GAZ Group and Bosa Open Emission Control Systems JV

The total investments of the parties in the joint venture with manufacturing capacity of over 300 thousand systems per year amount to 160 million rubles.

The Bosal-GAZ manufacturing complex employs advanced equipment of leading international equipment suppliers. The layout of the equipment on the shopfloor, consisting of pipe-bending, welding, catalytic converter canning is structured such, that components are produced in a one-piece flow, the latest in manufacturing techniques.

The JV manufacturing capacity exceeds 300 thousand emission control systems (exhaust pipe, muffler, catalytic converter). The products conform to Euro-3 and Euro-4 environmental standards (upgrade to Euro-5/6 is possible). The JV products are designed for GAZ commercial vehicles, including GAZelle-BUSINESS. The plans include supply of products for contract assembly of foreign vehicles at GAZ. VOLKSWAGEN Group Rus has already nominated the JV for supply of emission control systems for Volkswagen Jetta, Skoda Octavia and Skoda Yeti production in Nizhny Novgorod. GAZ Group and Bosal do not rule out that their products will also be used for other foreign vehicles being localized in Russia.