RED Аircraft GmbH (Germany) plans to establish an engineering center in Tatarstan, RIA Novosti reports with reference to press-service of the president of Tatarstan.

"RED Аircraft GmbH is focused on expansion of its presence in Russia. The company is considering the possibility of establishing an engineering center in Tatarstan", — CEO of the company, Vladimir Raikhlin, told the president of Tatarstan, Rustam Minnikhanov, during the president’s visit to the RED Аircraft GmbH plant.

It is planned that the engineering center in Tatarstan will be responsible for development of high-tech engines and provision of comprehensive range of services – from development to testing and production.

President of Tatarstan in his own turn expressed confidence that the center will be popular with the leading Russian and foreign companies. He also noted that the republic is ready to support German companies willing to implement their projects in Tatarstan.

Raikhlin explained that all the engines developed by RED Aircraft for aircraft, cars or other vehicles are designed assembled and manufactured by the company’s own efforts. The products are also fitted with electronic control units developed by RED Аircraft GmbH. He presented a draft design of RED A03 V12 diesel engine to Minnikhanov.

RED Аircraft GmbH was founded in 1995 in Germany by the Russian engineer Vladimir Raikhlin. The company’s assemble workshops (Adenau, Rhineland-Palatinate state, Germany) intended for production of hi-tech RED Аircraft GmbH engines have a total area of over 2 thousand square meters. They are fitted out with the state-of-the-art equipment.