History

1996

The history of creation of "Concern Tractor Plants" started in 1996, from the purchase by its founder, Mikhail Bolotin, the shareholding at JSC "Cheboksary industrial tractor plant" (JSC "Promtractor"); that was his first holding in machine-building industry.

1997

The first dozer Т-20.01 of modular construction, with the capacity of 280 h.p., was assembled.

1998

Casting production of JSC "Promtractor" is split in the separate enterprise, "Promtractor - Promlit" LLC.

1999

First experimental tractor Т-15.01 of modular construction, with the capacity of 240 h.p., was assembled.

First pipelayer TG-221К with the carrying capacity 21 t. was assembled.

2000

The control stock of JSC "Promtractor" is formed.

The first experimental unit of the advanced model of pipelayer TG-301 was assembled to substitute the pipelayer TG-321.

2001

The experimental model of tractor Т-11.01, with the capacity of 160 h.p., weight: 19 t., was produced; it became the first one in the products range of CHETRA brand.

Increase of productive potential of the enterprise is continued, trade and service centers and warehouses are opened in the largest regions of Russian Federation.

2002

JSC "Promtractor - Promlit" concluded with the Ministry of transport communications of Russian Federation the long-term contract for the total amount of: $1 bln., for supplies of the cast-iron products for railroad.

CHETRA trade mark is registered for the range of the industrial products.

The wide spectrum of new designs of the company was presented at Cheboksary during the first Russian Tractor show, attracting the attention of the business people, bank structures and media from Russia and the entire world.

The decision was taken to expand the structure of machine-building group, to purchase the new sites. "Vladimir Tractor Works" JSC was bought from "Access Industr" company.

First pipelayer TG-121 with the carrying capacity 12,5 t was assembled.

2003

At the meeting of the Shareholders of "Vladimir Tractor Works" JSC it was decided to reorganize it in "Vladimir Motor-Tractor Works" JSC.

Experimental workshop of "Vladimir Motor-Tractor Works" JSC assembled the first engine with the liquid cooling D-130ТВ; the same year the engine with the air cooling D-130Т-10 received international environmental certificate "Euro - 2".

JSC "Cheboksary aggregate works" and "Lipetsk Tractor" JSC were purchased.

The machine-building group "Concern Tractor Plants" was created for the purpose of optimization of the structure of the established company, improving current control and contributing to the further development of activity.

JSC "Promtractor" has doubled the volume of production of equipment to compare with 2001.

Cheboksary town was at that moment the place where the major part of the industrial sites of the holding was concentrated, this town got the non-official status of the capital of Russian tractor building.

First frontal wheeled loader PK-60 with the carrying capacity 6 t was assembled.

2004

JSC "Onega Tractor Plant" was purchased.

New tractors Т-50 (similar to VTZ-2048А), Т-85 (class 1,4) and municipal machine VTZ-30 with the modernized design were assembled at "Vladimir Motor-Tractor Works" JSC.

First experimental tractor Т-9.01 of modular construction, with the capacity 140 h.p., weight 16 t was assembled.

First wheel dozer TK-11.01 with the capacity 238 h.p. was assembled.

2005

The controlling stock of JSC "Kurganmashzavod" was purchased at the tender for sale of the non-profile assets of "Sibur" company.

"Russian railroads" JSC transferred in rent to "Promtractor-Wagon" CJSC the complex of property of FGUP "Kanash wagon repair works" aiming at realization of the project of technical refurbishment of the existing capacities of the enterprise and construction of new capacities for production of cargo wagons.

2006

Realization of project of production of the wagons of new generation started at "Promtractor-Wagon" CJSC.

"Agromasholding" was purchased from "Industrial investors" company, the holding included "TC Volgograd tractor works" JSC, "Volgograd machine-building company "VGTZ" JSC, "Krasnoyarsk Combine Harvester Works" JSC, "Altai Motor Plant" JSC.

The first foreign productive shareholding was purchased. That was Silvatec Skovmaskiner A/S, the company from Denmark, producing equipment for wood industry. This enabled to get the access and to master the principally new technologies, to achieve the new quality parameters for the products, and, basing on the own Russian enterprises, to start design and production of the range of modern equipment for wood industry.

The Corporate Governance Company "Concern Tractor Plants" was found at Cheboksary; it received the authorities of the common managing body, controlling all enterprises forming the structure of the created machine-building complex.

Design bureau of the holding conducts complex research works aimed at creation of new, innovative products and modernization of the produced models. The target investment programs aimed at technical refurbishment of production, at scientific research, are realized.

First pipelayer TG-511 with carrying capacity 51 t, with electric hydrocontrol of transmission and attached equipment was assembled.

2007

JSC "Krasnoyarsk forest machine-building plant" (JSC "Kraslesmash" was purchased.

Assembly of industrial tractors CHETRA Т9, which were produced before at JSC "Promtractor", was started at JSC "TC Volgograd tractor works" - that was the step towards internal cooperation inside the machine-building holding "Concern Tractor Plants"

Production of experimental industrial lots of fodder harvesting combine "Enisey - 324" and corn harvesting combine "Enisey - 960" was started at "Krasnoyarsk Combine Harvester Works" JSC.

Presentation of the first samples of caterpillar tractors of the 5th class for agricultural purposes, CHETRA 6С-315 and 6СТ-315, designed in cooperation with the design bureaus of the enterprises of machine-building group, was held.

The works related to construction of universal assembly and welding block (USSK) of CJSC "Promtractor-Wagon" started in Kanash town, aiming at organization of production of prospective models of the cargo wagons.

Board of directors of JSC "Kurganmashzavod" held the meeting at the end of October; the decision was taken to create "Zauralsky Forge&Cast Factory" LLC within the framework of optimization and increase of efficiency of production of the enterprises being in structure of machine-building holding "Concern Tractor Plants". Three large productive divisions of the enterprise: steel and iron foundry, forge plant, precise semi-finished products plant, were included in its structure.

2008

Full-scale sector project, the week of "Concern Tractor Plants", under the slogan: "Made in Russia" was held on 27 - 30 May of 2008 in Moscow, at the stadium of technical kinds of sport "Krylatskoe", with the support of Ministry of industry and trade of RF and "Union of machine-builders of Russia", the largest Russian public organization. For the first time Russian and international community appreciated the complete range of the national competitive innovative equipment designed by the special design bureau and produced by the largest machine-building enterprises of Russia with use of the latest technologies.

The deal of purchase form the producer of the auto components Farinia Group of 74% shareholding in Luitpoldhutte AG, German foundry enterprise, is completed. This enterprise supplies parts and units for the cars, it became the second foreign shareholding of "Tractor Plants Holding". Due to this acquisition the machine-building holding got the access to the advanced European technologies, to the best world producers, such as are Buhler, BHS Corrugated, Caterpillar, CNH, Copeland, Cummins, Danfoss Bauer и General Electric, the clients of the purchased company.

Exploitation trials of the heaviest dozer in Russia, CHETRA Т40, with capacity 650 h.p. and weight 68000 kg, were terminated.

On November 29, 2008, the group of enterprises has passed another stage of reorganization and has been transformed into holding company “Concern Tractor Plants N.V. (Netherlands)”.
For the present day, the holding includes 13 production plants, 8 design offices and 3 specialized trading companies. The operative management is handled by the Corporate Governance Company “Concern “Tractor Plants” (Cheboksary).