Director of SBS Consulting Oleg Sutyrin commented on the possibility and conditions of cooperation of machine builders in Russia and Belarus. Partnership between Russian and Belarusian enterprises can be effective if a solution is found to divide the output.
Now Rostselmash is a technological leader. At the same time, Gomselmash is trying to produce the same product line. The products of Gomselmash are cheaper. For the Gomselmash partnership, one must either agree to the production of separate units for Rostselmash, or decide to divide the products into segments that are not currently occupied by Rostselmash, for example, the production of self-propelled potato harvesters and sugar beet harvesters. Both solutions are extremely difficult. At the same time, the rejection of these decisions will make cooperation unpromising.
Cooperation can be successful if it allows to reduce the cost of production, which can be achieved by unifying the units of produced equipment and concentrating production in one of the countries. This option is difficult, but it is possible to realize only with the trust of the two parties in the long term. The second area of cooperation, which can and should be implemented, is joint development for the markets of third countries.
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