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Iraq is heading for production car "name and design" and assembly of cars, "Sherry" and "Hyundai" and "Kia"
4/29/15
Shafaq News / The Ministry of Industry and Minerals, Wednesday, for direct public company for the automotive industry is implementing a project to set up a laboratory for the manufacture and assembly of the first car in the name and design of Iraqi fit with the local street, with embarked run assemble Chery cars (Altico and Queen taxi) factory and is preparing to set up production of cars Hyundai factory Korean (Verna - Accent - Elantra - Sonata), as well as a factory for the production of Kia cars (Serranto- Optima - Kia load of 2 tons).
A statement of the ministry, responded to Twilight News, for general director of the General Company for the manufacture of cars in Alexandria Engineer Adnan Ahmed demure announcing the immediate run assemble Chinese cars sherry to produce cars Altico and Queen cab factory model of 2015 and by compiling 100% and a production capacity of 25 cars / day.
He said that this demure factory has been established will cover 25% of the market need of cars sherry, stressing marketing the first meal of the cars Altico, amounting to 60 vehicles to the Ministry of Commerce.
He noted that there would be a list of prices and figures Ahawasa and after the completion of the documentary treatment by the citizen who wants to buy and that is done by the General Company for Trade cars have received the car from the company's headquarters in Alexandria, noting that the cost of production of this line totaled $ 25 million.
He stressed that the demure Altico cars that have been assembled in the factory is a modern and sophisticated specifications include (rear sensors - Slade Rove - dvd - Kamira- Hatrut seats - located in Alsturn speed control as is the case in the US auto).
Demure that the company and the direction of the Minister of Industry and Minerals also stressed currently embarked on the implementation of civil works and Thaoh halls productivity to erect Chinese origin for the manufacture and assembly of an Iraqi car plant, noting that this plant will be erected within the halls were Astojarha of the General Company for the tire industry in Najaf to be the starting point in the industry's first car Iraqi in the country (on behalf of Iraqi and design) and be designs.
He noted that this project will be in collaboration with the company and the Chinese side, according to designs and specifications fit with the Iraqi street will be the manufacturing process initially for sedans and pick-up where began the Chinese side manufactures a line, indicating that the manufacturing process will be initially in China and assembled in the factory until they reach the the possibility of the public sector and private companies manufacturing parts for the car manufacturing process are inside Iraq.
He said he hoped to ask the Iraqi car production beginning of the year 2016, adding that the company opened a gallery inside its headquarters in Alexandria to view all parts of the car on its sister companies and other public sector and private sector companies to see how their likelihood to manufacture those parts.
He also announced that the company is currently conducting the implementation of infrastructure works to be configured to set up an assembly line Korean Hyundai cars by its staff that has been trained for this purpose under the supervision of electronic by the Korean company Hyundai, stating that he will set up cameras to follow the work inauguration.
He expressed hope that the next three months will be the beginning for the production of Hyundai cars and four types (Verna - Accent - Alntra- Sonata) and by assembling 40% of the possible increase, pointing out that the total cost for this plant amounted to 20 billion dinars.
He added that the company's latest project is a project set up a factory for the production of Kia cars are being infrastructure and configuration of the project work in the company's object in Hilla plant where there will be two types of Kia is the salon of (Sirento - Optima) and cars Kia pregnancy (2 tons), anticipated completion of the This project within six months.
It is worth mentioning that the company is continuing rehabilitation and development laboratories and development of the automotive manufacturing process of the company's resources to meet the needs of the Iraqi market and what you need and development, as requested by the beneficiaries and to suit the ambition which reflect the company reached in the field of automotive manufacturing, according to her statement.
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