Car building in Russia

Industrial production in Russia

• Industrial production in Russia

2023

Named the largest train manufacturers in Russia

In 2023, Russian enterprises produced 314 main electric locomotives, which is 2.2% less than in the previous year, when the production volume was 321 units. Such indicators at the end of June 2024 were announced by the RollingStock analytical team.

According to the results of 2023, the Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Plant (NEVZ), which is part of Transmashholding, became the largest manufacturer of main electric locomotives. The company produced 173 cars against 178 in 2022. In second place are Ural Locomotives, in which the volume of deliveries on an annualized basis decreased from 128 to 119 units. Closes the top three "Kolomna Plant" ("Transmashholding") with 22 electric locomotives against 15 in 2022.

In the segment of main diesel locomotives, production in 2023 amounted to 218 sections, while a year earlier 177 units of such equipment were manufactured. The Bryansk Machine-Building Plant, which is part of the Transmashholding group, is in the lead: the company produced 214 sections against 173 sections in 2022. Four more sections (as a year earlier) were delivered by the Kolomna Zavod.

The volume of production of shunting diesel locomotives in 2023 amounted to 299 units against 280 a year earlier. Thus, year-on-year growth was recorded at 7.9%. The leader in this segment is the Bryansk Machine-Building Plant with 238 units of equipment.

The study also notes that during 2023, Russian enterprises manufactured 309 trams, which is 17% more compared to 2022, when the volume of production was 264 units. The top three are PC Transport Systems with a 49.8% share, UKVZ with 38.5% and Uraltransmash with 11.7%.

In 2023, Russian enterprises produced 63.6 thousand freight cars, in particular 19.9 thousand gondola cars, 11.7 thousand platforms, 8.6 thousand tanks, 18.7 thousand hoppers and 4.3 thousand covered cars.^[1]

Freight car sales growth by 28% to 64.1 thousand units

In 2023, 64.1 thousand freight cars were sold in Russia, which is 28% more than a year earlier. Such data Union "Association of Car Builders" (OVS) published in January 2024.

According to the statistics presented, the sale of covered cars on the Russian market in 2023 increased 4.4 times compared to 2022 and amounted to 4.7 thousand units. Hoppers also showed an increase in demand from the camera community. Compared to 2022, there are 2.3 times more of them sold, up to 18.5 thousand units. Platforms on the decline in demand, their sales decreased by 18%, to 12 thousand units. Demand for gondola cars also decreased: 2023 was sold by 19.7 thousand units, which is 2% less than a year earlier.

source = Union of Manufacturers and Users of Railway Rolling Stock

In the structure of production, the share of the most massive kind - gondola cars - at the end of 2023 amounted to 30.7%. In terms of rolling stock of 25 tf, gondola cars accounted for 53.8%. The study notes that the share of wagons with an axial load of 25 tf is 28%, up to 18.1 thousand units, an increase compared to 2022 is 46%.

As for the production of components, the production of solid-rolled wheels decreased by 6% (to 1,542 units), in other categories - car axles, frames, beams and bearings - growth was recorded. In 2023, 386.6 thousand cassette bearings were sold in Russia, the indicator increased by 72%. Moreover, domestic components are in demand, the share of imported products sold in 2023 is 15%. According to OVS data, foreign supplies declined throughout 2023.

The head of Infoline Analytics, Mikhail Burmistrov, in a conversation with Kommersant, noted that the price, which rose sharply in 2023, is a factor in curbing demand: an innovative gondola car costs 5.1-5.3 million rubles excluding VAT, while back in 2020, some large buyers could purchase it for 2.7-2.8 million rubles.^[2]

2022: Railcar production in Russia increased by 6%

In 2022, the production of standard cars in Russia increased by 6%. In total, more than 50 thousand freight cars were produced during this period. Such data in June 2023 was provided by the first deputy head of Rostec and the chairman of the supervisory board of the Union of Car Builders Vladimir Artyakov.

This suggests that the country's economy has adapted to new conditions, and the activity of freight transportation is growing. This once again confirms that the freight car building industry is one of the most technologically independent, "he said, commenting on the results of the work of the domestic car building industry.

Railcar production in Russia increased over the year

Separately, Vladimir Artyakov noted the support of the industry from the authorities and the government, which, together with the measures proposed by individual car-building enterprises and the Association of Car Builders, made it possible to cope with sanctions restrictions. The result of such joint work was to ensure a minimum threshold for the production of freight cars and the preservation of jobs.

Among other achievements significant for the market in 2022, Artyakov named the appearance in the line of domestic products of the fourth innovative trolley with a load of 25 tons per axle. In addition, the design of a high-speed cargo trolley has been launched, related markets for the production of universal containers, tank containers and refcontainers are being developed, the export of our products to the "1520 space" is being promoted, he added.

Noting the difficulties faced by the car-building industry, Vladimir Artyakov called the lack of components - cassette bearings, which affected the production of innovative cars. At the same time, as the representative of Rostec explained, enterprises are making every effort to rectify the situation.

By the end of April this year, our joint efforts managed to almost completely restore the previous volume of shipments: more than 140 thousand cassette bearings were delivered in four months, he added.[3]

2020: Reduction of railcar production in the Russian Federation by 29%, to 56.2 thousand units, manufacturer rating - Infoline

The production of wagons in Russia in 2020 decreased by 28.7% compared to 2019 and amounted to 56.2 thousand units. This is evidenced by data from analysts Infoline.

The specified number of cars was delivered to the Russian Federation and the country of "space 1520" (where the width of the railway track coincides with the Russian one and is 1520 mm). The production of gondola cars, the most massive type of rolling stock, decreased by 42.2% (to 21.8 thousand units). The purchase of fitting platforms decreased by 21.3% (to 11.9 thousand units), by 21.9%, (to 7 thousand) - grain carriers. At the same time, purchases of tanks in 2020 increased by 73.7%, to 6.4 thousand, and covered cars - by 60.3%, to 5 thousand. The planned write-off of cars at the end of the year amounted to 22.9 thousand units.

In 2020, NPK United Wagon Company (UWC) remained the largest producer of freight cars in the Space 1520, supplying 16.6 thousand cars to the market of Russia and countries of far and near abroad (-20% by 2019). At the end of 2020, the company is the third in the world in the production of freight cars after the Chinese CRRC and the American Greenbrier. Uralvagonzavod (UVZ) in 2020 reduced production by more than 40%, to 10.7 thousand cars.

Production of freight cars by the largest manufacturers in Russia and in the world, thousand units.

According to experts, the second half of 2020 turned out to be more positive than forecasts, which is associated, among other things, with a decrease in prices, which manufacturers resorted to in the fourth quarter. At the same time, experts say that it is not clear how car builders will cope with deliveries at low prices, taking into account the rise in metal prices.

According to Rosstat, in 2020, the production of passenger cars in Russia increased by 21.3%, to 2 thousand units. Freight car output decreased by 28.3% to 57.1 thousand units. The output of locomotives also decreased: electric locomotives by 13.9%, to 342, diesel locomotives by 17.7%, to 233.^[4][5]

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