# Sotrans to build second production site in Leningrad Oblast with 500M ruble loan

Mechanical Plant Sotrans received a 500 million ruble loan from the Russian Industrial Development Fund to build a second production site in Leningrad Oblast. The 20,000 m² facility will create 165 jobs and produce 4,000+ semi-trailers per year, with construction completion planned for 2026.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2025-08-18
- Where: Leningrad Oblast, Russia
- Jobs: 165
- Starts operating: 2026
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 4000+ units per year
- Products: isothermal semi-trailers, refrigerated semi-trailers, dump semi-trailers, tanker semi-trailers
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Mechanical Plant Sotrans](https://endata.com/companies/86686.md)
- [Russian Industrial Development Fund](https://endata.com/companies/86687.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [dvizhok.su](https://dvizhok.su/komtrans/sotrans-moderniziruet-proizvodstvo-pod-peterburgom), 2025-08-18: "Завершить строительство планируется в 2026 году."

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