Operations started at the JV plant as an assembly operation in October 2012.
Mazda Motor and OJSC Sollers today said that they have agreed with the Government of the Russian Federation to assess the establishment of an engine plant at their joint venture Mazda Sollers Manufacturing. The existing plant is in Vladivostok, the Primorsky region of Russia’s Far Eastern Federal District. Mazda makes two models there, the CX5 and the Mazda6, known as Atenza in Japan.
At a ceremony attended by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Russia Chikahito Harada, Mazda’s Representative Director, President and CEO Masamichi Kogai, Sollers’ CEO Vadim Shvetsov and First Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Gleb Nikitin signed a memorandum of understanding at a ceremony held in Vladivostok today. President of Russian Federation Vladimir Putin specially congratulated participants of signing ceremony.
“Since operations started in October 2012, MSMR has produced around 80,000 Mazda cars which have gone out to people all over the country,” said Mazda’s Representative Director, President and CEO Masamichi Kogai upon signing.
Sollers is a leading Russian automotive company that works in partnership with Ford, SsangYong, Toyota, Mazda and Isuzu. Its annual turnover has been as high as 47.9 billion rubles.
