12 Dec AZ "Ural" will become an independent because of the sanctions

Tomorrow ends the deferral of the introduction of anti-Russian sanctions against "GAZ Group"

12 December 2018 automobile plant "Ural", is still part of the Group GAS, begins to live as independent producers in conditions of anti-Russian sanctions imposed under the us sanctions of the so-called "SDN List" against all of the companies owned by Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska. Respectively, belonging to the oligarch carmaker "GAZ Group", which unites the majority of Russian car and engine factories (AZ GAZ, AZ Ural, LiAZ, KAVZ, PAZ YAMZ), is subject to sanctions freezing assets and a ban on payments in dollars.

Stand AZ "Ural" at CTT 2015 masked under the guise of "GAZ Group"

In addition, also all its foreign contractors "takes the pencil" OFAC (Office of foreign assets control of the U.S. Treasury, responsible, inter alia, for sanctions policy) and threatened the so-called "secondary" sanctions.

Now the AZ "Ural" stands proudly under its own brand (photo from the exhibition STT-2018) 

Given the very extensive program of GAZ Group for procurement of imported components (which is even in the design of the old series "GAZelle BUSINESS"), as well as quite a wide international dealer network, the very existence of the company if, and not compromised, elimination, her plans for the development (and, until 2028 GAZ Group intends to invest jointly with the government ₽of 20.88 billion in the framework of specinvtehnica (SPIC) to its range of LCV, LDT, HCV and buses) down to great risk. To go to another host to the whole Group GAS is unrealistic even if they try to be a huge concern Volkswagen Group, not to mention the great sagging in the crisis (including for the same sanctions) Russian companies, but still partially "in the wide riscaldamneto Svetochka" assets is still possible.

Now "Ural" is again only "Ural"

Here, accordingly, the AZ "Ural" and released on "free bread". Naturally, the company recreated the design office and commercial building. However, given that the cabin NEXT series and diesel engines of YAMZ he will continue to receive from the GAZ Group, such "separation" does not mean that the sword above him, OFAC will no longer hang.

Under the wing of GAZ Group brand "Ural" mastered the new family NEXT and was going a lot to produce...

For example, the AZ "Ural" is one of the first in the country began to develop modifications of trucks and vahtovom gas engine (pictured rotational bus Ural-3255-5013-71Е5 with gas installation)

The feeling that the GAZ Group, still large, independent and efficient (profit according to IFRS for the 2017 amounted to ₽3.5 billion), and even while working also at the Ministry of Defence and other power structures of Russia, is on the point of impact of anti-Russian sanctions (remember how in the 1990s Americans have done about the GAS laudatory transmission, as seen in her lorry "GAZelle" obvious "beneficial" is an example of transition of Russia to "the ideals of the market economy"). Now, following the example of Taras Bulba said: "I gave birth to you, I'll kill you".

Cabin type NEXT, completely identical

LCV GAZelle NEXT and Gazon NEXT, and...

diesel engines of the brand YMZ "independent" plant "Ural" will continue to benefit from GAZ Group

Even if Volkswagen will be able to go through the "Scylla and Haribda" sanctions and yet to become a strategic partner of the group of GAS – good for the independence of our products (in fact the last major national player in the transport engineering) is not expected.

Yet streamlined hoodless cabin series "Ural-M" (see photo dump truck Ural-63701 CNG) at the factory are doing yourself (and old bonnet "Ural-M"), but... 

in the future they were going to replace the cabin from MAN (in the photo the chassis Ural-9593 8x8)

And so the existence of a distinctive Gazovskih design schools and Autonomous production of most of the components will definitely be "derived threshold of profitability", i.e. simply destroyed! And examples of that over the last quarter century of the "second era of Russian capitalism" does not count. It is possible that our state will be able in some way to rewrite a portion of the assets of the Group, but what will happen with her efficiency and profitability, and God knows...

Only at the end of November, the first road "Ural NEXT" 6x4 went to customers (see photo dump truck Ural-73945-5121-01)

AZ "Ural" is focusing on a new series "6x4" (pictured truck tractor Ural-7470-5511-01)

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