 In September 2012, "Eurocopter Kazakhstan" received its first EC145 assembly kits at its newly established facility in Astana; up to 10 EC145s per year are to be built at the facility.By November 2015, a total of 20 rotorcraft had been produced at the Kazakhstan facility, 14 for the Ministry of Emergencies of Kazakhstan and 6 for the Ministry of Defense of Kazakhstan.In April 2012, Eurocopter announced that the 500th EC145 had been delivered.