Mitsubishi Fuso Canter: The first thousand

In Naberezhnye Chelny on one of the factory assembly plants KAMAZ held a celebration at the release thousandth truck Mitsubishi Fuso Canter. Mark this event came Director General of OAO KAMAZ Sergey Kogogin, senior vice president of Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC) Kai-Juve Zaydenfus, Director General of KAMAZ Fuso Trucks Rus Albert Yagudin and production director MFTBC Ioshiro Motoyama. Chief Technologist Georgi Plekhanov held for journalists a tour of the production site. In addition to the assembly line in a huge shop housed facilities for unloading areas of logistics, unpacking and storage cabins, spare parts warehouse, the zone set. Discharge zone can take on 2 lots in the day, from one lot collected 12 cars. Assembly line itself is divided into 7 posts. At the first on the bare frame strung modules ABS, mechanisms for folding booths stuffed VIN. At the second position next car is equipped with front and rear suspension and wheels. On the third post adds control cables CAT exhaust system, engine mounts. At the fourth position is a "marriage" - set the engine to its rightful place, by the way, the factory engines come already run-in. Here Canter gets driveshaft. On the fifth post car is equipped with rear cab mounts, cooling system and start-up, the fuel tank and Fender. At the sixth position this whole design is starting to take shape car - chassis cab installed, but here it screw the lights, spend an electrician and close all facing materials, and then hang out bumper. On the seventh post iron enliven by technical liquids: oil, brake fluid, Gura, petrol - everything is made in Russia. At the last stage of mechanics "by hand" pumped the brakes. However, as noted by Georgi Plekhanov, soon the process will be automated and work will be reduced from 20 to 6 minutes. In one shift going on 8 Fuso Canter, and this line is designed for 12 cars. On the assembly line now employs 17 people. In addition, in the future, in addition to the wheels, batteries and tehzhidkostey planned to localize production of fuel tanks, drive shafts, interior cabin parts, bumpers and exhaust system. Production Director MFTBC Ioshiro Motoyama told our portal, which gradually production Fuso Canter in Naberezhnye Chelny will be localized, and while the plant is used only by local batteries, wheels, and oil. Now the assembly of trucks going in one shift, and when the need arises, the company is prepared to increase staffing to two shifts, as well as the use of currently vacant space in the shop. Mr Motoyama said that the cars produced at the plant "KAMAZ", similar in quality Fuso Canter, assembled in Germany. At the beginning of the production at the plant operated the Japanese, they were taught Russian workers - the first trucks were gathered them together. Japanese colleagues have told new employees about the specifics of the assembly, provide them with instructions and diagrams. At the moment the factory on a permanent basis is only one Japanese - Vice President Fuso KAMAZ Trucks Rus Yasuoki Tamegai. It also confirms that the trucks are going in accordance with accepted requirements of the manufacturer. "Quality - the most important thing for us, we teach our colleagues at the plant in Naberezhnye Chelny, which is important not only assembly but also its quality. In addition, after assembly, each vehicle is inspected by experienced staff in accordance with the instructions ", - assured us Ioshiro Motoyama. At a press conference, Director General of KAMAZ Sergey Kogogin said: "We see the production" FUSO KAMAZ Trucks Rus "as the highest quality addition to our product line on the Russian market, as a joint venture between the squares of KAMAZ - as a shining example of modern assembling production cars. " He also noted that with time the production will be localized, in particular, KAMAZ can help with the engines. He also believes that at present the prospects for medium-duty trucks, even better than the heavy. First vice-president of Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation Kai-Juve Zaydenfus reported that in 2003, Fuso truck sales accounted for 50% of the domestic market in Japan and 50% - on exports, and in 2010 the domestic market accounted for only 18%. All the rest goes to other countries, mainly in Taiwan, Indonesia and eastern countries. Brand Mitsubishi Fuso is a member of the corporation Daimler Trucks, it is market leader in its segment in Asia and the Middle East. The first car of this brand was the bus Fuso B46, released in 1932, and the first Canter was born in 1963. Since then, the truck risen to the seventh generation, which is now produced at a plant in Tatarstan. Mitsubishi Fuso Canter vehicle equipped with a 4.9-liter Euro-3 with a capacity of 110 kW with a torque of 471 Nm and a 6-speed gearbox. For Russian consumers are four versions of the truck with different lengths of wheelbase - 3410 mm, 3870 mm, 4170 mm and 4470 mm. The car was designed to carry cargo weighing up to 4.5 m. The assembly Mitsubishi Fuso has begun a year ago in a joint venture of OAO KAMAZ and Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation, the production truck is organized according to SKD. By the present day joint venture Fuso KAMAZ Trucks Rus has 52 dealers, as well as its own training center for sales managers and tehspetsialistov dealerships. The company now ranks second among Japanese manufacturers in the Russian market in its segment. Text: Olga Zabelkina. Photos: Olga Zabelkina.