Over the first eleven months of this year, 128 Akia buses have been assembled in Dushanbe. Each of them costs 132,000 euros.
A joint Tajik-Turkish plant to assemble Turkish buses Akia, AKIA AVESTO, has assembled and sold 128 buses in January-November this year, according to the Ministry of Industry and New Technologies (MoINT).
“Last month alone, the enterprise assembled and sold 23 buses,” an official source at a MoINT told Asia-Plus in an interview.
In all, 162 Akia buses have been assembled in Dushanbe since February last year, when the enterprise was introduced into operation, the source added. Each of them reportedly costs 132,000 euros.
More than 200 people currently work at AKIA AVESTO.
Recall, AKIA AVESTO was officially introduced into operation in Dushanbe on February 14, 2018. The plant that was built in Dushanbe’s Gulbuta area reportedly operates on the basis of an investment agreement signed between the Government of Tajikistan, Avesto Group Ltd (Tajikistan) and Turkey’s Ulasim Ic Ve Dis Ticaret Anonim Sirketi.
All necessary technologies and equipment for implementation of this project have been delivered to the country from Turkey. The plant reportedly has an annual capacity of 250-300 vehicles.
Ulasim Ic Ve Dis Ticaret Anonim Sirketi is an enterprise located in Turkey, with the main office in Istanbul. The enterprise operates in the Automobile and Other Motor Vehicle Merchant Wholesalers industry. It was incorporated on November 14, 2014.
Akia is one of the preferred auto-bus brands in Turkey and Europe with its large product range. Akia’s production facilities in Kestel Organized Industrial Zone have an annual production capacity of 600 vehicles. Akia produces LF9-LF11-LF12 models in Euro 5 and Euro 6 standards with Diesel, CNG and Electrical options.
