MoAZ
Mogilvskiy Avtomobilny Zavod imeni S. M. Kirova, abbreviated MoAZ, (Belarusian: Магілёўскі аўтамабільны завод (МаАЗ)/Russian: Могилевский автомобильный завод имени С. М. Кирова (MoA3)), is an automotive and earth-moving equipment manufacturer located in the city of Mogilev, Belarus. MoAZ has been a subsidiary of BelAZ since 2006. In 1958 MoAZ was named in honor of Sergey Kirov, an early Bolshevik leader in the Soviet Union.
Type | JSC |
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Industry | Automotive |
Founded | 1948 |
Headquarters | |
Area served | Worldwide, CIS |
Products | Dump trucks Heavy equipment Goods wagons |
Parent | BelAZ |
Website | MoAZ official page |
History
The company was founded in 1935 as Workshop. In 1941 the plant was evacuated to Kuibyshev, where engines for the attack aircraft IL-2 were produced.[1]
After World War II the plant was returned to Mogilev and produced locomotives, steam-powered machinery, overhead cranes, and tank lorries based on GAZ-51 lorries. In 1958 the factory started the production of the single-axle MAZ-529, developed by the Minsk Automobile Plant (MAZ).[2]
In 2006 the factory became a branch of JSC "BelAZ", which has been a branch of "BelAZ-Holding" since 2012. Most MoAZ vehicles are exported; more than 85% of the produced vehicles are sold in CIS member states.
Current products
- Self-propelled scrapers (MoAZ-6014);
- Loaders (MoAZ-40484);
- Dump trucks (MoAZ-7505, MoAZ-7529);
- Underground trains (MoAZ-7405-9586);[3]
- Lorries (MoAZ-049, MoAZ-060, MoAZ-070);
- Motorized rollers (MoAZ-6442-9890);
- Wheeled bulldozers (MoAZ-40486, MoAZ-40489);
- Electric cars (EC-1.00);
- Tractors (MoAZ-49011);
- Airdrome trucks (MoAZ-7915);
- Engineering tractors for the Belarus Army.[4]