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News<br />
14 I <strong>MTU</strong> Report 02/11<br />
Volker Heuer, CEO <strong>of</strong> Tognum AG (left), and Andrej Bokarev, Chairman <strong>of</strong><br />
Transmashholding’s Board <strong>of</strong> Directors (right), sign the JV contract. Sergei Ivanov, First<br />
Deputy Prime Minster <strong>of</strong> the Russian Federation, takes part in the ceremony.<br />
Engines from Russia<br />
In the future, <strong>MTU</strong> engines will also be made in Russia. A joint venture between Tognum and<br />
Russia‘s largest railway rolling stock producer, Transmashholding (TMH), will soon be assembling<br />
<strong>MTU</strong> engines in Russia. The two partners are planning to build a new plant in Kolomna, south <strong>of</strong><br />
Moscow, for the purpose. It is envisaged the facility will start producing the current Series 4000<br />
models for locomotives, mining vehicles and localized energy generation plants from 2013. The<br />
aim is to employ several hundred people at the new factory and produce 1,000 engines a year. In<br />
the medium term, however, Tognum and TMH are planning more. A jointly operated development<br />
center staffed by engineers from both companies is to design a new engine. It is to be tailored<br />
specifically for the markets in Russia and other eastern European and central Asian countries.<br />
The first jointly marketed engines for Russia will come from the <strong>MTU</strong> Friedrichshafen plant in<br />
Germany. Then, from 2013, the joint venture will supply engines assembled, tested and painted in<br />
Russia. The partners plan to subsequently increase local production in Russia step by step.<br />
Russia is one <strong>of</strong> the countries known as the BRIC group, i.e. Brazil, Russia, India and China.<br />
The Tognum corporate strategy is aimed at substantial future growth in those regions <strong>of</strong> the world<br />
especially. To date, Tognum has largely supplied the Russian market with <strong>MTU</strong> engines produced<br />
in Germany. In addition, <strong>MTU</strong> engines have been fitted in agricultural equipment and machinery<br />
for the oil and gas industries destined for Russia. But now that some <strong>of</strong> the value is to be added in<br />
Russia itself, Tognum will be able to sell larger numbers in future. The joint venture will be fronted<br />
by the company Tognum-TMH Diesel Technologies in Russia. It will be responsible for sales and<br />
distribution, and eventually production as well.
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