KAMAZ
Type: Publicly Traded Company
Industry: Automotive
Founded: 1969
Headquarters: Naberezhnye Chelny, Russia
Products: Trucks, buses and diesel engines
Owner: Rostec, Daimler AG, Avtoinvest Limited
Website: kamaz.ru
JSC KAMAZ is a Russian brand of trucks and engines manufacturer located in Naberezhnye Chelny, Russia. It is famous for its cab over trucks. KAMAZ is a portmanteau which stands for a factory on the Kama River.
KAMAZ was founded in 1969. Today, heavy duty models are exported to many areas of the world including the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa. KAMAZ is the largest truck producer in Russia and the CIS.
KAMAZ trucks have won the Dakar Rally a record eighteen times, the most in the truck category by any manufacturer.