{{short description|Russian truck manufacturer}} {{Infobox company | name = JSC for the Production of Special Vehicles VIS-AVTO (JSC PSA VIS-AVTO) | logo = VIS-AVTO logo.jpg | logo_size = 100px | logo_alt = | logo_caption = | logo_padding = | image = | image_size = | image_alt = | image_caption = | trading_name = | native_name = АО ''ПСА (ПРОИЗВОДСТВО СПЕЦИАЛЬНЫХ АВТОМОБИЛЕЙ) ВИС-АВТО'' | romanized_name = | former_name = CJSC VAZInterServices | type = Subsidiary | traded_as = | ISIN = | industry = Automotive | genre = <!-- Only used with media and publishing companies --> | fate = | predecessor = <!-- or: | predecessors = --> | successor = <!-- or: | successors = --> | founded = {{Start date and age|1991}} | founder = | defunct = | hq_location = | hq_location_city = Tolyatti, Samara Oblast | hq_location_country = Russia | coordinates = | num_locations = | num_locations_year = <!-- Year of num_locations data (when known) --> | area_served = <!-- or: | areas_served = --> | key_people = Eugene Rothman (President) | products = Light commercial vehicles, vehicle conversion | brands = | production = | production_year = <!-- Year of production data (when known) --> | services = | revenue = {{nowrap |{{decrease}} {{RUB|1,263.98 million|link=yes}}<ref name=FD>{{cite web |url=https://www.audit-it.ru/buh_otchet/6324050130_ao-proizvodstvo-spetsialnykh-avtomobiley-vis-avto-ao-psa-vis-avto |title=АО "ПСА ВИС-АВТО": бухгалтерская отчетность и финансовый анализ |trans-title=JSC PSA VIZ-AVTO: accounting reports and financial analysis |language=Russian |publisher=VIS-AVTO |via=Audit-It |access-date=29 January 2022}}</ref>}} | revenue_year = 2020 | operating_income = {{increase}} ₽139.97 million<ref name=FD/> | income_year = 2020 | net_income = {{increase}} ₽111.70 million<ref name=FD/> | net_income_year = 2020 | assets = {{increase}} ₽1,031.82 million<ref name=FD/> | assets_year = 2020 | equity = {{increase}} ₽202.93 million<ref name=FD/> | equity_year = 2020 | members = | members_year = <!-- Year of members data (when known) --> | num_employees = | num_employees_year = | parent = AvtoVAZ | subsid = | slogan = <!-- or: | slogans = --> | module = <!-- Used to embed other templates --> | website = | footnotes = | intl = <!-- Set positively ("true"/"yes"/etc) if company is international, otherwise omit --> }}
'''VIS-AVTO''' ({{langx|ru|ВИС-АВТО}}), originally called '''VAZInterServices''' ({{langx|ru|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''' ({{langx|ru|ВИС}}), specialises in auto parts and is controlled by United Automotive Technologies. Both VIS-AVTO and VIS are headquartered in Tolyatti, Samara Oblast.
==History== thumb|VAZInterservices (VIS) logo VAZInterServices was founded in 1991 to produce parts for Lada cars and a pick-up truck based on them.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://avtosreda.ru/news-common/zao-vazinterservis-dostiglo-sovershennoletiya/ |title=ЗАО "ВАЗИНТЕРСЕРВИС" достигло совершеннолетия |trans-title=CJSC VAZINTERSERVICE has reached adulthood |language=Russian |work=Avtosreda |date=29 July 2009 |accessdate=28 January 2022}}</ref> In 2003, the company became part of the SOK Group.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tlt.ru/city/kolesa-dlya-avtovaza-sobiraetsya-delat-novyj-zavod-v-tolyatti/1070256/ |title=Колеса для "АвтоВАЗа" собирается делать новый завод в Тольятти |trans-title=AvtoVAZ's Steel Wheel Plant is going to build a new plant in Tolyatti |language=Russian |work=TLT |date=22 January 2004 |accessdate=28 January 2022}}</ref> In 2008, the Russian government took control of VAZInterServices and other SOK Group assets by force.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://secretmag.ru/amp/news/ot-zakhvata-do-arendy-avtovaz-likvidiruet-zavod-s-25-letnei-istoriei.htm |title=От захвата до аренды. "АвтоВАЗ" ликвидирует завод с 25-летней историей |trans-title=From takeover to lease. AvtoVAZ liquidates a plant with a 25-year history |language=Russian |work=Secret |date=16 May 2021 |accessdate=28 January 2022}}</ref> In 2010, the control of VAZInterServices was transferred from AvtoVAZ to United Automotive Technologies, a holding company focused on supplying other manufacturers,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vazinter.ru/page.php?ID=15 |title=История предприятия |trans-title=Company history |language=Russian |publisher=VIS |accessdate=28 January 2022}}</ref> 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.<ref name=eA>{{cite web |url=https://m.carobka.ru/cars/history/vis/ |title=История предприятия |trans-title=History of the VIS brand |language=Russian |work=Carobka |accessdate=28 January 2022}}</ref>
