Gorky Automobile Plant
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GAZ plant site main entrance
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Native name
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Го́рьковский автомоби́льный заво́д |
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| Industry | Automotive |
| Founded | 1932 Nizhny Novgorod (named Gorky 1932 - 1990) |
| Headquarters | Nizhny Novgorod, NIZ, Russia |
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Key people
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Vadim Sorokin (President & CEO of GAZ Group), Siegfried Wolf (Chairman of the Board, OJSC GAZ, Russian Machines), Manfred Eibeck (Chief Executive Officer, Russian Machines) |
| Products | Automobiles, automotive parts |
| Revenue | $2.476 billion (GAZ Group 2016) |
| $17.708 million (GAZ Group 2016) | |
| Owner | Oleg Deripaska |
| Parent | GAZ Group |
| Website | Gaz website |
GAZ or Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod (Russia, Nizhny Novgorod), translated as Gorky Automobile Plant (Russian: ГАЗ or Го́рьковский автомоби́льный заво́д), is a Russian automotive manufacturer. It started in 1932 as NAZ, a cooperative enterprise between Ford and the Soviet Union, as a result of a Five year plan.
GAZ is the core company of GAZ Group holding, a part of Basic Element business group. The headquarters of GAZ Group is located in Nizhny Novgorod. Russian Machines Corporation is the controlling shareholder in OAO GAZ.
In May 1929 the Soviet Union signed an agreement with the Ford Motor Company. Under its terms, the Soviets agreed to purchase $13 million worth of automobiles and parts, while Ford agreed to give technical assistance until 1938 to construct an integrated automobile-manufacturing plant at Nizhny Novgorod. Production started on January 1, 1932, and the factory and marque was titled Nizhegorodsky Avtomobilny Zavod, or NAZ, but also displayed the "Ford" sign. GAZ's first vehicle was the medium-priced Ford Model A, sold as the NAZ-A, and a light truck, the Ford Model AA (NAZ-AA). NAZ-A production commenced in 1932 and lasted until 1936, during which time over 100,000 examples were built.
In 1933, the factory's name changed to Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod, or GAZ, when the city was renamed after Maxim Gorky; similarly, models were renamed GAZ-A and GAZ-AA. From 1935 to 1956, the official name was augmented with imeni Molotova (literally, named after Molotov).
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