Roslavl Brake Systems (RAAZ)

Roslavl Brake Systems LLC is a Smolensk manufacturer of brake systems for trucks and buses, founded in 1964. He was part of the ZIL production association.

History

2025: Receiving 2.5 billion rubles in subsidies from the Ministry of Industry and Trade

The Roslavl Brake Systems plant will receive 2.5 billion rubles in the form of a subsidy from Ministry of Industry and Trade Russia to increase production potential. The order was signed by the chairman in October 2025. Government of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin According to the governor, Smolensk region Vasily Anokhin thanks to the federal subsidy, more than 30% of production space will be released, which will create conditions for the placement of new residents. The new stage of modernization provides for the replacement of equipment and the modernization of communications.^[1]

2024: Transfer of the plant under the control of NAMI

On January 19, 2024, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation - Minister of Industry and Trade of Russia Denis Manturov, during his working trip to the Smolensk Region, announced his decision to transfer the Roslavl Brake Systems (RAAZ) company to the jurisdiction of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise NAMI, subordinate to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Today, the Moscow government, which currently owns the plant, and I have developed a joint decision on the future fate of the enterprise. Moscow is ready to transfer it to a strategic investor. The NAMI Institute, located in Moscow, is ready to act as a driver for the development of the plant, "Manturov said at a meeting with the Governor of the Smolensk Region Vasily Anokhin on January 19, 2024.

Roslavl Brake Systems transferred to the management of FSUE NAMI

The head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Smolensk region will substitute the RAAZ "financial leverage" in order to "give the project a second life by joint efforts." According to Denis Manturov, joint efforts can achieve a growth point that will ensure the replacement of imported nomenclature and increase the volume of production of the most popular products purchased by GAZ, KamAZ, MAZ, etc.

By this day, the RAAZ website reports that the enterprise's capacity allows for the production of 150 thousand sets of braking devices per year. Thanks to a preferential loan from the Industrial Development Fund (FRP) in the amount of 234 million rubles, RAAZ wants to increase the production of modern import-substituting components for pneumatic braking systems.^[2]

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