The Rostov Tenth Bearing Plant (10-GPZ) will increase the supply of its products to the largest conveyor enterprises in Russia and Belarus. As the Deputy Governor — Minister of Industry and Energy of the Rostov Region Igor Sorokin said, the corresponding agreements were reached following negotiations between the new investor of the enterprise and the heads of Russian and Belarusian plants.

«With the direct support and participation of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia and the Government of the Rostov Region, in order to preserve the production of a unique cardan bearing group, which has no analogues in Russia, negotiations were organized and held between the investor of the Tenth Bearing Plant and the largest conveyor enterprises in Russia and Belarus, as a result of which agreements were reached to increase the share of LLC «10-GPZ» in the total volume of supplies, — said the interlocutor of the agency. — The enterprise has fully resumed and continues uninterrupted work, preserving jobs.

In February it became known about the beginning of the liquidation procedure of the enterprise. In March, at the request of Kamaz PJSC, together with federal and regional authorities, a program was developed to maintain production at 10-GPP. In early October, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation announced the resumption of the plant’s work. As Sorokin noted, the new owner of 10-GPP invested about 180 million rubles in the enterprise. The plant has plans to master the production of new, high-tech types of bearings, as well as a number of advanced technologies, which will require investing about 250 million rubles in the development of the complex in the next two years.

10-GPZ continues to take part in the implementation of the national project «Labor productivity and employment support». In particular, the company is actively introducing lean manufacturing practices. The goal of the plant is to increase labor productivity up to 50% within three years, the source said.

10-GPZ is engaged in the production and sale of tapered roller, needle and cardan bearings. The consumers of the products are the enterprises of the GAZ group, KAMAZ, Belaz, Kurganmashzavod, Belkard, UralAZ, Uralvagonzavod, VOLAT, MAZ, MTZ, AMZ, UGMK, Motordetal, Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant, Tractor Plants Concern, Belaruskali, Tatnef Production and others. the plant is supplied to the CIS countries and far abroad.