Canadian Roshel to build an armored vehicle plant in Ukraine
Armored vehicle manufacturer Roshel plans to invest tens of millions of dollars in the construction of a plant in Ukraine.
Representatives of the company told the Economic Truth publication about this.
According to Roman Simonov, the company’s CEO, the decision to open a plant in Ukraine has already been made.
The company expects to invest “tens of millions of dollars” and create “hundreds” of new jobs.
The plant will be focused on both the Ukrainian and European markets.
“Ukraine has a powerful infrastructure left over from the collapse of the USSR, and not all of it is used effectively. You have cheap electricity, labor, production chains that are now being built, and many people with higher education. When we hire Ukrainians, we see a big difference compared to people from other regions where there is no production culture,” Shimonov said.
200 employees of the company are internally displaced from Ukraine. According to Shimonov, many of them want to return home.
Roshel expects to employ some of them at the new Ukrainian facility.
The company’s main product is the Senator armored vehicle, of which 1140 have been delivered to the Defense Forces. Ukraine receives these machines from partners and also buys them with its own funds.
The Senator armored vehicle itself is based on a heavy truck from Ford.
The company’s specialists are carrying out a major modernization of the civilian base to enable the use of armored vehicles in the near-front and frontline areas.
In addition, a command and staff vehicle for the Armed Forces of Ukraine was developed on the basis of this armored vehicle.
