| Year |
Event |
| 1983 |
Establishment of General
Motors Egypt |
1984 |
The opening
of the plant |
|
1985 |
The production of the first
vehicle |
| The Opening of the plant
by his excellency President Mohammed Hosny Mubarak |
|
1987 |
The
beginning of the local production of the chasis of the pick
up truck Addition of the production line for the mini bus |
1993 |
The launch of the Opel
Vectra |
1994 |
The launch of imported
Opel Corsa |
|
1996
|
The production of the 100,000th
Vehicle |
General
Motors Egypt wins first place over global Opel manufacturing
plants for assembled vehicle quality |
1997 |
Achieving an ultimate production
quota of 24,225 vehicles |
| 1998
|
The
beginning of the production of Chevrolet Frontera and Isuzu
Rodeo |
|
Actual sales exceed business plan by 9% |
The
quality of the Opel vehicles increased by 22.5% compared
to 1997 keeping Opel Vectra the best assembled vehicle for
72 months |
Achieved
two bronze medals for promotional campaigns through the
American University Annual Advertising Competition |
1999 |
General
Motors Egypt receives ISO 9002 for quality assurance |
|
2000
|
The launch
of imported Opel Astra |
| The production
of the 200,000th vehicle |
2001
|
General
Motors Egypt receives ISO 14001 for ensuring a healthy and
safe work environment |
General
Motors Egypt and Mansour Automotive Company executed a long-term
agreement establishing a single distributor relationship
for the sales and service of GME products in Egypt |
| 2002 |
The beginning of the production
of the Opel Astra and Opel Corsa |
2005
|
Launch of the
Chevrolet Aveo and Optra as imports |
| Launch of the
new Chevrolet medium pickup CKD (Dabbabah) |
|
General Motors
Corporation has had a long history in Egypt. GM established
a wholly owned subsidiary in Alexandria, Egypt in 1927 through
1958 with an assembly plant, parts warehouse and a sales
organization that served a large export territory in the
Middle East in addition to the Egyptian domestic market.
This Company was liquidated in 1958 due to the market slow
down
Over the past 30 years, General Motors
has conducted business in Egypt through franchised dealers,
who invested millions of pounds in facilities. These dealers
were assisted by GM personnel who frequently traveled to
Egypt to ensure that the GM standard of excellence was maintained
in sales, service and parts
In addition, GM non-vehicle business has
been very significant in Egypt. Since 1955, GM has obtained
almost all of Egypt's locomotive business, averaging 40
units annually. Egypt has been one of the biggest overseas
markets for Detroit diesel engines, which drive tugboats
in the Suez Canal, trucks on Egyptian highways and power
plants in outlaying communities. General Motors continuously
conducts studies on the possibilities of establishing new
businesses in countries that are interested in an industrial
program. Egypt has ranked high in these studies with nearly
70 million people, the existence of a supplier industry
and an expanding economy. In addition to the measures taken
by the Egyptian government to attract foreign investments,
several positive measures were implemented to assist the
auto industry. Among these are favorable import regulations
covering units and a preferential customs tariff |