Great Wall's Tianjin plant starts production
Great Wall Motor Co. last week began production in its plant in the north China port city of Tianjin. The factory makes the Haval H6 SUV, the Voleex C50 compact sedan and kits for the company's complete knockdown plants overseas.
Initially, the plant in Tianjin's Binghai district has annual production capacity of 200,000 vehicles. By August 2012, its capacity will double, according to Great Wall.
Complete knockdown kits from the factory, which is only 19 km from the Tianjin port, will help boost Great Wall's overseas operations, according to the company.
Great Wall has complete knockdown plants in 12 countries: Russia, Ukraine, Indonesia, Iran, Vietnam, Egypt, Senegal, the Philippines, Ethiopia, Sri Lanka, Sudan and Malaysia. It plans to double the number of its overseas complete knockdown plants by 2015.
Great Wall's plant in the north China city of Baoding has annual capacity of 500,000 vehicles.
In the first seven months, the company sold 199,113 vehicles, up 44 percent from the same period last year, according to J.D. Power and Associates. Of that figure, some 39,400 vehicles were exports.
