Magneti Marelli have inaugurated a new industrial plant in Russia for the production of automobile headlamps and rear lamps. The new production facilities are located near the city of Ryazan, 200 km southeast of Moscow, in the centre of a strategic area for the automotive sector that, within a radius of a few hundred kilometres, brings together the production plants of all leading global and local carmakers.
The production area covers a total surface of 5600 square metres, with various assembly lines dedicated to automotive lighting devices such as headlamps, rear lamps and fog lights. When working at full speed, the plant will be able to produce approximately 2 million pieces a year (expected in 2015) with a workforce of 200 units. The new plant was also designed to accommodate further expansions to different types of product families.
This new industrial settlement joins the existing Magneti Marelli Automotive Lighting plant built in Ryazan in 1995, and aims to satisfy the growing demand of high-quality components on the Russian automotive market.
Accounting for about 25% of the total turnover, with approximately 20 million headlamps and 25 million rear lamps made annually, Automotive Lighting represents one of the main areas of Magneti Marelli’s business activities.
