A large group of veterans of Kremenchug Automobile Plant always welcomed and honored guests of the company visited “AutoKrAZ” on the 12th of October. Regular plant tours organized by the Council of Veterans with support of administration have become a good tradition for several past years. Though big groups of former employees visited KrAZ recently, first late August on occasion of celebration of the 70th anniversary of the company, then in October on occasion of the Day of Machine Builder, another visit to the plant’s site was organized at the request of veterans.
The Museum of KrAZ History that recently opened its doors was of special interest for the veterans. Elderly visitors listened attentively to guide’s story about long and harsh way of KrAZ for 70years. Some of those present, workers of bridge building plant, added new information from their memories. They looked at exhibits with undisguised excitement, many with tears on their eyes, saying that the whole life flashed before their eyes, as they worked at KrAZ for 35-40 years.
Besides that, former KrAZ workers had a plant tour and saw performance of KrAZ trucks at the company’s proving ground in accordance with established tradition. Former plant workers looked at new KrAZ trucks with undisguised admiration, applauded sincerely to off-road vehicles that easily negotiated obstacles of the proving ground.
Veterans were deeply moved and grateful to the administration for the meeting organized and opportunity to see the plant. Such tours are only a small fraction of what is done KrAZ for its veterans. Regular financial help, presents to holidays and anniversaries, meetings of generations at the plant premises tours to places of honour are done by the company in spite of crisis, economic and political hardships. As the proverb goes: “The future starts today not tomorrow”.
