports tyres of the Michelin Company (France) with 14.00R20 dimension. Special forged wheels applied in sport trucks KAMAZ-4911 EXTREME were designed for these tyres. There is a system compartment behind the cabin, it has a powerful safety rail that functions as a fixation base for both mufflers with two exhaust pipes, as well as for two air filters with vertical pipes of air intake through monocyclones. The bolide chassis also has its design peculiarities. A mechanical 13-speed gear box manufactured by EATON (England) is attached to the engine. For torque distribution from the engine to two driving axles the transfer case of the ZF Steyer Company (Austria) is installed. Due to the reduced high gear ratio 0.89, the truck is able to make up to 165 km/h and when low gear is switched (1.536) the truck is able to move across difficult sections of the road.

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The first demonstration area for heavy trucks testing in Ukraine

Holding Company AvtoKrAZ built on the automobile plant territory a demonstration-testing area and there is nothing of the kind in Ukraine.
The first sequence of the demonstration area is put in commission and at the present moment it is almost ready for the performance of a full-scale testing. Design work was started at the beginning of 2006, the construction of the demonstration area was launched by the automobile plant workers on the site of an old dilapidated wheel shop that had not been used for a long time. The primary designation of the demonstration area is to serve for new equipment testing, to demonstrate vehicles capacities for potential customers, as well as to conduct investigations when creating new vehicles models or modifications of the serial vehicles models and mounted on them units and components. Apart from the above mentioned goals, a new demonstration area will enable to optimize the process of running-in new vehicles which roll off the assembly line. The creation of a personal demonstrationtest center. testing area is the first step of HC AvtoKrAZ on its way to the building of a modern certified The AvtoKrAZ demonstration area embodied all the obstacles elements of the world famous SOFEX (Jordan). The demonstration area reconstructs to create maximal (in many cases extreme) load on all the constituents of high cross-country ability vehicles. The demonstration-testing area of HC AvtoKrAZ is (Russia), in Bronnitsa and Nizhni Tagil, IDEX (UAE), the relief of almost all the extreme roads and enables testing areas, such as FGUP NITSIAMT Dmitrov

located on the area of 10600 m2 and comprises a ity, vehicles dynamic characteristics. The obstacles are

range of obstacles and special zones which enable to conduct testing of cross-country ability, maneuverabilchosen in such a way, as to create marginal (in many cases extreme) load both on the vehicle as a whole axles, steering etc. and on its units and components: frame, suspension,

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The scheme of the obstacles zone 1st sequence arrangement in the HC AvtoKrAZ demonstration area for heavy trucks testing

A photo-report from the demonstration area

On the Vertical Wall at the height of 0.6 m is KrAZ-6322. This obstacle is designed for checking the vehicle capacity to negotiate a big single obstacle. At the international exhibition of military equipment IDEX-2007 in the United Arab Emirates KrAZ-6322 Raptor armoured truck made 5 t heavier was the only one among the exhibited three-axle vehicles which managed to negotiate this obstacle. KrAZ-65033 negotiates the obstacle Rolling Hills (the length of the area is 28 m, the width is 3.6 m, the distance between hills tops is 6 m each). This obstacle is aimed at checking the vehicle cross-country ability in difficult road conditions when a truck negotiates a chain of rolling hills.

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KrAZ-6322 on Concrete Humps a chain of concrete blocks with 1.5x1.5 m dimension and 2.2 m distance between blocks (the height of the first row of blocks is 0.2 m, the height of the subsequent blocks is 0.4 m). This section is designed for testing the geometrical crosscountry ability of the truck, simultaneously the frame, the suspension and the truck axles are exposed to heavy loading.

All-wheel drive KrAZ-65033 (6x6) dumper negotiates the Hill of Pipes: 10 concrete pipes of 0.8 m in diameter make up the hill of 1 m in height. The section is intended for testing the geometric cross-country ability of the truck, checking of the frame, the suspension and the truck axles in the cyclic load conditions.

