Iveco brings light Truck "Daily" to Russia with Samotlor-NN

Iveco, a Fiat Group company, and the industrial group Samotlor-NN, one of the major Russian bodybuilders, have signed an industrial agreement that precedes the realisation of a Joint Venture, 51% of which will be held by Iveco, for the production in Russia of the Daily, the light commercial vehicle of the Iveco range, in particular those used for the transport of goods, minibuses and ambulances.

The partnership sets out a programme of progressive localisation of industrial activities in the area of Nizhniy Novgorod that will lead, in the mid-term, to an installed production capacity of 25,000 units per year of the Daily, a vehicle up to 6,5 tonne of gross vehicle weight.

An investment of about 50 million Euro is foreseen, funded by the shareholders according to their interest in the Joint Venture.

The products, branded Iveco, will be mainly marketed in Russia and other CIS countries through the distribution networks of Iveco and Samotlor-NN.

“The co-operation with a vehicle manufacturer such as Iveco– Mr. Nikolay Sandugey, Chief Executive Officer of Samotlor-NN, said – gives us the opportunity to develop competitive, high quality and leading-edge technological products for the Russian market.

The integration of our customer-oriented solutions with the Iveco technologies, including the local production of components which will reduce the product cost, will lead to a very competitive vehicle range”.