Moscow, November 7, 2017 - UC RUSAL (trade code at HKEx - 486, at Euronext - RUSAL/RUAL, at Moscow Exchange - RUAL), one of the world's largest aluminium producers, will supply around 510 tonnes of aluminium to create tram interiors which are entirely made of aluminium for the first time in the history of the domestic transport engineering. Totally, aluminium to produce interiors for 300 trams will be supplied as part of the project. This is the world's largest contract for purchase of trams for the transport system of one city.
This area of the transport engineering, which is absolutely new for the company, has a high growth potential in the Russian market. New three-section trams Vityaz-M having an entirely aluminium interior to be manufactured by LLC Krasnoyarsk Mechanical Engineering Components will be supplied for the transport system of Moscow in 2017-2019. The supplier of metal to create the advanced interior is Krasnoyarsk Aluminium Smelter (KrAZ) that is a part of UC RUSAL. Krasnoyarsk Metallurgical Plant (KraMZ) will produce extrusions of KrAZ metal and further supply them to Krasnoyarsk Mechanical Engineering Components for further processing where they will finally become the ready interior.
Currently, such trams have already been running on several routes in the capital, including routes No 7 and 9 passing through the Tverskaya Zastava square since Autumn of 2017. In the first month alone, the passenger flow on these two routes increased by 65-70%, and now passengers arriving at Belorussky Railway Terminal prefer trams to other transport modes.
'Aluminium interior for trams is a precedent that can contribute to extending aluminium application areas in the transport engineering in Russia. This project proves the innovative nature of domestic solutions and competitiveness of Russian producers,' said Roman Andryushin, Head of Russian and CIS Sales at UC RUSAL. 'Trends towards aluminium application in the transport are steadily extend throughout the world. 'We are ready to cooperate with all transport engineering companies, whether in Russia and abroad, which are interested both in using aluminium in the production of their products and in researches & developments in this area.'
Vitaly Dengaev, CEO of LLC Krasnoyarsk Mechanical Engineering Components, confirmed in his turn that the company actively cooperated with UC RUSAL to improve the existing competencies in aluminium application for transport vehicle bodies and various interior components, as it supported increasing the domestic aluminium consumption, in particular, in the transport engineering field. This is particularly true for the production for such large companies as CJSC Transmashholding and Alstom Transport, which are the company's customers.