Published on: 2026-09-25
Source: KAMAZ – An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.
Today, on September 25, a solemn event was held in the Organ Hall of the city of Naberezhnye Chelny on the occasion of Machine Builder’s Day of the Republic of Tatarstan.
According to established tradition, the professional holiday is held in Naberezhnye Chelny – the key industrial cluster of Tatarstan, where the plants of PJSC KAMAZ are located and the main engineering capacities are concentrated. The event was attended by the Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Alexey Matushansky, Director of the Department of Machine Tool Building and Heavy Engineering of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Valery Piven, President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, and State Duma deputy Alfiya Kogogina, Minister of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Tatarstan Oleg Korobchenko, General Director of KAMAZ Sergey Kogogin, Mayor of Naberezhnye Chelny Nail Magdeev, and other leaders. Guests inspected the outdoor exhibition of engineering products from enterprises of the Republic of Tatarstan. The exhibition also featured exhibits of the auto giant: KAMAZ-54901 semi-trailer truck, KAMAZ-65952 dump truck, as well as the KAMAZ-4280 Vega bus.
The program continued with a solemn event in the Organ Hall. A welcoming speech to the workers and industry veterans was delivered by President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov. “Congratulations to all workers of the machine-building complex on the holiday! Our republic is the largest industrial center in the country. We have more than 3,000 machine-building enterprises employing over 135,000 people. Today, labor collectives continue to solve all assigned tasks under sanctions pressure, implement new developments, and increase the volume of products produced. As a result, after 8 months, the volume of shipped machine-building products exceeded 1.7 trillion rubles. Behind this figure is the great work of our factory workers.”— he noted, expressing gratitude for the constant attention to the republic from the country’s president Vladimir Putin, the government, and the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation. The head of Tatarstan also emphasized the importance of remembering the generation of outstanding leaders who laid the foundation of the country’s industrial power, expressing appreciation to the first president of the republic Mintimer Shaimiev, thanks to whom in the 1990s Tatarstan preserved its industrial potential and became one of Russia’s key industrial centers.
“Today, mechanical engineering faces new challenges. It is necessary to increase labor productivity, the level of automation, and robotization of production. We have good examples in large enterprises. Republican defense industry enterprises are engaged in security provision and have significantly increased equipment supplies. Thanks to the companies for supporting the participants of the Special Military Operation (SMO)! KAMAZ is doing a great job in this direction. Since 2022, the company has sent 27 humanitarian convoys to the SMO zone. The industry faces new challenges. I am confident that your professionalism will help solve them!”– addressed the mechanical engineers of the republic, the president of Tatarstan.
“Dear colleagues, friends! Happy holiday to you, happy our wonderful Machine Builder’s Day! Every day through our work we prove that there is machine building in Russia. Our republic is in a special position in this regard. Every major city would consider it an honor and would like to have a large automobile plant, an aviation enterprise, engine manufacturing, compressor production, shipbuilding, and as it has happened, we have all of that. Our work is not easy, but every day we create what today ensures the viability of our great vast Motherland – Russia, including in the zone of the special military operation. We do everything so that our fighters can defend our Motherland, we do everything to preserve their lives.”– congratulated the mechanical engineersCEO of KAMAZ Sergey Kogogin.
The main event of the festive ceremony was the honoring of outstanding workers of the RT machine-building complex and the ceremony of awarding state honors. Among the awardees were four KamAZ employees. Thus, the honorary title “Honored Machine Builder of the Russian Federation” was awarded to Alexander Chuburin, chief specialist in serial production support at the Press-Frame Plant. The honorary title “Honored Machine Builder of RT” was received by Rim Sadriyev, a grinder adjuster at the foundry shop No. 2 of the Foundry Plant producing steel castings. In addition, the departmental award of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation “Honorary Machine Builder” was awarded to Gulus Miftakhov, a fitter of mechanical assembly works at the cabin assembly shop of the Automobile Plant, and Talgat Nabiullin, an adjuster of automatic lines and unit machines at the crankcase shop of the Bridge Plant. The awards were presented to them by the Rais of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Alexey Matushansky.
A tribute to the traditions of continuity was the honoring of labor dynasties. On stage, they were congratulated by the CEO of PJSC KAMAZ Sergey Kogogin and the mayor of Naberezhnye Chelny Nail Magdeev. “Today, Nail Gambarovich and I have the honor to present awards to people who consider their work as their home. If a person works here, then brings their son, and then their grandson, it means they value their place. A huge thank you to you, the dynasties of all our machine-building enterprises, for your excellent work and for bringing your families. Whether the combined work experience is 500 years, 300 years – it doesn’t matter. What matters is that this is your home, and you are our family. Happy holiday!”– said Sergey Kogogin.
The Galeev family was recognized in the ‘Labor Dynasty’ category, with a total tenure at KAMAZ exceeding 230 years.The reward for the dynasties was Pozis refrigerators made in Tatarstan. They were created by the hands of the republic’s mechanical engineers.
In addition, during the celebration, awards were given to distinguished specialists in the categories “Enterprise Veteran,” “Best Young Engineer,” as well as “Leader of the Technical Club and Children’s Creativity Center.” The event concluded with a performance by the State Chamber Choir of the Republic of Tatarstan under the direction of People’s Artist of the RT Milyausha Tamindarova.
As part of the visit to Naberezhnye Chelny and the celebration of the Machine Builder’s Day of the Republic of Tatarstan, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Alexey Matushansky and Director of the Machine Tool and Heavy Engineering Department of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Valery Piven visited the main industrial facilities of KAMAZ. The guests visited JSC KAMA-DIESEL, JSC KIP-Master, the Automobile Plant, and the KAMAZ Visitor Center. At the company’s Research and Technical Center, Alexey Matushansky and Valery Piven viewed an extensive exhibition of the latest generation KAMAZ K5 vehicles. The exhibition included KAMAZ-54901, KAMAZ-65656, KAMAZ-65955, and KAMAZ-65954 tractor trucks, a refrigerated truck on the KAMAZ-65658 chassis, the electric vehicle KAMAZ-53199 “Chistogor”, and mobile workshops KAMAZ-62501. Buses were also demonstrated.–the suburban KAMAZ-5222 and the tourist KAMAZ-52229. In addition, a test drive of the vehicles was organized for the guests.
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