Kishinevsky Traktorny Zavod

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Кишинёвский тракторный завод
Kishinevsky Traktorny Sawod
legal form Corporation
founding 1945
resolution 2008
Reason for dissolution insolvency
Seat Chișinău , Republic of Moldova
Branch Tractor construction

The Kischinjowski Traktorny Sawod , German Kischinauer Traktorwerk , KTS or KTZ for short ( Russian Кишинёвский тракторный завод , КТЗ for short) was a former Soviet and later Moldovan manufacturer of tractors . The company, which was founded in 1945 as an engine workshop, was based in Chișinău , Republic of Moldova . In 2008 tractor production was given up.

Company history

A T-54W manufactured by KTZ, various parts such as the cabin are missing (2010)
Chain tractor T-70SM (2014)

The plant was founded in 1945 as a workshop for engines. Back then there were only a few dozen employees. As early as 1948, after a reorganization, automobiles and other technical devices were also repaired.

From 1958, spare parts for cars were also manufactured. In 1961 the plant was restructured again so that the first T-50W chain tractor from the new series production could be completed on September 22nd, 1962 . 10,000 machines of this type were produced within three years. Just like its successor, it was based on the MTZ-50 wheel tractor from the Minski Traktorny Sawod .

The successor T-54W was built in series from 1967. Except for the chassis, it is also based on the MTZ-50, but already has a fixed cab. In 1972 the 50,000 ran. Factory history tractor from the production line.

From 1974 the T-70 chain tractor was manufactured on the basis of the new MTZ-80 . Different versions of the vehicle were created, which were designated as T-70A or T-70S. The 100,000 left in 1979. Tractor the factory premises. In Soviet times, around 5500 people were employed in the Chisinau plant. After the collapse of the Soviet Union , the company was privatized in 1995 and converted into a public limited company. From then on it appeared as Тракторный завод "TRACOM" (German tractor factory "TRACOM" ). The T-70 model continued to be produced until 2008.

Also in 2008, the company was no longer able to continue paying workers' wages and had to stop production. Before and after, there were various efforts by the state and also by Minski Traktorny Sawod to save the plant. From 1962 to 2008 the Kischinau tractor factory produced 257,635 tractors.

New negotiations were held in 2011 and 2012, but they apparently did not produce any results. The plant had meanwhile been completely cleared.

In 2014 the company BICOTRA SA was founded with the aim of resuming production of the T-70. Manufacturing capacities were limited with 30 to 40 tractors per month. It is not clear whether the new company still exists.

Products

Between 1962 and 2008 the plant built a total of three different tractors.

  • T-50W - First chain tractor from 1962, still without a hood, based on the MTZ-50.
  • T-54W - Second chain tractor from 1967, now with a hood and minor technical changes.
  • T-70 - Chain tractor built in various versions from 1974 to 2008, based on the MTZ-80 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Short treatise on the factory history (Russian)
  2. ↑ a b c Overview of the tractors built by KTS, including technical data and illustrations (Russian)
  3. ↑ a b Uwe Siemer: Tractors from the Soviet Union. A chronicle from the beginning until 1990. TRAKULA, Rastede. Without ISBN, around 2015, p. 22.
  4. ↑ Website on the history of the plant with a comment on the discontinuation of production in 2008 (Russian)
  5. ↑ Website with various newspaper reports on the downfall of the plant (Russian)
  6. ↑ Photo collection from the cleared factory premises (Russian)
  7. ↑ On the establishment of BICOTRA SA 2014 (Russian)

Web links

Commons : KTZ tractors  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files