ArmInfo. The agreement on the joint production of elevator equipment on May 23 was signed between the Belarusian JSC "Mogilevliftmash" and the Russian JSC "VOZDUHOTEHNIKA".
<The project is another step in the development of industrial cooperation. Now the localization of the production of new Belarusian elevators will be carried out at the site of the Moscow plant, "said Alexander Subbotin, a member of the Board (Minister) for industry and agro-industrial complex of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC).
The EEC Minister expressed the hope that in the near future other elevator equipment manufacturers of the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) will join this project. This will allow us to start working on the issue of creating joint ventures, for example, Russian-Kazakh or Russian-Belarusian ones, on the territory of Armenia and Kyrgyzstan with a gradual increase in the level of localization of production.
<The elevator industry affects the daily lives of millions of citizens of the Union. The launch of a new production with a planned capacity of 5.000 elevators per year in Russia will allow to maximally meet the needs of developers, including the housing renovation program on a fair competitive basis, "said Alexander Subotin. Te note, however, that earlier the Chinese company "Xinjiang Zheng Yi Agriculture Science and Technology CO" stated about its interest in setting up an elevator assembly production in Armenia. The head of the company, noted that the enterprise is planned to be established in the Kotayk region of Armenia. Every year the enterprise will collect 2 thousand elevators. Moreover, most of the assembly production will be organized in Armenia.