TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan’s state-owned automotive company Uzavtosanoat on February 27 opened a new plant in the country’s Namangan region to produce bikes and motorbikes in cooperation with China’s Lifan Group Co. Ltd, China’s Xinhua news agency reported.
The plant, Norin moto bike, was a result of cooperation between Uzavtosanoat JSC and Lifan Group Co. Ltd, which will supply the components for the assembly of bicycles, Uzavtosanoat said in a statement.
The plant, located in the Norin district of the Namangan region, is expected to produce 150,000 bikes per year at the initial stages and also plans to produce motorcycles, tricycles, scooters and mopeds in the future.
The launch of the new plant has allowed the employment of more than 150 local people and in the future the number of employees may reach 500, according to the Uzbek company.
The employees will also do an internship in China before starting to work at the plant.
In August 2018, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev spoke for the necessity of increasing bicycle production and popularization of bicycle use in Uzbekistan, which contributed to the creation of this Uzbek-Chinese project, Uzavtosanoat said.
Uzavtosanoat is the largest automobile manufacturer in Uzbekistan. The company includes more than 85 enterprises and partners with more than 200 foreign enterprises and organizations.
Today, Uzbekistan is a unique producer of total spectrum of light vehicles and commercial vehicles in Central Asia.
