Chery Socma
| Chery Socma SA | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Sociedad Anónima |
| founding | 2006 or 2007 |
| Seat | Paso de Carrasco , Uruguay |
| management | Franco Macri |
| Number of employees | 350 |
| Branch | Automobiles |
Chery Socma SA was a Uruguayan automobile manufacturer .
history
The company was founded by Chery Automobile and the Argentine group of companies Sociedades Macri . This happened either in 2006 or in early 2007.
Automobile production began in December 2007 or 2008, depending on the source. It took place in a Carrasco plant that was formerly (or still) owned by Oferol . Most of the vehicles were exported to Argentina and Brazil, and later to Venezuela. Chery Argentina sold the vehicles in Argentina .
The plant was closed for six months at the end of 2008. In later years there were also considerations to relocate the plant to Brazil (2010) due to insufficient productivity or to close it (2012) because of the import restrictions on the Argentine market.
When it was founded, around 200 people were employed, later 320 to 350.
The plant was closed in mid-2015. The main reasons for this decision were the poor economic situation in Brazil and the new import restrictions in Argentina.
Even after the factory closes, Chery models will continue to be imported into Uruguay and sold by another company.
Models
The first model produced was the Chery Tiggo . Parts of it were imported from the People's Republic of China .
The Chery Face followed in 2010 .
Initially, a production of 20,000 to 25,000 units was planned. However, the plant produced a maximum of 7,000 vehicles per year.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Find the Company ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish, accessed November 12, 2016)
- ↑ a b c d e Chery-Socma cerró su planta en Uruguay from December 16, 2015 (Spanish, accessed November 12, 2016)
- ↑ a b c d e f information from Chery Argentina (Spanish, accessed on November 12, 2016)
- ↑ Todo listo: el Grupo Macri y la china Chery armarán autos en Uruguay , in La Red 21 of February 27, 2007.
- ↑ a b c d e f Maximiliano Montautti: Chery se va y el gobierno realiza gestión a alto nivel , in El País from May 20, 2015.
- ↑ a b c Maximiliano Montautti: Chery: buscan mantener viva chance de producir , in El País from May 21, 2015.
- ↑ Chery retoma producción , in :: La Red 21 of April 4, 2009.
- ↑ Chery evalúa trasladar el armado de vehículos a Brasil. In: El Espectador. February 3, 2010, Retrieved February 25, 2017 (Spanish).
- ↑ a b Ana De Salvo: Planta de Chery en Uruguay cerró definitivamente , in El Diario of July 3, 2015.
- ↑ Franco Macri cierra Chery en forma definitiva y despide a 350 trabajadores of July 3, 2015 (Spanish, accessed November 12, 2016)
- ↑ Introducción: Asdara on the Chery Uruguay website.
