Andoria Mot ready to produce vans for Ozmaktash at Lublin DMP plant

On Saturday, a preliminary agreement between Turkish auto producer Ozmaktash and Andrychów-based Andoria Mot was signed. The latter is to assemble Turkish Ozaltin Gold trucks in the former plant of Daewoo Motor Polska (DMP) in Lublin and all of the parts except engines would be produced in Turkey. According to the agreement, in 2004 some 500 vehicles will be produced, along with 5,000 engines. These will be small vans that can accommodate two or four passengers, with a loading capacity of 800 kilograms. They are to retail for around zł. 40,000. However, the problem is that the receiver put the assets of bankrupt DMP on sale. "Currently we are negotiating with him," said Leszek Targosz, sales director of Andoria Mot. He also would not reveal whether Andoria would look for another plant to assembly vehicles if the Lublin factory was taken over by another company. (Puls Biznesu, p. 11) M.M.