GAZ Group and MW (the wheels division of Italian Group CLN) signed an MOU to establish a wheel disc manufacturing joint venture at Nizhny Novgorod.

This is the third joint venture for production of auto components to be organised at the GAZ Group site: Bosal-GAZ JV, an exhaust systems manufacturer, is already operating while preproduction at Bulten, the European manufacturer of fasteners, is in progress. 

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The MoU signed between GAZ and MW says the parties will establish a 50/50 joint venture for production of steel stamped wheel disks. The estimated start of production is planned for 2015 with an annual capacity of 2.5m wheels a year. The potential customers include GAZ Group, global OEMs operating in Russia and the aftermarket.

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