Polish-Pakistani talks at PGZ
12/04/2017
On Tuesday, November 28, PGZ SA hosted a delegation of Heavy Industries Taxila (HIT), the main producer of land platforms in Pakistan. During the visit, the potential of cooperation in the land platform sector was discussed.
Last Tuesday, an official delegation of Heavy Industries Taxila (HIT) arrived to the headquarters of PGZ. He was headed by HIT Chairman of the Board, Gen. Muhammad Naeem Ashraf. During the three-day visit to Poland, the Pakistani Party held a number of interviews at PGZ SA and visited selected production facilities responsible for land platforms and their equipment within the Group: Rosomaka SA, Huta Stalowa Wola SA, Gliwice Bumar-Łabędy SA and Ośrodek Badawczo - Development of Mechanical Devices (OBRUM) and PCO SA
- Pakistan is a very promising direction for PGZ. Islamabad increases its defense budget with determination, it is a very absorptive market due to the turbulent situation in the region, its armed forces possess equipment of both western and eastern provenance and are perceived by NATO as a serious partner in the Far East. This allows us not only to offer our full range of products, modernization packages, but also to establish partner relations and conduct conversations about the transfer of technology or assembly lines.Unfortunately, I can not reveal details for the moment because of the ongoing negotiations, but several of our solutions have already passed the tests of the Pakistan Armed Forces, reaching very high marks - summed up the member of the management board of PGZ SA, Maciej Lew-Mirski.
During earlier meetings with HTI, the main areas of conversations in the field of land platforms were established. The Pakistani side is interested in cooperating with PGZ in the field of tank modernization (including in the field of optoelectronics and strengthening armor resistance), as well as cooperation in the exchange of experience and potential industrial cooperation in the field of land platforms and simulators supplied to the Polish Armed Forces. Meeting with representatives of Pakistani industry is also to determine the needs and interests of both parties in the field of cooperation in the field of heavy equipment.
Heavy Industries Taxila (HIT) is one of the main enterprises of the Pakistani defense sector, which was founded in 1971. The plants are located in Taxila in the Rawalpindi district in the province of Punjab. HIT has been the main design and production center for armored equipment in Pakistan for many years. The plants included in HIT were responsible for the license production of tanks from the PRC, M113 transporters, armato haubits, and also participated in the development, along with the Chinese Norinco, of the Al-Khalid tank (currently his successor, Al-Khalid 2). HIT is also responsible for the modernization of a number of armored vehicles. Among the R & D programs in which HIT is involved are also works on the development variant of 4x4 Dragoon vehicles, another tank project known as Haider and KTO 8x8.
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Polsko-Pakistańskie rozmowy w PGZ
12/04/2017
On Tuesday, November 28, PGZ SA hosted a delegation of Heavy Industries Taxila (HIT), the main producer of land platforms in Pakistan. During the visit, the potential of cooperation in the land platform sector was discussed.
Last Tuesday, an official delegation of Heavy Industries Taxila (HIT) arrived to the headquarters of PGZ. He was headed by HIT Chairman of the Board, Gen. Muhammad Naeem Ashraf. During the three-day visit to Poland, the Pakistani Party held a number of interviews at PGZ SA and visited selected production facilities responsible for land platforms and their equipment within the Group: Rosomaka SA, Huta Stalowa Wola SA, Gliwice Bumar-Łabędy SA and Ośrodek Badawczo - Development of Mechanical Devices (OBRUM) and PCO SA
- Pakistan is a very promising direction for PGZ. Islamabad increases its defense budget with determination, it is a very absorptive market due to the turbulent situation in the region, its armed forces possess equipment of both western and eastern provenance and are perceived by NATO as a serious partner in the Far East. This allows us not only to offer our full range of products, modernization packages, but also to establish partner relations and conduct conversations about the transfer of technology or assembly lines.Unfortunately, I can not reveal details for the moment because of the ongoing negotiations, but several of our solutions have already passed the tests of the Pakistan Armed Forces, reaching very high marks - summed up the member of the management board of PGZ SA, Maciej Lew-Mirski.
During earlier meetings with HTI, the main areas of conversations in the field of land platforms were established. The Pakistani side is interested in cooperating with PGZ in the field of tank modernization (including in the field of optoelectronics and strengthening armor resistance), as well as cooperation in the exchange of experience and potential industrial cooperation in the field of land platforms and simulators supplied to the Polish Armed Forces. Meeting with representatives of Pakistani industry is also to determine the needs and interests of both parties in the field of cooperation in the field of heavy equipment.
Heavy Industries Taxila (HIT) is one of the main enterprises of the Pakistani defense sector, which was founded in 1971. The plants are located in Taxila in the Rawalpindi district in the province of Punjab. HIT has been the main design and production center for armored equipment in Pakistan for many years. The plants included in HIT were responsible for the license production of tanks from the PRC, M113 transporters, armato haubits, and also participated in the development, along with the Chinese Norinco, of the Al-Khalid tank (currently his successor, Al-Khalid 2). HIT is also responsible for the modernization of a number of armored vehicles. Among the R & D programs in which HIT is involved are also works on the development variant of 4x4 Dragoon vehicles, another tank project known as Haider and KTO 8x8.
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Polsko-Pakistańskie rozmowy w PGZ
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