16 May 2012
The Middle-East's largest car manufacturer, Iran-Khodro Company (IKCO), announced that it will produce 30,000 cars, mainly Samand, in Iraq this year.
The company's CEO Javad Najmeddin said that more than 3,000 cars have been produced in Iraq since the beginning of IKCO's operations in the country, Fars News Agency reported on Tuesday. IKCO's production plant began operation in Iraq in early 2011 and delivered 8,000 cars to that country in the same year.
The production capacity of the plant is 30,000 cars a year. IKCO's agent in Iraq is the investor of this production site. IKCO supplies SKD (Semi Knock Down) parts and coated car bodies to the plant.
IKCO runs more than 30 after-sales service centers in Iraq. These centers provide services in Iraq's main cities including Baghdad, Najaf, Karbala, Basra, Maysan, Dhi Qar, Erbil, Sulaymaniyah and Kirkuk.
The plant is currently assembling SKD parts. The parties aim to sign a contract to transfer required technology and establish the needed equipment to upgrade the level of production.
IKCO exported about $400 million worth of cars to Iraq in 2010 and 2011, while establishing new production lines in IKCO plant in Iraq will lead to the production of other cars like Runna.
Diesel Tondar 90
IKCO also plans to commercialize diesel Tondar 90 (Logan) by 2013.
"IKCO's new approach to a cleaner environment has directed the company to reconsider its products fuel portfolio," IKCO's Deputy CEO for Tondar Production Mohammad Reza Motamed said.
"Based on this policy, IKCO has held talks with Renault Company, intending to start diesel Tondar 90 production in 2013, if the two parties come to an agreement," he said.
Automatic Tondar 90 sedan and Tondar 90 pickup are the other two products that will hit the market this year.
Motamed reiterated that the company will also introduce Tondar 90 facelift to the market by 2013.
The Middle-East's largest car manufacturer, Iran-Khodro Company (IKCO), announced that it will produce 30,000 cars, mainly Samand, in Iraq this year.
The company's CEO Javad Najmeddin said that more than 3,000 cars have been produced in Iraq since the beginning of IKCO's operations in the country, Fars News Agency reported on Tuesday. IKCO's production plant began operation in Iraq in early 2011 and delivered 8,000 cars to that country in the same year.
The production capacity of the plant is 30,000 cars a year. IKCO's agent in Iraq is the investor of this production site. IKCO supplies SKD (Semi Knock Down) parts and coated car bodies to the plant.
IKCO runs more than 30 after-sales service centers in Iraq. These centers provide services in Iraq's main cities including Baghdad, Najaf, Karbala, Basra, Maysan, Dhi Qar, Erbil, Sulaymaniyah and Kirkuk.
The plant is currently assembling SKD parts. The parties aim to sign a contract to transfer required technology and establish the needed equipment to upgrade the level of production.
IKCO exported about $400 million worth of cars to Iraq in 2010 and 2011, while establishing new production lines in IKCO plant in Iraq will lead to the production of other cars like Runna.
Diesel Tondar 90
IKCO also plans to commercialize diesel Tondar 90 (Logan) by 2013.
"IKCO's new approach to a cleaner environment has directed the company to reconsider its products fuel portfolio," IKCO's Deputy CEO for Tondar Production Mohammad Reza Motamed said.
"Based on this policy, IKCO has held talks with Renault Company, intending to start diesel Tondar 90 production in 2013, if the two parties come to an agreement," he said.
Automatic Tondar 90 sedan and Tondar 90 pickup are the other two products that will hit the market this year.
Motamed reiterated that the company will also introduce Tondar 90 facelift to the market by 2013.
© Iran Daily 2012
