Russian cars will start to be equipped with domestic airbags and seat belts. "Sollers" will be the first in Russia to produce them. The components of passive safety systems will be produced in Ulyanovsk on the territory of the UAZ industrial park.
The total investment will amount to 1.5 billion rubles, but taking into account the importance of production, the "daughter" of "Sollers", LLC "Components of the Security System", was issued a loan of 1.2 billion rubles from the Industrial Development Fund.
According to RIA "Novosti", the preferential loan funds will be used to purchase foam filling machines, component assembly lines, equipment for cutting and sewing, lines for mounting printed circuit boards and assembling control units for the passive safety system, testing equipment for testing all components and products, and other necessary technological equipment.
The enterprise will employ more than two hundred people. The first domestic airbags, steering wheels, seat belts and electronic control units in Ulyanovsk are planned to be produced by their own forces as early as 2025. The components will be installed both on passenger cars and light commercial vehicles of "Sollers" enterprises, and on cars of other Russian manufacturers.
The intention of "Sollers" to enter this niche in November 2023 has already appeared insider information. However, the leak stated that the components of passive safety systems will be produced with a Chinese partner on the basis of Chinese technologies at a joint production. Officially, "Sollers" has not yet announced a partnership with China in this part.
