Wagnermaier: new brand of Cargo carriers semi-trailers
Machine-building complex Wagnermaier began working in the territory of the country’s largest industrial cluster «Alabuga», located in Tatarstan. It is a localized production of semi-trailers, which are manufactured according to the European technology
Wagnermaier Company is created within the framework of a joint venture with a leading European manufacturer of linehaul machines. All production in «Alabuga» (from selected suppliers of equipment and components to equipping the workplaces) is carried out according to international standards. Wagnermaier Factory in Russia is focused on tilt-covered semi-trailers. It is a compete production cycle: from manufacturing a frame of high-strength steels to assembling the attachable equipment and the superstructure.
«Cargo transportation companies are accustomed to the European machines, there is a demand for a premium quality at the Russian market, — noted Rustam Subkhankulov, the executive director of «Wagnermaier Russland». — Semi-trailers of Wagnermaier are equipped with components and devices, well-known both by transportation companies and car service centers, — such as axles of SAF, modulators of Wabco, electrical parts of Aspoeсk, sliding roofs of Edscha».
Semi-trailers of Wagnermaier are the embodiment of reliable structural and technological solutions, created by engineers of the European research and development center. Innovative solutions of Wagnermaier (including the rugged frame, solid floor supported by side-members, ergonomic cargo securement system WM-Lock) are patented.
Complete production cycle
The territory of the machine-building complex Wagnermaier is a big production module of 7 500 square meters in area with an open yard for storing machines. The enterprise was placed in the ready premise «Synergy Heavy», built by Special Economic Zone «Alabuga». The decision to place the production here rather than elsewhere was supported with not only logistic and infrastructural advantages, but also with a series of economic factors: «Alabuga» offered the lowest profits tax and an opportunity to import the foreign equipment, without paying VAT. Due to the fact, that Wagnermaier Company succeeded in renting the ready module, rather than a construction site, the production was launched only within one year and a half.
Pre-commissioning activities at the factory were finished in August 2023. The automated hi-tech equipment was placed in a spacious shop. The staff was selected and trained. The enterprise will employ 250 persons in total. It is a satisfactory figure for a modern machine-building enterprise, which plans to work on a three-shift basis (round-the-clock). The proficiency of employees and the equipment of shops with robots and modern holding frames ensure the high gross income per one employee (more than 50 mln rub per year). The salary of employees will exceed the market average salary by 25%.
The production site is equipped with lines for preparing metal structures, welding, painting, assembling and checking quality before shipping. There are 24 sites in total. All workplaces are included in the unified production management system, tracking online the stock balance, cost of each unit, operating efficiency of each employee.
Production plans of Wagnermaier include a high localization level, which shall reach 75% in perspective. This will ensure the enterprise’s independence from terms and conditions of foreign suppliers and foreign-exchange fluctuations. Moreover, this will help to reduce production costs and to compensate expenditures on the recycling fee. To increase the localization level Wagnermaier prompts R&D activities with the Russian partners.
«We plan to scale up the output of semi-trailers, meeting the modern requirements of the most exacting cargo transportation companies related to the reliability, longevity and profitability of machines when being exploited», — noted Rustam Subkhankulov.
Полуприцеп.рф Company (from among the leaders of the Russian market for renting and leasing of towed machines) became an exclusive distributor of Wagnermaier brand in the territory of Russia and CIS countries. There is a 5-year supply contract for 9 000 semi-trailers concluded with the distributor.