KrAZ-5133BE overcomes the obstacle Railroad Embankment (the height from the embankment foundation to the upper part of the rails is 0,9 m). It is designed for testing the geometric cross-country ability of the truck in difficult road conditions, as well as checking of the frame, the suspension and the truck axles.

KrAZ-6322 is tested on the cross-country ability through the Sandy Area (the width of the strip is 6 m, the length is 34 m, the depth of the sandy layer is 1 m).

KrAZ-65033 dumper for difficult operating conditions on the Multi-step Ledge a stepped symmetrical concrete climb, where the 2 low steps are per 0.2 m high each and the upper step is 0.4 m. The total height of the obstacle is 0.8 m. Tested are the frame, the suspension and the truck axles.

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When KrAZ-6322 overcomes the section Obstruction from Beams Located Aslant, tested is not only the truck geometric cross-country ability, but also the steering, the frame, the suspension and the truck axles in the conditions of heavy oscillatory loads. 8 concrete beams (0.4 m in height and 0.4 m in width) are located at an angle of 300 to each other.

KrAZ-6322 rushes out of the Pool intended for testing vehicles on fordability up to 1.75 m.

KrAZ-6322 in flight from the Spring-board of 0.5 m high. Tested on the influence of extremely heavy load are the frame, the suspension and the truck axles.

KrAZ-6322 on the Hill of 10 m high. Located on the hill slopes are sections with 60% ramp (or 310) for vehicles gradeability testing; with 20% ramp for testing the parking brake system of single vehicles; with 12% ramp for testing the parking brake system of the road-train trucks.

KrAZ-6333PE evacuator at the obstacle Uphill Slope with 200 cross slope (the uphill slope length is 15 m): tested on the resistance to side dumping.

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KrAZ-255B
The history of KrAZ-255B truck creation is rather interesting. In 1961 the USSR State Committee on the defense equipment worked out and approved the tactical and technical requirements to the military truck. The design of this vehicle was charged over the Kremenchug automobile plant. The truck was completely new for the plant. It had an independent wheel suspension and was equipped with the new wide cross-section tyres of alternating pressure with 1300x530-533 dimension. Apart from this the truck had a centralized tyre inflation system which could be controlled on the run by the driver directly from the cabin. The unique tyre was created by three organizations: the scientific and research institute of the tyre industry of the USSR, the Voronezhskiy tyre plant and, of course, KrAZ. The tyre VI-3 designally permitted the operation with different pressure ranging from 3.5 atm. to 1.0 atm. that considerably increased the truck crosscountry ability in off-roads conditions. When the truck moved across snow, sand and marshland, the tyre decompression up to 1.0 atm. increased its print and contact area by 50-60%. Both models of KrAZ-253 and KrAZ-255B trucks were tested on the state level together with the KrAZ-214B and Ural-375 serial vehicles from May 1964 to June 1965. The testing results were the following: both new models of KrAZ vehicles surpassed by their characteristics the existing military trucks. At the beginning of 1967 KrAZ-255B was put on the assembly line and the same year it was added to the Soviet Army armoury. In 1967 KrAZ-255B obtained an arms-companion KrAZ-255V fifth-wheel tractor. At maximum 8 tons load on the fifth wheel, the truck was able to tow semitrailers of the full mass up to 26 tons. The front driving axle of KrAZ-255B was absolutely new. The application of new tyres, load increase on the axle required the alternation of the wheel center, the axle case cast beam, differential axles, as well as of all the parts of the equal rotational speed joint. The wheel center and differential axles were also changed on the middle and rear axles. Shaft support bearings were forced in the transfer case. The cardan drive was new as well. Cardan shaft cross-pieces and yokes had an increased dimension-type. The truck steering system was new. Unlike other models that had an air booster, KrAZ-255B had a hydraulic booster arranged into one unit a distributor and a main cylinder.

What is KrAZ-255B? This is a brand of the automoblie brand of the Soviet Union. In KrAZ-255B. Can any other automobile be proud of such a fact?

