Uzavtosanoat said that ceremony of laying memorable capsule to fundament of new plant was held at JV MAN Auto-Uzbekistan on 11 April 2011.

Within the first stage (2011-2013) of the project, it is planned to construct assembly, painting shops, diagnosis areas, which will be designed for production of 6,000 trucks and chassis of MAN a year at two shift work. There will be opportunity to increase capacity up to 10,000 units a year. It is also planned to open dealer and service centers.

Later, it is planned to launch production of cabs and carriage frame for MAN vehicles on full technological circle and create capacities on production of all range of trailers and other equipment.

Overall, it is expected that the capacity of new plant will reach 20,000 units of vehicles a year. The project will be financed due to investments of founders and loans.

MAN Truck & Bus AG representative Lars Himer said: “I am very happy that today we made another important step in deepening of our cooperation with Uzbekistan. A year past since we launched production of MAN trucks in Samarkand and we are on the threshold of creation of new powerful production capacity, which help to strengthen position of our joint venture.”

Launch of new production complex in suburb of Samarkand will lift production of heavy commercial vehicles in Uzbekistan to new quality level and expand cooperation with MAN Trucks & Bus AG, Uzavtosanoat said.

In 2009, MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG and Uzavtosanoat created MAN Auto-Uzbekistan JV on assembly of trucks and other equipment in Samarkand. The charter capital of the venture is 3 million euros. Uzavtosanoat holds 51% stake in the venture, and MAN Nutzfahrzeuge – 49%.