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Company type | Private limited company |
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Industry | Automotive |
Founded | 1941 |
Headquarters | , Russia |
Products | |
Revenue | $601 million[1] (2017) |
−$29.8 million[1] (2017) | |
$26 million[1] (2017) | |
Total assets | $746 million[1] (2017) |
Total equity | $236 million[1] (2017) |
Parent | Sollers JSC |
Website | uaz.ru |
UAZ or Ulyanovsky Avtomobilny Zavod (Russian: Ульяновский автомобильный завод, УАЗ, romanized: Ulyanovsky avtomobilny zavod, UAZ, lit. 'Ulyanovsk Automobile Plant') is an automobile manufacturer based in Ulyanovsk, Russia, which manufactures off-road vehicles, buses and trucks. It has been part of the Sollers automotive group since 2000.[2]
UAZ is best known for the UAZ-469 utility vehicle, which has seen wide use as a military vehicle in the Eastern bloc and around the world. The UAZ factory started production in 1941 as part of the Soviet war effort. 51,706 UAZ vehicles were produced in 2016.[3]