Thaco
| Truong Hai Auto Corporation
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| legal form | Joint Stock Company |
| founding | April 29, 1997 |
| Seat | Ho Chi Minh City |
| Number of employees | 14,900 |
| Branch | Automotive industry |
| Website | http://www.thacogroup.vn/ |
Thaco (more precisely Truong Hai Auto Corporation ) is a Vietnamese automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturer based in Ho Chi Minh City .
history
The company was founded in April 1997 as Truong Hai Automobile Co., Ltd. founded. In 2007 it changed its name to Truong Hai Auto Corporation .
For the production of Mazda models, the joint venture Vina Mazda Automobile Manufacturing Co., Ltd. founded and opened a first plant in 2011. 300 people are employed at this plant in Núi Thành , which has a theoretical production capacity of 10,000 vehicles. Another plant was opened in 2018.
With 90 million US dollars, Thaco was one of the financially strongest automobile manufacturers in Vietnam after Ford Vietnam and Honda Vietnam in 2017 .
Thaco dominated around 40% of the truck market, 50% of the bus market and 26% of the passenger car market in Vietnam in 2017. In March 2018, a new production plant for Mazda models was opened.
According to its own information, the company employs 14,900 people.
Models
Thaco produces and sells vehicles of the Kia , Hyundai , Mazda and Peugeot brands . The Mazda2 is manufactured at Vina Mazda .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c About us. In: thacogroup.vn. Retrieved February 1, 2019 .
- ^ Mazda Passenger Cars. In: thacogroup.vn. Retrieved February 1, 2019 .
- ^ A b Mazda2 Local Assembly Begins at New Vietnam Plant. In: mazda.com. October 21, 2011, accessed March 6, 2019 .
- ↑ Vietnamese automobile manufacturers growing up to the task. In: vir.com.vn. March 26, 2018, accessed March 6, 2019 .
- ↑ Chuc Dinh Nguyen, Anh Ngoc Nguyen, Trang Ha Nguyen and Minh Ngoc Nguyen: Host-site institutions, regional production linkages and technological upgrading: a study of automotive firms in Vietnam , in: Asia Pacific Business Review , 23: 3 (2017) , Pp. 438-453. doi: 10.1080 / 13602381.2016.1189133
- ↑ THACO investing half a billion dollars in Mazda assembly plant. In: vneconomictimes.com. March 27, 2017, accessed February 1, 2019 .
- ↑ PM attends inaugural ceremony of Thaco Mazda plant. In: vietnamnews.vn. March 26, 2018, accessed February 1, 2019 .
- ^ Arve Hansen: "Driving Development? The Problems and Promises of the Car in Vietnam", in: Journal of Contemporary Asia 46: 4 (2016), pp. 551-569, doi: 10.1080 / 00472336.2016.1151916