The GM Egypt plant is located in the 6th of October City, Egypt. It currently produces various Chevrolet vehicles and trucks for the Egyptian and other international markets.
Fast Facts
- Year opened: 1984
- Activity: vehicle assembly
- Facility size: 32,500 square-meter
- Location:
4th Industrial Zone
6th of October City
Egypt - Telephone: +2-252-994-44
- Employee information: 1,500
- Production capacity: 50,000 units per year
Products
The General Motors Egypt Assembly plant currently produces the following vehicles:
- Chevrolet Lanos (Daewoo Lanos)
- Chevrolet Move N300 (Wuling Rong Guang)
- Chevrolet Aveo (T250)
- Chevrolet Optra (Baojun 630)
- Chevrolet T-Series (Isuzu Dmax)
- Chevrolet N-Series Truck (Isuzu N-Series)
In the past, the factory produced other Chevrolet and Opel models as CKD (Complete Knocked-Down kits).
Historic Timeline
The GM Egypt plant was inaugurated at the end of 1984 and started production in 1985 by assembling and manufacturing Chevrolet light trucks, medium-duty trucks, as well as Opel passenger vehicles. Commercial vehicles were the first to be produced, followed by passenger cars. The facility placed a particular emphasis on following GM’s Production and Quality standards.
The plant relies on a few source plants to supply it with CKD component sets, which are then used to locally assemble the models. The GM Egypt plant sources its CDKs from Japan (for Chevrolet N-Series/Isuzu N-Series trucks), Thailand, Korea, China and the Ukraine.
Notable Milestones
Some notable achievements and milestones of the GM Egypt plant include:
- 1996: produces 100,000th vehicle and wins first place over Opel manufacturing plants for assembled vehicle quality
- 2000: celebrates production of 200,000th vehicle
- 2007: start of local production of the Chevrolet Aveo
- 2008: start of local production of Chevrolet Lanos
- 2010: highest Sales & Production Volumes in the history of GM Egypt
- 2012: produces 500,000th vehicle (June 2012)
- 2013: second-highest year in production in GM Egypt history, with 48,853 units
- 2016: start of local production of the new Chevrolet Optra, based on the Baojun 630 sedan