Kremenchug automobile plant, or rather an the middle of 80-s of the previous century plant or any other company in the world 57 countries of the world were armed with

In 1967 KrAZ-255B started its triumphal KrAZ vehicles were first supplied to the abroad that received KrAZ-255B for its army Republic. was the German Democratic Warsaw Pact countries. The first country

movement across the world. In 1968 these

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Owing to the new steering system, designers managed to raise the maximum speed of KrAZ-214B from 55 km/h to 71 km/h. Modernized were other components of the three-axle truck as well, but it is noteworthy that KrAZ-255B truck at the 19675 kg full mass was able to transport up to 7.5 tons of cargo. Being slightly modified, having received new tyres and centralized tyre inflation system, the truck, in military experts opinion, was equated with track-type machines by its cross-country ability. Apart from electric two-tone sound signals, two-tone air signal C40B was installed on the cabin LH side plate of KrAZ-255B vehicle and was initiated by the driver in emergency pressing a separate button. In 1976 all the vehicles of the second KrAZ family,

The complete family of KrAZ-255B was

established in 1969 when in May came off the assembly line the first KrAZ-255L timber truck a civil variant of the military KrAZ-255B truck. All the three trucks from with high cross-country ability had one and the same chassis, they differed from each other only by superstructures: side platcase of the timber truck. the three-axle all-wheel drive family trucks

form, fifth wheel and special equipment in

including KrAZ-255B, KrAZ-255V, KrAZ-255L were equipped with two-circuit braking system which enabled to increase the truck operating safety. A new pontoon-bridge park (PBP) was developed especially for KrAZ-255B truck and was estimated as the best in the world. A heavy mechanized bridge based on KrAZ-255B chassis enabled to build a temporary bridge for wheelbase and track-type equipment (tanks) not only through water obstacles, but also through ravines. From 1979 to 1982 the Kremenchug automobile plant supplied annually about 4-5 thousand of military trucks. The highest level was reached in 1981, when the USSR Ministry of Defense and the All-Union Association Avtoexport KrAZ shipped 5591 units of KrAZ-255B1 trucks. Within this period the Kremenchug automobile plant produced 197155 units: KrAZ-255B/B1 platform trucks and their chassis 160732; KrAZ-255V/V1 fifth-wheel tractors 6957; KrAZ-255L/L1 timber trucks 29466. Within 23 years the Kremenchug automobile plant has produced and supplied to the Soviet Army, the Warsaw Pact countries, as well as to the armies of other countries of the world nearly 82 thousand military KrAZ-255B/B1 trucks. If we take into account the fact that in January of 2006 the plant produced its 800-thousandth vehicle, nearly a quarter of the produced vehicles total quantity falls to the share of the famous model.

KrAZ-255B/B1 vehicles manufacture was intensified from year to year. Other machine building plants of the Soviet Union developed and produced on the chassis base more and more new products: various airfield and fire trucks. These were military trucks, but at the engineering vehicles, cranes, excavators, beginning of 70s of the previous century

KrAZ-255B trucks chassis were launched

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FLN the Iranian partner of HC AvtoKrAZ. Guarantee of success!