From October 2014 to April 2015, VIS-AVTO assembled the Lada Niva Urban for its parent AvtoVAZ.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://m.eng.autostat.ru/news/10833/ |title=AvtoVAZ starts the production of Lada 4x4 Urban on own capacities |work=Autostat |date=22 April 2015 |accessdate=29 January 2022}}</ref> In 2021, it began producing a Bronto-badged Lada Niva Legend.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.drive.ru/news/lada/60f95d223781642aa7f227ca.html |title=Дополнено: обновлённая Lada Niva Bronto поступила в продажу |trans-title=Updated Lada Niva Bronto went on sale|language=Russian |work=Drive |last=Popov |first=Leonid |date=3 September 2021 |accessdate=28 January 2022}}</ref> VIS-AVTO and AvtoVAZ partnered on production, with the former taking charge of main assembly and the latter of welding and painting.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://rg.ru/2022/01/07/lada-niva-legend-bronto-samyj-krutoj-vnedorozhnik-avtovaza-za-1-mln-rublej.html |title=Lada Niva Legend Bronto. Самый крутой внедорожник АвтоВАЗа за 1 млн рублей |trans-title=Lada Niva Legend Bronto. The coolest AvtoVAZ SUV for 1 million rubles |language=Russian |work=Rossiyskaya Gazeta |last=Zakharov |first=Boris |date=7 January 2022 |accessdate=28 January 2022}}</ref>
VIS operates as a supplier of auto parts, mainly for AvtoVAZ.<ref name=A>{{cite web |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/amp/2951498 |title="Вазинтерсервису" нечем заняться |trans-title=Vazinterservice has nothing to do |language=Russian |first1=Ekaterina |last1=Kosobokova |first2=Ekaterina |last2=Borisenkova |work=Kommersant |date=31 March 2016 |accessdate=28 January 2022}}</ref> {{As of|2018}}, it is one of the nine companies of the United Automotive Technologies group.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.td-oat.ru/about |title=About |language=Russian |publisher=United Automotive Technologies |accessdate=29 January 2022}}</ref>
==Operations== 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. {{As of|2021}}, 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 m<sup>2</sup> and can modify about 3,500 vehicles per year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://xn--80aal0a.xn--80asehdb/auto-news/autovaz/13723-avtovaz-rasskazal-pro-svoe-dochernee-predprijatie-vis-avto.html |title=АВТОВАЗ рассказал про свое дочернее предприятие "ВИС-Авто" |trans-title=AVTOVAZ comments about its subsidiary VIS-Avto |language=Russian |date=4 February 2021 |work=Lada.Online |accessdate=29 January 2022 |archive-date=28 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128222840/https://xn--80aal0a.xn--80asehdb/auto-news/autovaz/13723-avtovaz-rasskazal-pro-svoe-dochernee-predprijatie-vis-avto.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
VIS also has a plant in Tolyatti. {{As of|March 2016}}, it had 971 employees.<ref name=A/>
==Gallery== <gallery widths="200" heights="110" style="margin:0 auto" caption="Pick-Ups"> File:VIS and Gazelle pickups comparison.jpg|VIS and Sobol pickups comparison. File:VIS-234500.jpg|VIS-234500 File:VIS-234500-30.JPG|VIS-234500-30 File:VIS-234700-30.jpg|VIS-234700-30 File:VIS-234900-40 (front view).jpg|VIS-234900-40 File:VIS-294601 firetruck.jpg|VIS-294601 File:PVR-235700 (front view).jpg|PVR-235700 (Long VIS-234900) </gallery>
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == {{Commons category|VIS vehicles}} * [http://www.vazinter.ru/ VIS official web site] {{in lang|ru}}
{{AvtoVAZ}} {{Automotive industry in Russia}}
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