AvtoVAZ has resumed operation of the paint production at its subsidiary VIS-Avto, which had been idle since 2015. Company President Maxim Sokolov visited the plant in Togliatti to personally assess the modernization.
After a long period of inactivity, the site underwent a major renovation, and now the paint line is back in operation. Up to 30 bodies of Lada Granta vans and Niva Bronto vehicles are painted here per shift, including options with metallic enamels. Previously, the welded bodies were sent to the AvtoVAZ head plant, but now their processing and final assembly are carried out directly at VIS-Avto, which significantly reduces logistics costs.
Pilot production at this site was founded in 1986 to test technologies for the production of new Lada models. In its best years, the company had a full-fledged assembly line with a capacity of up to 15 thousand cars per year and a staff of more than 2 thousand employees.
However, in 2015, under the leadership of Bu Andersson, the plant was declared unprofitable and mothballed, and used in subsequent years as warehouse space. Now, nine years later, AvtoVAZ has decided to resume operations.
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