Vitebsk Motor Repair Plant has started producing seeders with a six-meter working width

February 23, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. OJSC "Vitebsk Motor Repair Plant" has launched serial production of seeders with a 6-meter working width of the APP6D series, the enterprise director Viktor Masalov told a BELTA correspondent. The production of this equipment is a joint project of the Vitebsk plant, OJSC "Lidagroprommash" and the German company LENKEN. Thus, the assembly of units and 35% of the components are produced in Vitebsk, 18% of the components are supplied by the Lida enterprise, and the remaining part is from the German partner. In total, in 2010, the Vitebsk Motor Repair Plant plans to produce 100 APP6D series soil-cultivating units. Some of them will be sent to the region's farms in the spring, and the rest will go to the fields in the autumn. Serial production is due to higher productivity compared to seeders with a 3-meter working width. In addition, the needs of the region's agricultural enterprises for the latter have already been practically met, the head noted. In 2009, the enterprise produced products worth Br13.3 billion, which is 16% more than the previous year. The energy saving indicator for this period, with a target of minus 13.5%, was minus 19.6%. Sales profitability is 7.2%. Labor productivity reached 120% of the previous year's level. Vitebsk Motor Repair Plant was founded in 1968. It was reformed in 2000. It specializes in the repair of engines and gearboxes of agricultural machinery. The second significant area of activity is the production of machine-building products. The average number of employees is 230 people. -0-