IRAQ | Automotive Industry

[BigDreamer]

yes, certainly.. great idea

[Persi]

Scania to Assemble Trucks in Iraq

Posted on 14 June 2011

Adnan al-Sharif, head of the state-owned car manufacturing company, has told Azzaman news agency that Swedish truck manufacturer Scania is to set up an assembly line in Iraq for the production of 800 trucks a year.

Sharif did not say how the deal will be financed, but he said his company aspires to become Scania’s sole representative in Iraq.

“The deal with Scania calls for the assembly and production of trucks. It includes the production and marketing of 800 trucks a year,” he said.

Sharif said the deal with Scania was the eighth his company had signed with foreign car manufactures to outsource their production in the country.

He said Iraq was assemblying and producing, with foreign assistance, different kinds of vehicles.

“The company now has the expertise to produce (an Iraqi) car,” he said.

Scania had a large assembly factory in Iraq since the 1970s. Most of Iraqi trucks were produced in the factory which was based in Iskandaria, south of Baghdad.

[sheytanElKebir]

Nice very Nice.

so confirmation that now we have EIGHT different manufacturers assembling producing cars in Iraq.

Not bad considering that not a single car was made in Iraq until 2007... one of the rare success stories in Iraq.

[BigDreamer]

you don't much on the media regarding this either !

[sheytanElKebir]

ISKANDARIYA, Iraq, July 28 (Reuters) - - In a country only slowly recovering from the impact of war and economic sanctions, Iraq's state-owned car assembly plant is a hive of activity.

Workers bustle around, fixing tyres and bumpers on to trucks. The sprawling plant in the town of Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, is filled with brand new vehicles.

It has contracts with Scania, Mercedes-Benz and Renault, and has also linked up with China and Iran, importing car parts from those countries to be assembled in Iraq where China's Chery, as well as Toyota and BMW, are popular brands.

Within 10 years the bigger components should be produced in Iraq and the goal is eventually to manufacture a vehicle that is 100 percent Iraqi.

But most of the country's dilapidated factories are still lying idle more than eight years after the U.S.-led invasion. Some were looted while others are located in areas that are still considered unsafe.

High electricity costs, neglect, a huge overhang of workers at state factories who cannot be laid off, lack of investment and the influx of cheap imported goods also impede recovery.

Iraq's industrial sector contributes only 2 percent to the country's gross domestic product, according to the central bank. In an effort to revive the sector, Iraq has pumped $2 billion over the past three years into some of its 260 factories, owned by 76 firms.

"Most of our factories were losers," said Adel Karim, a deputy minister of industry and minerals. "Now we have eight companies which are profitable and by the end of the year we hope to reach 20."

The State Company for Automotive Industry, established in 1976, lay idle from 1991 until 2005 when a series of contracts helped restart work at the plant.

It signed a $42 million contract with Volkswagen's Swedish brand Scania (SCVb.ST) in 2008 to assemble 500 trucks and has also entered into deals with Germany's Mercedes-Benz and French carmaker Renault to assemble vehicles, mainly trucks.

In May, another contract with Scania was won to assemble 5,000 trucks and buses over a five-year period, with an annual production target of 800 vehicles.

As part of the agreement, Iraq must manufacture some parts, such as tyres and batteries, locally.

"Until June 2010, the company was considered a loss-making company and our sales did not exceed 500 million (Iraqi dinars, or $428,000) a month. We have currently reached 8.5 billion a month," said Adnan Razeen, director general of the State Company for Automotive Industry.

"Within a 10-year period we will be able to manufacture bigger components of the truck in Iraq and this is our plan ... to have a 100 percent Iraqi truck."

TOO MANY EMPLOYEES

Karim said one of the biggest problems facing the ministry was overstaffing at factories. Under centralised economic policies established decades ago, the government is Iraq's largest employer and has difficulty letting workers go, leaving state-run firms hugely overstaffed.

The state car company finally started using all its employees this year. In 2010, 1,500 of its 3,700 paid workers had nothing to do.

Similarly, Iraq's General Company for Leather Industry needs only 2,400 of its 4,170 staff. Yet unlike Iraq's car assembly company, the leather goods firm, which was set up in 1936, is struggling to get back on its feet.

"We need investment, we need state funding, we need to train our staff and we need to protect the local products," said assistant general director Saadi al-Maliki.

Maliki said the company supplies most of its leather shoes, bags and jackets to Iraq's interior and defence ministries, with only 5 percent reaching the local market. He said Iraqis tended to prefer fashionable Chinese or Turkish shoes and clothes rather than locally produced goods.

One means of bringing in new investment is privatisation but, there too, excessive staffing is a hurdle, Karim said.

