30 May 2007
Moscow, Russia - Amtel-Vredestein NV has begun test production at the new factory at its Amtel-Chernozemye facility in Voronezh - months earlier than previously announced.
The company will now build production at the plant and ensure quality levels, before starting full-scale production of AMtel-brand tyres. In December, the company will open a mixing room after which the company plans to commence production of Vredestein and Maloya tyres for export to Europe, as well as for domestic distribution.
The new 44 000 square metre facility is modeled after the Company's Vredestein Banden plant in Enschede, Holland and was designed in cooperation with the company's Dutch engineers.
Amtel said Voronezh II will be among the most technologically advanced tyre factories in Europe. It will initially produce approximately 2.5 million passenger car and light truck tyres per year, which could be expanded up to 4.1 million tyres per year with additional investment. This would ultimately bring the total annual capacity at Amtel-Chernozemye to over 7 million tyres.
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