President Shavkat Mirziyoyev today visited Krantas Group plant in Tashkent's Mirzo-Ulugbek district, where he familiarized himself with the activities of group's enterprises that manufacture construction equipment, UzA said.
More than 60 kinds of special equipment including truck cranes, crane manipulators, tank trucks for transportation of fuel and acids, waste equipment, dump trucks, Auto repair and auto hydraulic lifts are manufactured at Krantas and "Cranes and Special Machinery" enterprises, established in 2008 at Tashkent Experimental Mechanical Plant.
In 2017-2018 at the enterprises of Krantas Group, it is expected to set up manufacturing of 100 ton capacity truck cranes and 8 ton capacity tower cranes, intended for construction of multi-storey buildings.
The President inspected the finished samples of equipment and observed the process of their production. He gave instructions to expand the localization of special equipment and to reduce imports.
He outlined the need to open programs in universities to train 20-25 specialists a year in production of cranes and special equipment.
