FORD will put up properties from its closed plants in Russia for sale again

FORD will put up properties from its closed plants in Russia for sale again


 

RNS.-Russian Federation Auction House (RAD) will organise a new series of auctions for the sale of properties from Ford plants in Vsevolozhsk, Naberezhnye Chelny and Elabuga at the end of June. The factories have been closed since 2019.

“RAD will conduct tenders on behalf of Ford Motor Company at the end of June. The movable assets of Ford automobile plants in Vsevolozhsk, Naberezhnye Chelny and Elabuga will be put up for sale in 110 lots. Loaders, apparatus for arc welding, electric tractors and a mobile station for refueling brake systems and other equipment will be amongst the lots” – as stated by RAD.

The lots will be sold separately. The total amount of starting prices sum up to 68.2 million rubles (approximately $972 thousand).

As stated by RAD, the most expensive lots are formed of container loaders with 7.5 million rubles (approximately $107 thousand). The bidding will be held at the electronic trading platform of RAD.

RAD has already conducted a tender for the sale of properties from Ford plants in March. Almost all of the 11 items, which included car lifts, a welding robot, a mobile loading rack, keys, screwdrivers, a press for punching an overhead windshield and trailed trolleys have been sold, as stated by RAD. The lots were sold for 9.2 million rubles in total (approximately $131 thousand).