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| Company type | Joint Venture |
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| Industry | Automotive |
| Founded | 1983; 42 years ago (1983) |
| Headquarters | , |
Number of locations | one location - 6th of October Plant – Giza - Egypt |
Key people | Sharon Nishi (Chair & MD)[1] |
| Products | Pickup Truck,Light Duty Truck,Passenger Cars,Passenger Van,Minibus |
| Brands | Chevrolet Cadillac |
Number of employees | +1,000[2] |
| Parent | General Motors |
| Website | gmegypt.com |
General Motors Egypt S.A.E.[3] (جنرال موتورز مصر, or shortGME) is an automotive manufacturer based in6th October, Giza,Egypt.[4] The company's plant is located in the6th of October City. Despite its name, the company is a joint stock company with the majority of shares owned byGeneral Motors Company and other shareholders.Al-Mansour Automotive Company[5] is its exclusive distributor in Egypt.
After eight years of successful cooperation with theAmerican General Motors starting in 1975, the dealer made a proposal to build a production plant in Egypt. So the company was founded in the same year. One year later, the plant was opened in an internal opening ceremony. At the official plant opening in 1985 the first cars rolled off the company's production line. The opening speech was given by the formerPresident of EgyptHosni Mubarak.[6] In 1987, continuous production finally started. The company was at this time only active as an automotive supplier. The first product was the chassis for theIsuzu TF which was assembled locally by another car assembler as theChevrolet T Series. In their own plant, production of theChevrolet Mini Bus began, which was based on the same platform. In 1993, the Mini Bus was replaced by theOpel Vectra. In the following year, GM Egypt began the assembling of theCKD importedOpel Corsa.[6]
In 1996, the 100,000th vehicle left the production plant. In the same year, GM Egypt was honored by General Motors as the best producer ofOpel vehicles worldwide, on account of the production quality of the vehicles. In the following year, the company achieved an annual production capacity of 24,225 units.[6]
In 1998, two models were replaced by their newer generation. The old Isuzu TF was replaced by the newIsuzu Rodeo and the Chevrolet T Series was replaced by the identicalChevrolet Frontera. After 72 months of manufacturing of the successfulOpel Vectra, GM Egypt improved the quality of the model and hoped this would achieve higher sales. The old model was now only faced as the new generation. For the exhibited posters and TV commercials participating in the American University Annual Advertising Competition, the GME was awarded with the bronze medal.ISO 9002 certification followed in 1992. In 2000 theOpel Astra was adopted to the model lineup which was an CKD assembled model also. A short time later, the production of the 200,000th vehicle was celebrated. In 2001, GME received its second certification to ensure a safe and healthy working environment in accordance withISO 14001. In the same year, the contract with theAl-Monsour Automotive Company expired, which was subsequently replaced by a new contract.
General Motors Egypt began the full manufacturing of theOpel Astra Sedan andOpel Corsa Sedan in 2002.[7] TheOpel Vectra was renewed to its current generation at this time. As import models, theChevrolet Aveo andChevrolet Optra were launched in the Egyptian market in 2005. New vehicles manufactured by GME are the modelsChevrolet Crew Cab and the identicalChevrolet T Series. Their own production of the Chevrolet Aveo began in 2007 at the GME plant. One year later, GME began manufacturing theChevrolet Lanos in different luxury versions, parallel to the sporty model versions from theSperanza manufacturing. In 2009 GME began making theChevrolet Captiva,Chevrolet Cruze and theChevrolet N200. The last of these is exported toSouth American markets. The import models since 2009 are theChevrolet N Series,Opel Astra,Opel Corsa and theOpel Insignia.
On 15 August 2013, General Motors Egypt suspended operations due to the ongoing violence and political unrest in the country, but reopened it 3 days later again.[2][8]
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