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13 Jul 2021

Belarusian engine maker MMZ signs export contracts at Russian expo

Photo courtesy of the MMZ

MINSK, 13 July (BelTA) – The Belarusian engine manufacturing company MMZ signed export contracts during the 11th international industry expo Innoprom, which took place in Yekaterinburg, Russia on 5-8 July, the MMZ press service told BelTA.

MMZ’s products displayed at the collective stand of the Belarusian mechanical engineering industry were hugely popular. Not only regular visitors but also high-ranking officials showed their interest in them. Belarusian Industry Minister Piotr Parkhomchik and Russian Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov visited the MMZ exposition. The ministers examined the products on display. They paid close attention to the three-cylinder small-power MMZ-3LD engine. MMZ specialists also welcomed guests from non-CIS states.

Olesya Sanko, Head of the Russian Sales Office at MMZ, noted that judging by results of the expo one can assume that MMZ is a well-recognized brand. Virtually all the customers noted that MMZ offers a good value for money. Careful attention to clients’ needs and the eagerness to satisfy them as fast as possible are also among MMZ’s advantages.

Visitors came up with concrete proposals on a broad spectrum of possible cooperation options. MMZ Director General Aleksandr Rogozhnik often took part in the negotiations.

Cooperation with a company based in the Russian city of Izhevsk was discussed. The company makes machines for oil industry. It incorporated the MMZ-3LD engine into its products a long time ago. MMZ was asked to slightly adjust the location of some parts of the engine. The Izhevsk-based company intends to buy more engines once the design solutions are implemented.

A Sverdlovsk-based company that makes welding equipment is another long-term partner of MMZ. The company buys D-242 engines paired with a Russian fuel pump. The company would like the engines paired with Czech fuel equipment. A pilot batch of the diesel engines will be shipped for testing.

MMZ and a company based in the city of Kurgan discussed the new promising engine MMZ-4DTI.

An Algerian company showed interest in industrial engines made by MMZ. A Slovenian company makes bulldozers and said it was ready to consider buying 300hp D-262S2 engines from MMZ.

According to the MMZ press service, other business meetings with existing partners and potential ones took place. Now the Belarusian company has to take a closer look at the customers’ requests and discuss technical aspects. The agreements reached during Innoprom confirm serious intentions of all the parties to advance tight cooperation and sell Belarusian engines in bulk.

Minsk Motor Plant (MMZ trademark) makes modern diesel engines, gas and diesel engines, and gas reciprocating engines. The company specializes in developing, designing, and making modern three-, four-, six-, and eight-cylinder engines. The company offers over 100 modifications of engines with their output varying from 7kW to 330kW. They are designed to power agricultural machines, road construction machines, forestry vehicles, automobiles, buses, power supply plants, compressors, and other kinds of machinery. MMZ engines are shipped to assembly lines of 49 enterprises in Belarus, Russia, CIS, and non-CIS states. The products are sold in more than 50 countries of Europe, Asia, Africa, North and Latin America. Components of internationally recognized manufacturers are used to make MMZ engines.