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POLAND (FSO)

FSO (Fabryka Samochodow Osobowych) is a known and authoritative motor company, whose activity is connected with the history of the Polish motor construction. It was at Zeran plant that was FSO main enterprise where such national models as Warsaw, Sirena, Fiat 125ð and Polonaise were produced. Now such popular cars as Lanos and Matiz roll off the plant assembly lines. Production capacity and modern equipment of the plant enable it to produce 250 thousand cars per year.

Since 2005 ZAZ incorporated into UkrAVTO has been the owner of the enterprise. ZAZ owns 19.9%  of shares of the Polish motor giant that entitle to 84.3 % of votes at the general meeting of the Company. Nowadays, taking into account the objective historical reasons, it is this partnership that makes further FSO existence and development possible.

Cooperation between ZAZ and FSO is developing in two directions:

• mutual supplies of component parts for manufacturing of the models being already in demand in the market;
• organizing of a new modern car manufacturing in cooperation with one of the leading motor concerns.

Potential

Today FSO is one of the greatest industrial enterprises in Poland having powerful production capacity and modern equipment that allows the Company to produce 250 thousand automobiles per year.

 

• Modern and flexible structure of the equipment enables the Company to organize fast output of different motor-car models.
• Transfer of manufacturing to Zeran plant requires considerably smaller capital investments and time consumption in comparison with the investments in construction of a new plant.
• The Company’s employees are high qualified and of great experience in manufacturing and sales of cars (in 1996–2001 Daewoo-FSO introduced successfully 6 new models into the Polish market).
• Proven quality management systems operate at the Plant.
• Production and development costs are much lower than in the West European countries (for example, labour cost is 5–6 times less).
• The Plant has good access to transport infrastructure (railways, highways).
• Network of spare parts suppliers, subcontractors and providers of additional services is well developed.
• Big network of sales and servicing outlets.
• Proximity to the big markets of the European Union and post-Soviet countries.

But FSO is not only Zeran Plant. The business group includes also 11 manufacturing Companies of component parts for Lanos and Matiz models being produced by the Plant. Great attention is paid to support of kind mutual relations with several hundreds of suppliers. In FSO there is a verified evaluation system for suppliers as well as modern logistical systems.

Production Capacity

Press Shop

The modern press-shop was built in 1994, and was greatly upgraded in 1997.

• Total area — 37 000 sq. m.
• Working area — 30 750 sq. m.
• Building size — 871 000 c. m.
• Press equipment — from 250 to 2300 tons
• 11 press lines.
• 70 presses in total.
• 2 blank preparation lines (400 and 500 t).
• 28 beam cranes.

Welding Shop

Most equipment in the welding shop is new. It is installed in 1999.

• Area — 59 000 sq. m.
• Building size — 516 000 c. m.
• Spot welding (493 suspended welding sets, 22 stationary welding machines, 25 industrial robots).
• Multiple-spot welding (13 multiple-spot welding machines).
• Forge-rolling of the mounted units (9 forge-rolling machines).
• Semiautomatic welding ÑÎ2 (24 semiautomatic machines).
• Gas welding.
• Body assembly is carried out on two lines of the black body.
• Current output — 40 bodies per hour — can be increased up to 60 bodies per hour.

Dyeing Shop

The shop is put into operation in 1996, and it completely meets the requirements of the environmental protection standards.

• Area — 61 192 sq. m.
• Building size — 608 000 c. m.
• Water-soluble dyes (except for varnishes) are applied.
• The continuous automated dyeing process is monitored at each stage of processing procedure.
• A phosphating line using a dipping method, a cataphoresis line, a line of application of a shockproof coating, a line of coating application (3 colors), 2 dyeing lines.
• 15 systems for dyeing with different colors for different manual operations; 8 drying rooms.
• Current output — 60 bodies per hour.

Assembling Shop

4 modern assembling lines that can be adapted for assembly of different motor car models at the Plant.

• Old assembling shop having the area of 38 000 sq. m. and building size of 37 6000 c. m. was reconstructed in the 90s.
• New assembling shop having the area of 37 000 sq. m. and building size of 338 000 c. m. was put into operation in 1998.
• Each of the shops has two assembling lines, with each divided into 4 sectors (assembly of body component parts, chassis component parts, car interior upholstery, finishing works at the final delivery sector).
• Lines for subassembly of an engine, doors, a dashboard and wheels.
• Complete set of facilities and equipment.
• Total output — about 68–70 cars per hour.

Foundry Shop

• Area — 13 000 sq. m.
• Building size — 154 000 c. m.
• Aluminium foundry under high pressure.
• Foundry of aluminium alloys in the chill moulds.
• Zinc foundry under high pressure.
• Gas furnaces.
• Remelting unit.
• A machine for casting in sand forms, a line of spew removal, 3 sintering furnaces.
• Quality control — 2 spectrometers, two three-dimensional measuring machines, X-ray machine for foundry check.

History