"The investor would dispense of a huge number (of employees) and would keep only 10 to 20 percent of them. That would have a negative and catastrophic result on the state," he said.

As a result, Karim said Iraq was trying to unlock the potential of its industry through joint venture contracts with foreign and local firms. Editing by Serena Chaudhry, Jason Neely and Robert Woodward)

[Spin Cycle]

Interesting, but Iraq's educational/academic sector is in ruins, and without it, there is no hope whatsoever of Iraq progressing beyond low-value-added work like this.

[sheytanElKebir]

Lifan Assembly plant Iskandariya. completed vehicle rollout

[IraqiPlan_et]

Looking good

[Persi]

Originally Posted by IraqiPlan_et

Looking good

+1

[IraqiPlan_et]

Industry is planning to produce 100% Iraqi cars
August 9 2011


Alsumaria News / Baghdad
Revealed the Ministry of Industry and Minerals in Iraq, Tuesday, announced a plan to produce cars Iraqi 100% cadres local, confirming the completion of the construction of the plant required for that purpose and total cost of ten billion dinars, while indicated that they would contract with Korean companies for assembling and manufacturing vehicles in Iraq.

The general director of the General Company for the automotive industry of the Ministry of Adnan Ahmed demure in an interview for "Alsumaria News", "the company plans within three to five years to come for the manufacture of cars Iraqi 100% and on behalf of Iraqis," adding that "the nature of these cars will be different from that is assembled in the company, such as Chery and Geely and Saipa. "

He staid that "the company has completed the construction of the plant and the total cost of ten billion dinars," noting that "the company is now preparing plans for the manufacture of equipment and the import section of it."

The general manager of the auto industry that "the car will be manufactured in Iraq and will carry the name of Iraqis, will also be designed and manufactured by the Iraqis," pointing out that "the company is considering to reduce the time limit to begin the project in case the revenue of the company."

The demure "The company will contract soon with the Korean company Kia automotive assembly industry and light and heavy-duty in Iraq with Hyundai," pointing out that "the company is trying to bring types of cars to Iraq."

The General Company for the automotive industry have occurred, the seventh of August, the current contract with photon Chinese car assembly inside Iraq during the assembly and marketing of a thousand cars a year of different types.

Also contracted with Scania of Sweden in the beginning of 2009, to create a production line to assemble trucks, and hired the company also with the companies Mercedes and Renault in 2010, to create lines for the manufacture and assembly of trucks, Mercedes and Renault, also contracted with Chinese, Iranian beginning of the year 2010, to collect sedan .

The General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers instructed, in the November 12, 2009, to the ministries and government institutions all, by providing them with disclosure includes the types and specifications of products that the configurations manufactured and marketed, in order to promote locally to meet the needs of the public sector, as committed in its resolution No. 290 of 2009 all ministries and departments not associated with the Ministry, the procurement of products and the Ministry of Industry and Minerals in support of the national product.

The Committee approved the Cabinet's economic proposal to the Ministry of Industry on the exemption of vehicles manufactured by the companies of the Council of Ministers Resolution No. 215 of 2009 and the judge Ptsagat old cars for the purchase of modern cars, which the company committed the Auto Trade.


It is noteworthy that the General Company for the automotive industry of the formations and the Ministry of Industry and Minerals based in Alexandria, south of Baghdad, a self-financing companies, which had already contracted with Scania of Sweden and Mercedes bus assembly during the former regime, but the deal broke down due to the blockade imposed on Iraq during the Tsainat the last century.

Most of the companies and laboratories of the Ministry of Industry and Minerals has stopped production because of the looting and sabotage of its laboratories since the Iraq war in 2003.

[IraqiPlan_et]

Contract signed with Chinese Co. to assemble cars
8/7/2011


BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Iraq’s state-owned General Company for Cars Manufacturing in Iskandariya city, belonging to the Ministry of Industry & Minerals, has signed a contract with the Chinese Proton Company, to assemble and market 1,000 cars annually, along with signing a contract with the Teachers Syndicate to supply teachers with 50,000 saloon cars, on an installment basis.

“Our Company has signed a contract with the Chinese Proton Company, for the assembly and marketing inside Iraq of 1,000 cars of different sizes annually,” Director-General of the Cars Manufacturing Company, Adnan Ahmed Razin told Aswat al-Iraq news agency, estimating the value of the contract to exceed 18 billion (b) Iraqi dinars.

“The cars, to be assembled inside Iraq, will include two models.
It will include 15-passenger buses, with modern specifications, along with small double-compartment pickups, that shall satisfy the need of the local Iraqi market for such cars,” Razin said.

“The Company has also signed a 3-year contract with the Iraqi Teachers Syndicate, to supply teachers with 50,000 saloon Sherry cars, on installment basis,” Razin said.

