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KCBW TO PRODUCE HOPPER CARS FOR GRAIN CARRIAGE

23 December , 2015  

KREMENCHUK. Dec 22 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The interdepartmental commission has permitted PJSC Kriukov Car Building Works (KCBW, Poltava region) to start the mass production of hopper wagons for grain transportation in the amount of 2,000 units, the press service of the plant has said.

According to its data, the decision was made at a commission meeting on December 15.

“The car has successfully passed comprehensive tests conducted by experts of the Ukrainian Research Institute of Wagon Building. On the results of the tests, the interdepartmental commission decided to allow PJSC KCBW to produce 19-7053 model hopper cars based on 18-7033 bogies in the amount of 2,000 units and increase the output of 18-7033 bogies to 6,000 units,” reads a statement.

Earlier the interdepartmental commission permitted the plant to manufacture upgraded bogies in the amount of 2,000 units.

Kriukov plant, which is the CIS’s sole manufacturer of both passenger carriages and freight wagons, manufactures freight wagons (open wagons, tankers, hopper wagons, and high-sided wagons), as well as passenger carriages, bogies for freight wagons, wheel pairs, and spare parts for subway carriages, escalators, containers, and road equipment.

Its products are exported to over 20 countries.