Belarusian-Russian enterprise "Grandiscar" will create a special vehicle production in the FEZ "Vitebsk"

July 1, Vitebsk /Sergey Kochetov - BELTA/. The administration of the FEZ "Vitebsk" registered the Belarusian-Russian joint venture "Grandiscar" LLC, the foreign enterprise "DIA-PLAST" with Latvian capital, and "Pozhtekhnika" CJSC as FEZ residents, the FEZ Investment and Foreign Economic Relations Department informed a BELTA correspondent. The investment project of "Grandiscar" LLC provides for the creation of a special-purpose vehicle production facility with a capacity of up to 1.2 thousand vehicles per year. The Belarusian-Russian tandem of founders plans to invest over 2.5 million euros in this project. The company intends to produce special vehicles based on Ford, Peugeot, and Iveco chassis in various configurations, including ambulances, minibuses for law enforcement agencies, isothermal vans and vehicles for food transportation, vehicles for funeral services, tow trucks, and cargo taxis. The production process will be based on the technology of large-node assembly. The plant will be located on the territory of a former aviation base, which is one of the FEZ sites. The project implementation is expected to create about 50 jobs. The main share of vehicles will be sold in the Russian market, and part of the products will be supplied to Belarusian customers. The foreign enterprise "DIA-PLAST" was established with the participation of Latvian investors who intend to organize the production of multifunctional polymer packaging, including for packaging chemically active substances. The investment project cost is about 1 million euros, and it is expected to create almost 60 jobs. More than 80% of the manufactured products are planned to be exported to Russia and the Baltic countries. The investment project of "Pozhtekhnika" CJSC, with a cost of almost $5 million, provides for the modernization of the existing production of fire extinguishing agents and fire fighting equipment, which will allow the company to improve product quality and launch serial production of a new product line. The project implementation will create 100 jobs. The FEZ "Vitebsk" was established in August 1999. Currently, 37 residents are registered in the FEZ, of which over 60% are joint and foreign enterprises. The industrial potential of the FEZ is based on enterprises operating in the fields of mechanical engineering, woodworking, food, chemical, fuel, and light industries. The territory of the free economic zone includes seven sectors with a total area of over 1.2 thousand hectares.