The Spanish company intends to implement a joint project to organize the production of special vehicles and ambulances in Samarkand

On July 6-10, the Embassy of Uzbekistan organized a visit to Spain by the leaders of “SamAuto” LLC to visit the plant of the “Rodriguez Lopez Auto” company in Ourense (Galicia) and discuss the implementation of a joint project to organize the production of ambulances in our country.

According to the Embassy, ​​“Rodriguez Lopez Auto S.L.U.” specializes in the production of ambulances and special vehicles. In more than 40 years, the company has become the leading manufacturer of ambulances in Spain, with over 65% of the market. In addition to the Spanish market, the company exports to European markets such as Germany, Holland, Sweden, England, France, Belgium, Slovakia, Denmark and Portugal. For markets outside of Europe, it has exported ambulances to Morocco, Libya, Senegal, Angola, Oman, Mauritius, Bangladesh, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Panama, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic. Over the years, the company has manufactured more than 10 thousand ambulances for 25 countries around the world.

The company’s products have 23 EU certificates, in addition to the ISO 9001:2015 quality certificate, and are periodically audited by all manufacturers with which it has technical cooperation agreements. All ambulances are certified according to European directives and comply with EN1789: 2007 + A2.

On August 24-27, 2021, the leaders of Rodriguez Lopez Auto visited Uzbekistan, where they held talks at the Ministry of Health, the Republican Scientific Center for Emergency Medical Care, “Uzavtosanoat” JSC, and also visited the “SamAuto” JSC plant in Samarkand.

During the visit, the deputy directors of “SamAuto” LLC for production Khusen Kobilov and for supply Bakhodir Guliyev got acquainted in detail with the production process of the enterprise and all the cycles of equipping cars into ambulances and other special vehicles.

Substantive negotiations were held with the Executive Director of “Rodriguez Lopez Auto”, Jose Enrique Rodriguez Jorge, on establishing cooperation in the implementation of a joint investment project at the production facilities of the SamAuto plant in Samarkand.

Based on the production capabilities of the Uzbek automaker, an agreement was reached to study the production of special vehicles based on the chassis of “ISUZU” cars and trucks. As the technical proposals of the Spanish side are ready and agreements are reached on the form of cooperation, it is expected that several chassis manufactured by “SamAuto” will be sent from Uzbekistan to Spain for pilot versions of ambulances at the Spanish company’s plant in Ourense. In the future, it is planned to organize production in Uzbekistan with the direction of Spanish specialists. When the project is launched, it is expected to produce from 500 to 800 ambulances and special vehicles per year. This, in turn, will be able to fully cover the domestic demand for updating the vehicle fleet of the Ministry of Health of Uzbekistan, departmental and private medical institutions of the republic, and will also allow exporting products not only to neighboring countries, but also to other CIS states and countries of the South Asian region.