Sollers MAZDA AND WILL CREATE A PRODUCTION IN RUSSIA
Company Mazda Signing with Sollers OJSC `` agreement to establish a joint manufacturing facility in Russia Under the agreement, the production capacity of the company will be located in Vladivostok (Primorye). Start of production is scheduled for autumn 2012. The plant will produce new crossover Mazda CX-5, Mazda6 next-generation model Sollers for the Russian market.
Capacity of the new plant in the initial phase of work will be 50 000 vehicles per year, and preliminary projected to increase to 70,000 vehicles per year.
In 2011, demand for new cars has increased by about 40 percent. As a result, Russia has become the second-largest sales market in Europe (after Germany). Together with Sollers ``, Mazda intends to strengthen its position in the fast growing Russian market and set the stage production for the world market.
