Beijing Automobile Works South Africa

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Beijing Automobile Works South Africa
legal form Pty. Ltd.
founding 2010
Seat Germiston , South Africa
Branch Automotive industry

Beijing Automobile Works South Africa (Pty.) Ltd. is a company from South Africa founded in 2010 .

description

It is the successor company of China Auto Manufacture (Pty.) Ltd. It is a joint venture of the Beijing Automotive Group (51%) with the China Auto Manufacture (24.5%) and the Industrial Development Corporation (24.5%). The company's headquarters are in Germiston . The place is also called Springs .

The company invested 196 million rand to build a new plant . In 2015, around 160 employees produced 25 to 30 vehicles a day.

Initially, the BAW Inyathi was to be produced as a successor to the CAM Inyathi . The BAW Sasuka started in 2013 . Most of the vehicle parts come from Chinese production and are supplied as so-called semi knocked down kits.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. opencorporates (accessed June 20, 2020)
  2. ^ Chinese enter local taxi assembly market. BAW-SA reveals opening of minibus factory , article dated November 14, 2012.
  3. Chinese boost for South African auto manufacturing ( Memento from December 12, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), message on southafrica.info from December 2, 2015.
  4. Roy Cokayne: Santaco Reaches deal with BAW SA on Inyathi taxi plans , articles on iol.co.za of 23 November 2012 found.
  5. Sudhir Matai: A new BAW taxi for South Africa , article on carmag.co.za from May 30, 2013.