Denis Manturov is allegedly dissatisfied with the situation
The former Volkswagen plant in Kaluga may be transferred to Viktor Vekselberg, as Drom reports with reference to its sources. Viktor Vekselberg — Russian engineer and entrepreneur, manager, billionaire, Chairman of the Skoltech Board of Trustees, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Renova group of companies.
At the moment, the former Volkswagen plant belongs to the company «Art-Finance» through the company «AGR», which until May 2023 was the representative office of Volkswagen in Russia. At the same time, «Art-Finance» was at one time associated with «Avilon» through General Director Andrei Pavlovich, who led Avilon, but now there is formally no connection between Avilon and Avilon. and «Art Finance» no.
Rumors about the possible transfer of the Volkswagen plant in Kaluga appeared even before the New Year and were associated with the fact that the director of sales and marketing «AGR» Lubomir Nayman and his team were unable to launch the plant as promised.
In August, Lyubomir Nayman told Drom that in Kaluga they plan to establish the assembly of cars of several Chinese brands, both with internal combustion engines and electric ones. But the release hasn't started yet.
On the contrary, according to our data, part of the German equipment was dismantled due to the lack of prospects for its reactivation and the impossibility of further spending money on its maintenance during idle time. At the same time, the maintenance of the entire plant, as we have been repeatedly told by our confidential representatives from the auto industry, can cost from 150 to 500 million monthly. By the way, this is indirectly confirmed by information about the income of idle factories for 2022.
The situation is being actively discussed in the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Minister Denis Manturov is extremely dissatisfied with it, because he allegedly also promised to launch the enterprise “at the very top.”