Rustam Minnikhanov visits RED Aircraft plant

On October 16 Tatarstan President got familiar with the activity of the RED Аircraft GmbH factory, which develops and produces high performance aircraft engines.

The company is located in Adenau (Rheinland-Palatinate land, Germany) near Nürburgring race track. Covering the area of 2000 square meters the assembly workshops are equipped with state-of-the-art equipment. The main company’s activity is development and production of high performance piston engines for different industries and engine control systems.

Accompanying Tatarstan President during his visit, Director General Vladimir Raikhlin said that all engines developed by RED Aircraft for airspace, automotive and other industries are designed, assembled and tested in the company. Besides, the engines are equipped with electronic control units of in-house design. To the point, Vladimir Raikhlin graduated from Tupolev Kazan State Technical University.

Vladimir Raikhlin presented the project of diesel airspace engine RED A03 V12 to Tatarstan President. According to Vladimir Raikhlin the company is aimed at expansion of its activity in Russia and is considering the possibility to establish an engineering center in Tatarstan.

Rustam Minnikhanov is sure that the center would be in demand and could fulfill high-tech engineering orders from leading Russian and international industrial companies. Tatarstan is open for cooperation and ready to support German companies, willing to implement projects in Tatarstan.