Great Wall will start production in Ecuador
- Great Wall will start vehicle assembly in its new factory in Ecuador in April, said Wang Fengying, president of the carmaker. The site will produce CKD (completely Knocked Down) vehicles from kits exported from China, said the C.E.O.
- This plant in Ecuador comes in addition to ten Great Wall factories already producing vehicles from kits in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Africa, and Bulgaria. With the launch of its new site in Ecuador, Great Wall plans to export 140,000 vehicles under the form of CKD kits towards its assembly plants outside China in 2013 (which corresponds to an increase of 43% compared to 2012).
- On its side, the Brazilian Latin American Motors group (working under contract with Great Wall) announced it will postpone to 2014 the assembly plant planned for Great Wall. This plant, to be located in Brazil, whose construction was to begin in 2013, is dimensioned for the production of 20,000 vehicles per year in a first phase . Great Wall will assemble there a pickup model and two recreational vehicles (CKD from China).
