:Ganja Auto Plant
{{short description|Azerbaijani automobile assembly plant}}
{{Confusing|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Ganja Auto Plant
| logo = Logo of the Ganja Automobile Plant.png
| logo_size = 150
| caption =
| type = Public Company
| fate =
| predecessor = KiAZ (Kirovabad Automobile Factory)
| successor =
| foundation = 1986
| founder =
| defunct =
| location =
| locations =
| location_city = Ganja
| location_country = Azerbaijan
| area_served = Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey
| key_people =
| industry = Automotive
| products = Automobiles, Trucks, Mobile Cranes, Utility Trucks, Buses, Tractors, Combine harvesters, Agricultural machinery
| production =
| services =
| owner =
| assets = USD 40,000,000 dollar
| num_employees = 500
| parent =
| divisions =
| subsid = ATUB Turkey
| homepage = http://ganjaauto.az/
| footnotes =
}}
Ganja Auto Plant ({{langx|az|Gəncə Avtomobil Zavodu}}) is an auto assembly plant situated in the Ganja city in Azerbaijan. The factory was founded in 1986 as KiAZ (Kirovabad Automobile Plant) for a production of run of 30,000 "GAZelle" vans according to the project brief. The commissioning was intended to end in 1989 but following a decision of Council of Ministers of the former USSR the construction of the factory was interrupted, and the technological project was given to the Bryansk Automobile Plant. The 256 hectares (633 acres) of overall territory, including the {{convert|50|ha|acre|abbr=off}} of the factory footprint itself, stayed without utilization for 15 years.
Construction of an automobile plant was considered by the government after the end of the Soviet Union when Azerbaijan had obtained its independence. Since 1994 the giant and famous automobile companies of Italy, Korea, Japan, France and Germany showed interest in the facility, but negotiations held with them ended without a deal.
In December 2004, the Ganja automobile plant started manufacturing, and the first car built at the factory was sold. In 2008, the plant produced about 600 cars and tractors.[http://www.ganjaauto.az/page.php?page=history Ganja Automobile Plant History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706130735/http://www.ganjaauto.az/page.php?page=history |date=2011-07-06 }}
History
Construction of the plant began in 1986 under the name KiAZ (Kirovabad Automobile Factory). The production capacity of the plant was designed to produce 30,000 cars. Construction of the plant for the project was supposed to end in 1989, but because of the collapse of the Soviet Union the construction and operation of the plant was postponed indefinitely. After Azerbaijan gained the independence, in 1993, Turkish company Otokar, showed the interest in factory but due to political change production never implemented. In December 2004, it opened as the Gyandzha Auto Plant and the first car that came out of their production line was presented that year. In the year 2008 the factory produced about 600 vehicles, both cars and tractors, also later bus assembly was started.{{Cite web|url=http://www.export.by/en/?act=news&mode=view&id=45805|title = Export.by - Information export support website}}
This plant serves as one example of the Azeri government's efforts to show progress in diversifying its economy, which has traditionally always been largely dependent on the production oil and gas, and has been able to serve other purposes, in particular, to give a factual basis for political propaganda of the government. It also downplays some of the state's main weaknesses, such as having been formerly totally dependent on the import of transport equipment from other nations.{{Dubious|date=August 2019}}
Despite the efforts{{cite web |url=http://ganjaauto.az/page.php?page=news&nid=65&n=1&sub_id=0 |title=Ganja Auto |access-date=2013-07-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303212015/http://ganjaauto.az/page.php?page=news&nid=65&n=1&sub_id=0 |archive-date=2016-03-03 }} made at this plant to increase production by Russian interests, the overall production is still very low, being measured in just hundreds of units annuals, where the facility's original concept would accommodate increased production, thousands of units annually.
Recently {{when|date=November 2019}} Moldovan {{cite web |url=http://ganjaauto.az/page.php?page=news&nid=368 |title=Ganja Auto |access-date=2013-07-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130122094051/http://ganjaauto.az/page.php?page=news&nid=368 |archive-date=2013-01-22 }} and Russian investors have visited the plant in order to see the progress made and the production of their products in this factory, as well as Belarusian investors.
