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2024: Departure from Russia, transfer to the enterprise "Autozavod St. Petersburg"

Italian-Japanese car component manufacturer Marelli is leaving Russia. About the liquidation of its St. Petersburg branch - the enterprise "Marelli Rus" - said its director Artem Surkov. According to him, the company transfers its assets to the St. Petersburg Automobile Plant.

There are no prospects , the global corporation left with Nissan, and we are at the stage of termination of operating activities, "Surkov said in a conversation with Fontanka, adding that the procedure should be fully completed in May 2024.

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Nissan was the main customer of Marelli Rus, receiving 95% of its products. According to the top manager, it is not suitable for AvtoVAZ models and other cars that are assembled in Russia. The company's dependence on supplies from abroad also played a role.

Globally, the company supplied components, we cast something locally, assembled with the parts that were supplied to us, and all this was sent to Nissan. If there are no components for the current production, then there is nothing to assemble from, even if we wanted, "concluded Artem Surkov.

Marelli Rus was registered in 2012 in St. Petersburg. The company was located on the territory of the Nissan Motor Manufacturing plant. She was engaged in the assembly, welding and stamping of parts for cars. 

Avtosavod St. Petersburg itself, which becomes the owner of Marelli Rus, was transferred to state ownership to avoid sanctions risks.

Marelli is one of the world's largest manufacturers of automotive components. By February 2024, the concern has about 50 production centers on these continents, in, and, and North America To Europe China development bases are located in,,, USA Great Britain France China and. Japan It is engaged in the production of, among other things, cabin modules, exhaust systems, devices, electronic components, etc.^[1]

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