Holding Company AvtoKrAZ was visited by the director of the FLN company, the AvtoKrAZ representative in Iran, Mr. Hossein Yahyapour. He shared his impressions about the current situation in the truck market of Iran and told about the partnership. We began to cooperate with HC AvtoKrAZ 1.5 year ago. The manager of the commercial and economic mission of Ukraine in Iran Mr. Aleksandr Ivanov introduced us to AvtoKrAZ and Mr. Yuriy Oblog, and we started working. It was difficult to enter the Iranian market, as the automobile engineering is very developed in Iran. We have a lot of group companies that specialize in heavy trucks manufacture: Iran Khodro, SAIPA, Zamyad Company, Iveco, Renault and others. There are MAZ vehicles in Iran, although they lost the market because that did not manage to organize after-sales service and their assembling produces currently a small quantity of trucks. Having conducted a serious work in Iran, with the help of the company General Director Mr. Sergey Sazonov, as well as of Mr. Igor Fomenko and Mr. Yuriy Oblog we won the contract for 36 trucks with a big international construction company of Iran Keyson. KrAZ dump trucks will be used in the construction of road to a reservoir in the GINA project led by this company in the Equatorial Guinea. This is not a big contract for KrAZ, but on the other hand, we gained it in a very complicated competition. We have been working for 5 months under this contract. Namely KrAZ trucks were given preference to by the company owners, despite the fact that they represent BelAZ. Moreover, our partner is a subsidiary company of Keyson one of the biggest construction organizations of Iran which implements global construction projects all over the world. We are sure that KrAZ vehicles will give a good account of themselves followed by arranging the after-sales service. There are prospects to increase greatly the quantity of the companys trucks supplied for different projects in the world, including Iran. Old models of KrAZ vehicles are well-known in Iran. I envisage good prospects for KrAZ vehicles (6x6) promotion to the market of Iran. At present, jointly with HC AvtoKrAZ we consider the project of establishing the KrAZ vehicles assembly plant in Iran. Then we will manage to benefit from the customs-tariff, to reduce the cost by manufacture localization (to install Iranian tyres, engine, cooler on the truck etc.) Today a few construction companies of Iran are interested in KrAZ vehicles purchase. In the nearest future we are planning to open a showroom in Iran. About the partner: The FLN company has been working on the market of Iran since 1998. The company started its business with metal-roll sales, then it started to represent Iran Khodro in Belarus. Today FLN is the official representative of HC AvtoKrAZ in Iran.

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Enterprises-members of Holding Company

Uzhgorodskiy Turbogas Plant

Michail Kachur General Director Uzhgorodskiy Turbogaz, JSC The Uzhgorodskiy Turbogaz Plant, JSC was founded nearly 100 years ago and today it is the leading manufacturer of oil and gas complex in Ukraine. The plant specializes in manufacturing of power equipment for electric power stations running on gas fuel, as well as produces a wide range of equipment for oil and gas extraction, transportation and storage: block turbine expander aggregates, reducer pair couples, charger rotors, block transportable power stations, gas-distributing stations and centers, subsurface borehole equipment, regulated flow nipples, shutdown valves, quickdetachable construction devices, insulating joints, ball cocks, as well as spare parts for maintenance and repair of gas transmission complexes equipment. Also the plant has mastered the production of ski-lifts and various goods of national consumption. The Uzhgorodskiy Turbogaz is the unique enterprise, if one considers its productive capacity and equipment. It is furnished with large-sized cutting equipment which enables to process the parts of 6000 mm in diameter, 4000 mm in height and up to 100 tons in weight. The equipment stock comprises the unique SKD-63A boring-and-turning machine, manufactured in Czechoslovakia. Only four such machines were produced and two of them are placed at Turbogaz. Furthermore, the plant operates more than 100 units of highly accurate and highly productive gear production machinery manufactured by the Liebcher Company (Germany). The mounting for parts nitriding in glow discharge manufactured by the KLUNKER Company enables to perform thermal treatment of the parts weighing up to 9 tons. The plant is equipped with the TSKV-1000 complex manufactured by Skoda (Czechia) and intended for production of forge works weighing up to 8 tons using the deformation method via water press with the effort of 1000 tons. Highly accurate equipment fosters a successful quality politics and, thus, production of high-quality and competitive goods. A wide range of large-sized and metal-intensive equipment for gas industry is ensured by metallurgical, welding, assembly and auxiliary departments of the Uzhgorodskiy Turbogaz Plant. The plant production is used in gas-production, gastransport, oil-production and metallurgical enterprises of Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and other countries. Among the principal consumers of the Uzhgorodskiy Turbogaz Plant products in Ukraine are subdivisions of the Ukraninan national stock company Neftegas (Cherkasstransgas, Lvivgasvidobuvannya, Poltavagasvidobuvannya, Ukrnafta), in Russia JSC Gazprom, in Belarus Svyazprominvest, Rostechinstrument. The joint work with HC AvtoKrAZ extended export potential and efficiency of promoting the products of the Uzhgorodskiy Turbogaz Plant to the market segments together with other products of Holding plants. The Uzhgorodskiy Turbogaz Plant invites to cooperation on mutually beneficial terms.

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