MAN AUTO-Uzbekistan
When OOO MAN AUTO - Uzbekistan is a German - Uzbek joint venture between the two companies MAN Truck & Bus AG and UzAvtosanoat, which was established by contract on September 4, 2009 in the residence Oqsaroy in Tashkent. Mediator of the sites were on the one hand, the President Islom Abduganiyevich Karimov, Chairman Ulugbek Rozukulov, as well as the CEO of MAN AG, Håkan Samuelsson. The establishment of the joint venture goes back to July 2009. Thereafter, MAN SE to increase the plant employees trained to ensure proper assembly of the vehicles to allow, as well as the theoretical knowledge of the workforce.
On the same day the contract is signed, the assembly began in the licensed of Samauto plant in Samarkand. Offers the identical MAN CLA series, which is supplied by the Indian manufacturing plant of MAN Force Trucks from as CKD kit are the MAN TGA, which is delivered as a CKD kit from Germany, as well. According to planning are to be mounted, which are then sold through a separate dealer network for each production year 500 to 1000 units. The production capacity is later to rise to more than 2000 units and utilize the work. The CLA will soon roll in a modified form as MAN CLE series in Samarkand from the tape. The target markets are the domestic market of Uzbekistan, as well as all other markets of the CIS. Some units, however, are exported to the market strategic support as a used vehicle and complete vehicle from the Neuhaus GmbH ( Selm ) from Germany to Uzbekistan. In addition to the TGA / TGM and CLA as well as the models can be found F2000/M2000 and F8 in Uzbekistan.
UzAvtosanoat is the only automotive manufacturer in Central Asia and has now reached a promising partner from whom one expects a monopoly position in the commercial vehicle sector in the surrounding countries after the collapse of its predecessor with MAN. As Håkan Samuelsson was involved in the known end of 2009 had become MAN bribery scandal, there are also suggestions that the UzAvtosanoat also entangled in it or affected by it could be.
In the first project phase, the production of trucks should be adapted to local needs and norms of the various economic sectors and markets such as the oil and gas industry and mining. Despite the financial crisis promises to be targeted to achieve dynamic growth in these sectors. The expansion of infrastructure will increase in automobiles and other vehicles demand.
Since August 2010, the TGS series is produced in the joint venture now. Where the company is responsible for the domestic sales, the export of the assembled units in Uzbekistan from MAN Eurasia Logistics Center is handled, which is also based in Tashkent.
Production figures
- 2009: 100 units ( TGA)
- 2010: 700 units (CLA, TGA and TGS )
- 2011: 800 units (CLA, TGA and TGS )
- 2012: 1000 units (CLA, TGA and TGS )
- 2013: 1000 units (CLA, TGA and TGS )
Model Overview
MAN TGS series CKD assembly since 08 /2010
MAN CLA series CKD assembly since 09 /2010