| JSC for the Production of Special Vehicles VIS-AVTO (JSC PSA VIS-AVTO) | |
| Native Name: | АО ПСА (ПРОИЗВОДСТВО СПЕЦИАЛЬНЫХ АВТОМОБИЛЕЙ) ВИС-АВТО |
| Former Name: | CJSC VAZInterServices |
| Type: | Subsidiary |
| Industry: | Automotive |
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| Hq Location City: | Tolyatti, Samara Oblast |
| Hq Location Country: | Russia |
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| Key People: | Eugene Rothman (President) |
| Products: | Light commercial vehicles, vehicle conversion |
| Revenue Year: | 2020 |
| Operating Income: | ₽139.97 million |
| Income Year: | 2020 |
| Net Income: | ₽111.70 million |
| Net Income Year: | 2020 |
| Assets: | ₽1,031.82 million |
| Assets Year: | 2020 |
| Equity: | ₽202.93 million |
| Equity Year: | 2020 |
| Parent: | AvtoVAZ |
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VIS-AVTO (Russian: ВИС-АВТО), originally called VAZInterServices (Russian: ВАЗинтерСервис), is a Russian company owned by AvtoVAZ and focused on the manufacturing of Lada-based light commercial vehicles and vehicle conversion. A spin-off company of VAZInterServices, called also VAZInterServices or VIS (Russian: ВИС), specialises in auto parts and is controlled by United Automotive Technologies. Both VIS-AVTO and VIS are headquartered in Tolyatti, Samara Oblast.
VAZInterServices was founded in 1991 to produce parts for Lada cars and a pick-up truck based on them.[1] In 2003, the company became part of the SOK Group.[2] In 2008, the Russian government took control of VAZInterServices and other SOK Group assets by force.[3] In 2010, the control of VAZInterServices was transferred from AvtoVAZ to United Automotive Technologies, a holding company focused on supplying other manufacturers,[4] after it acquired a majority of SOK Group's VIS-Trust group, which included VAZInterServices. In 2011, AvtoVAZ bought VAZInterServices' vehicle manufacturing division. By 2013, it mostly finished the process of merging PSA Bronto into VAZInterServices, renaming it VIS-AVTO.[5]
From October 2014 to April 2015, VIS-AVTO assembled the Lada Niva Urban for its parent AvtoVAZ.[6] In 2021, it began producing a Bronto-badged Lada Niva Legend.[7] VIS-AVTO and AvtoVAZ partnered on production, with the former taking charge of main assembly and the latter of welding and painting.[8]
VIS operates as a supplier of auto parts, mainly for AvtoVAZ.[9], it is one of the nine companies of the United Automotive Technologies group.[10]
Since starting operations in 1991, VIS-AVTO has produced commercial vehicles (pickup trucks and vans) based on the Lada 2105 and Lada 2107 (VIS-2345, VIS-23452, VIS-23454, VIS-234500-30); Lada Samara (VIS-1705, VIS-1706, VIS-2347, VIS-23472); others., it produces commercial vehicles of up to 720 kilogrames payload based on the Lada Granta and Lada Largus, as well as Bronto-badged variants of the Lada Niva. Its Tolyatti plant has buildings covering 9,440 m2 and can modify about 3,500 vehicles per year.[11]
VIS also has a plant in Tolyatti., it had 971 employees.[9]