Russia: The company has reported that it built 1,064 cars last year, which represents a threefold increase by 2023 (+292%). This year, it plans to manufacture more than 1,500 cars, as it aims to increase production by 57% over the year.
In 2024, the company was awarded a number of patents, including those for a parking brake for freight cars and a connection unit for frame end beams and body end walls. The number of employees at the Armavir site also grew by 40%. Now, the company is preparing for the serial production of refrigerated boxcars.
At the end of 2022, ZSK Kuban has revive car production in Armavir, and already in April 2023 its 11-9586 box cars were certified. At the last INNOPROM exhibition, the company announced its further development steps: creation of an industrial park on the basis of its production site, arrangement of production of bogies and metal structures. Expected investments could reach RUB 1.8 bln ($17.7 mln).