Sollers - Naberezhnye Chelny | |
Former Name: | Zavod Malolitrazhnykh Avtomobiley |
Industry: | Automotive |
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Hq Location City: | Naberezhnye Chelny |
Hq Location Country: | Russia |
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Parent: | Sollers JSC |
Sollers - Naberezhnye Chelny is a car plant of the Sollers JSC group located in Naberezhnye Chelny, Russia.[1] It was formerly a carmaking company known as ZMA (ru|ЗМА, Завод малолитражных автомобилей|Zavod Malolitrazhnykh Avtomobiley) and produced the Oka micro-car under VAZ license.
Since 2015 the plant manufactures a Ford Fiesta sedan variant and Ford EcoSport on behalf of the Ford Sollers joint venture.[2]
ZMA (Завод малолитражных автомобилей (ЗМА), Zavod Malolitrajnykh Avtomobileï, "plant of small displacement engine cars") was a Russian manufacturer of small cars. It was created on the basis of Decree No. 575 of 21 June 1985 the Council of Ministers of the USSR, as a standalone company, a subsidiary of KamAZ . Its headquarters are in Naberezhnye Chelny (Tatarstan). The plant construction was completed in November 1987 and the first car - a 1111-КамАЗ "Кама" came off the assembly line Dec. 21, 1987.
The company was purchased in March 2005 by Severstal-Avto who decided to stop production of old models and convert the company into the assembly and production of cars on behalf of foreign automakers.