Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov visits the largest Weichai Power Machine-Building Company in China

On November 17, during his working visit to the Chinese Province of  Shandong, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov accompanied by Minister of Industry and Trade of the republic Albert Karimov and Director General of KAMAZ Automaker Sergey Kogogin visited Weichai Power Machine-Building Company’s production facilities.

Chairman of the Board and General Manager of Weichai Power Tan Xuguang said that the first plant was established in the city of Weifang in 1946. To date, the company is one of the world's leading manufacturers of engines, power generators, vehicles and automotive components. About one million engines, which are further installed in trucks, construction equipment, buses, combine harvesters, tractors, military equipment, come off the production line annually. The Weichai Power engines are also widely used in marine and river vessels as main and auxiliary engine units.

With the annual turnover reaching 26 billion US dollars, Weichai Power Corporation has solid investment opportunities and a good experience of investment cooperation in Europe.

Minnikhanov visited the foundry, got acquainted with the work of the engine assembly line and looked around the test site. Tan Xuguang said that the company has been doing major work to update its production facilities. Due to robotic complexes, which replace machine operators, it is possible to significantly increase the performance indicators. On average, it takes no more than 2.5 minutes to assemble one engine. Much attention is paid to reducing any adverse effects the company's activities have on the environment.

Minnikhanov was demonstrated various samples of the output products in a showroom. In addition to gas and diesel engines, gears, axles, and hydraulic systems were presented there. In particular, the guests were shown samples of engines delivered to the KAMAZ plant.

Tatarstan President appreciated the level of technical equipment of the enterprise and expressed his hope for further successful cooperation.