JSC AVTOVAZ resumes operation on January 18 after winter corporate vacation. Filling of process chain with vehicles is performed as per schedule - body shop and painting shop started the operation and then the assembly lines will start up according to the plan.

Within the restructuring of the company and the transfer of a part of external production plants to the main site of AVTOVAZ in Togliatti, in the period from 18 December 2015 till 18 January 2016 the 5-door LADA 4x4 production was moved from OPP to LADA Priora assembly line. Installation and setting up of equipment was done, AVTOVAZ accepted the required staff. 399 die tooling and gages units were also moved from OPP, the dies were modified for LADA XRAY, Vesta, 4x4, Priora. 9 units of equipment from OPP were reinstalled to produce brake system components for LADA cars. The shop for production of IP cross bars for LADA and GM cars family started the operation on the basis of equipment from VMZ.

The works on the technical modernization of the sections of conveyors were performed including ones of LADA XRAY production - the first really new car on Togliatti assembly line since 2004. As a result, the body geometry parameters, the painting and assembly quality have been improved. Molds for the new model were prepared in PPI; 1.8 l engine line for LADA XRAY was modernized in the engine plant.

The start of sales will be on February 15, 2016 in 120 dealer centers of Russia. JSC AVTOVAZ will ensure the sufficient number of cars with the focus on the quality of each of them.

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