Noteworthy is that a Ministry statement had announced that “the Company’s sales of saloon cars, produced in its plants during the 2nd quarter of this year had reached 15,142 saloons and pickups, for a total price that exceeded 7 billion (b) Iraqi dinars.

[Basrawii]

Originally Posted by IraqiPlan_et

Contract signed with Chinese Co. to assemble cars
8/7/2011


BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Iraq’s state-owned General Company for Cars Manufacturing in Iskandariya city, belonging to the Ministry of Industry & Minerals, has signed a contract with the Chinese Proton Company, to assemble and market 1,000 cars annually, along with signing a contract with the Teachers Syndicate to supply teachers with 50,000 saloon cars, on an installment basis.

“Our Company has signed a contract with the Chinese Proton Company, for the assembly and marketing inside Iraq of 1,000 cars of different sizes annually,” Director-General of the Cars Manufacturing Company, Adnan Ahmed Razin told Aswat al-Iraq news agency, estimating the value of the contract to exceed 18 billion (b) Iraqi dinars.

“The cars, to be assembled inside Iraq, will include two models.
It will include 15-passenger buses, with modern specifications, along with small double-compartment pickups, that shall satisfy the need of the local Iraqi market for such cars,” Razin said.

“The Company has also signed a 3-year contract with the Iraqi Teachers Syndicate, to supply teachers with 50,000 saloon Sherry cars, on installment basis,” Razin said.

Noteworthy is that a Ministry statement had announced that “the Company’s sales of saloon cars, produced in its plants during the 2nd quarter of this year had reached 15,142 saloons and pickups, for a total price that exceeded 7 billion (b) Iraqi dinars.

PROTON is Malaysian not CHINESE although Chinese Malaysians own most of the company but it is considered the pride of automotive industry in Malaysia..... but it sucks! I bet I can break it into breakage with my own hands!

[sheytanElKebir]

Guys. there was a mistake in the article the company is Photon not Proton! Photon IS a chinese company.

[Spin Cycle]

Proton? Photon?

What do you reckon guys, Pi Meson? Higgs Boson? Plenty of particles left for the Iraqi automotive industry.

[Basrawii]

Originally Posted by sheytanElKebir

Guys. there was a mistake in the article the company is Photon not Proton! Photon IS a chinese company.

Noted. But you should know it is written FOTON not PHOTON (Light particles..lol) and if PROTON of Malaysia sucks then FOTON of China should suck more!

But still a good start for Iraq....we can may be create our own cars designed and manufactured in Iraq in less than 10 years if the govt. gives much attention to this.

[Persi]

DAF in Discussions on Iraq Fleet



17/10/2011

Iraq’s Land Transportation Company is in discussions with Dutch manufacturers DAF over the replacement of vehicles in its current fleet, reports Construction Weekly Online.

According to the LTC’s media department, General Manager Abbas Omran Musa met with a delegation from DAF to discuss the supply of DAF trucks to expand the State Company’s fleet and renew its vehicles.

Details of the deal were not disclosed in the media statement.

The LTC also asked that its technicians visit DAF’s factories to get acquainted with their work.

[sheytanElKebir]

Originally Posted by Persi

DAF in Discussions on Iraq Fleet


The LTC also asked that its technicians visit DAF’s factories to get acquainted with their work.

basically they're going to amsterdamage to get high and score some hos. on government expense!

[Spin Cycle]

Originally Posted by sheytanElKebir

basically they're going to amsterdamage to get high and score some hos. on government expense!

oh man, those Iraqi government sarsaris have a better social life than I can dream of.

[haiderpass]

Originally Posted by Spin Cycle

oh man, those Iraqi government sarsaris have a better social life than I can dream of.

mayseer haram,

[Persi]

German Truck Maker MAN in $14m Iraq Venture



Posted on 07 November 2011.

German truck and bus maker MAN has signed a $14 million [17 billion Iraqi dinar] deal with Iraqi firm Numoor Al-Bararry to manufacture commercial trucks in Baghdad, according to report from AKnews.

Under the contract, the two companies will establish an assembly line and maintenance workshop, said Peter Mayr, managing director of Terramar Company, which represents MAN.

“What we have signed today … is to run a local assembly of MAN trucks here in Iraq … together with our joint partner Numoor Al-Bararry,” Mayr said.

“The project is scheduled to run next year. We plan to produce 3,000 vehicles per year and will hire around 700 Iraqi workers,” Ali Al-Obaidi, Numoor’s managing director, said.

MAN on Wednesday cut its production in Europe for the third quarter and warned that demand in the region would likely remain reduced for the rest of the year.