15.02.22

On February 15, President Sadyr Zhaparov, as part of a working trip to the Chui region, visited the enterprise that assembled the first domestic bus. This was reported by the press service of the head of state.

LLC Company "Beles.kg" passed the examination of the Society of Automotive Engineers "SAE" (USA), awarded "Beles.kg" the universal identification code of the vehicle is WMI Code K59, which has become the key to organizing production and cooperation with global companies. 

To implement the pilot project, close ties have been established with partners and contracts for the supply of components have been concluded with a number of foreign companies: DAF Components (Netherlands), ZF Friedrichshafen AG (Germany), NPP ITELMA (Russia) and SSAB (Sweden).

It is important to note that the complete assembly, starting from scratch, is made by Kyrgyz specialists and therefore the bus can be fully called a domestic product.

As of today, the production of a test sample of urban passenger vehicles equipped with a Euro 5 diesel engine with a high class of exhaust gas purification has been completed. In the coming days, the sample is being prepared for shipment outside Kyrgyzstan for laboratory and landfill tests, after which it is planned to produce on an industrial scale.

The President noted that in order to support domestic manufacturers, the state will purchase an initial batch of 10 buses produced at this enterprise. In case of successful operation of these vehicles, the issue of close cooperation with the plant on an ongoing basis will be considered.

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