The opening of the Azerbaijan-Belarus tractor producing plant took place on April 15, 2019, in Turkey, a source in the Ganja Automobile Plant Production Association told AzVision.az.{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}}
Products
;{{Flag|RUS}} Lada
:* VAZ-1111 Oka (2004-2008)
:* Lada Granta (2024-present)
;{{Flag|RUS}} UAZ
:* UAZ-31512 (2006, 2007-present)
:* UAZ-31514 (2006, 2007-present)
:* UAZ-31519 (2006, 2007-present)
:* UAZ 39094 (2006, 2007–present)
:* UAZ 396259 (2006, 2007–present)
:* UAZ Hunter (2006, 2007–present)
:* UAZ Simbir (2006)
;{{Flag|RUS}} Kamaz trucks
:* KamAZ-53501 (2015-present)
:* KamAZ-6665 (2015-present)
;{{Flag|BLR}} MAZ trucks
:* MAZ-551605-272 (2007–present)
:* MAZ-555102-223 (2007–present)
:* MAZ-631705-212 (2007–present)
:* MAZ-642205-222 (2007–present)
:* MAZ-642208-232 (2007–present)
:* MAZ-953000-010 (2007–present, semi-trailer)
:* MAZ-based crane truck (2007–present)
:* MAZ-based special truck (2007–present)
;{{Flag|BLR}} MAZ buses
:* MAZ-203 (2019-present)
:* MAZ-206 (2019-present)
;{{Flag|BLR}} MTZ Belarus tractors
:*Belarus 80.1 (2007–present)
:* Belarus 80.3 (2007–present)
:* Belarus 82.1 (2007–present)
:* Belarus 892 (2007–present)
:* Belarus 1025 (2007–present)
:* Belarus 1221 (2007–present)
;{{Flag|ITA}} SDF Group tractors
:* Deutz-Fahr (2023–present)
;{{Flag|FIN}} Cma Sampo Combine
:* Sampo 2045 (2019–present)
;{{Flag|CHN}} Chang'an Automobile Group Vans & trucks
:* Changan Van Ganca (2005)
:* Changan Pick Up Truck (2005)
Gallery
Cars and trucks
File:Elektryczna Łada Oka.jpg|VAZ-1111 Oka
File:Lada Granta 2018 facelift.jpg|Lada Granta
File:Interpolitex 2011 (403-53).jpg|UAZ-315195 Hunter
File:UAV counteraction complex "Ataka-Trophy" on UAZ-39094 chassis during the "Armiya 2020".jpg|UAZ-39094
File:MAZ_truck_2.JPG|MAZ-551605
File:%D0%9C%D0%90%D0%97_6%D1%856.jpg|MAZ-631705
File:MAZ-based crane truck.jpg|MAZ-based crane truck
File:MAZ special truck in Minsk.jpg|MAZ special truck
File:Interpolitex_2011_%28404-25%29.jpg|KamAZ-53501
File:Kamaz-6560_truck%2C_IDELF-2008.jpg|KamAZ-6560
File:2011 Chang'an Star (Zhixing), front 8.4.18.jpg|Chana Star
File:Changan Star S100 2008 (15596271725).jpg|Changan Star
Buses
File:MAZ-203 and MAZ-206.JPG|MAZ-203 and MAZ-206 bus
Combine
File:Sampo Rosenlew Comia C12 combine.JPG|Sampo 2045 Combine
Tractors
File:Belarus 821 Qurgonteppa 1.jpg|MTZ-82
File:Belarus_1025.jpg|MTZ-1025
File:Tractor Belarus-1221-s.jpg|MTZ-1221
File:Trattori Deutz-Fahr - 9Series .jpg|Deutz-Fahr
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20101125055730/http://www.ganjaauto.az/ Home Page]
- [http://ganjaauto.gov.az/ Ganja Auto homepage]
{{Automotive industry in Azerbaijan}}
{{Soviet Automotive Makers}}
Category:Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1986
Category:Buildings and structures in Ganja, Azerbaijan
Category:1986 establishments in Azerbaijan
Category:Motor vehicle manufacturers of the Soviet Union