General Motors Egypt Plant

The GM Egypt plant is located in the 6^th 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
  6^th 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 Move N300 (Wuling Rong Guang)
• Chevrolet Optra (2nd gen: SAIC-GM-Wuling sedan)
• 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 100,000^th vehicle and wins first place over Opel manufacturing plants for assembled vehicle quality
• 2000: celebrates production of 200,000^th 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: start of local production of the Chevrolet Move N300
• 2012: produces 500,000^th 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
• 2025: start of local production of the 2nd-generation Chevrolet Optra, developed by SAIC-GM-Wuling

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