Company type | Joint venture |
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PSX: GAL | |
Industry | Automotive |
Founded | 1981 |
Headquarters | Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |
Key people | Ahmed Kuli Khan Khattak ( CEO) |
Products | Automobiles |
Parent | Bibojee Group |
Website | Official website |
Ghandhara Automobiles Limited (گندھارا اٹوموبیلز لمیٹڈ ) formerly Ghandhara Nissan ltd, is a Pakistani automobile manufacturer based in Karachi, Pakistan established in 1981. [1] Ghandhara Automobiles is the authorized assembler and manufacturer of Nissan, Chery, Dongfeng, [2] JAC [3] and Renault Trucks [4] vehicles in Pakistan. [1] [5]
Ghandhara Nissan (Ghandhara Automobiles) was incorporated in 1981 for the distribution of completely built-up (CBU) Nissan vehicles in Pakistan. [1] In 1992, it became a publicly listed company on the Karachi Stock Exchange. [1] Ghandhara Nissan has a technical assistance agreement with Nissan Motors and a joint venture agreement with Nissan Diesel for the progressive assembly of passenger vehicles, light commercial vehicles and heavy duty vehicles. Ghandhara Nissan's manufacturing and assembly plant which has a capacity of 6,000 cars per year, is located at Port Qasim, Karachi. [1] [6] [3]
Ghandhara Nissan forms one of several companies of Bibojee Services. In 2016, Renault announced to start assembling cars in Pakistan by 2018 in collaboration with Ghandhara Nissan, [7] [8] and collaborated with new partner Al-Futtaim Group of United Arab Emirates (UAE) but shelved the project later on. [9] [10]
In March 2018, Nissan signed a manufacturing and licensing agreement with Ghandhara Nissan to begin local production of Datsun models but suspended talks later. [11]
In February 2021, Ghandhara Nissan announced it would manufacture Chery vehicles in Pakistan. [12]
On April 18, 2023, Ghandhara Nissan Limited changed its name to Ghandhara Automobiles Limited.
As of 2015, it was hoped that Dongfeng trucks would be able to carve out a big share in the Pakistani market for trucks due to Pak-China Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects. Pakistan is also witnessing an increased demand in heavy trucks due to CPEC and relative improvement in the country's security situation. [2] [3]
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Company type | Joint venture |
---|---|
PSX: GAL | |
Industry | Automotive |
Founded | 1981 |
Headquarters | Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |
Key people | Ahmed Kuli Khan Khattak ( CEO) |
Products | Automobiles |
Parent | Bibojee Group |
Website | Official website |
Ghandhara Automobiles Limited (گندھارا اٹوموبیلز لمیٹڈ ) formerly Ghandhara Nissan ltd, is a Pakistani automobile manufacturer based in Karachi, Pakistan established in 1981. [1] Ghandhara Automobiles is the authorized assembler and manufacturer of Nissan, Chery, Dongfeng, [2] JAC [3] and Renault Trucks [4] vehicles in Pakistan. [1] [5]
Ghandhara Nissan (Ghandhara Automobiles) was incorporated in 1981 for the distribution of completely built-up (CBU) Nissan vehicles in Pakistan. [1] In 1992, it became a publicly listed company on the Karachi Stock Exchange. [1] Ghandhara Nissan has a technical assistance agreement with Nissan Motors and a joint venture agreement with Nissan Diesel for the progressive assembly of passenger vehicles, light commercial vehicles and heavy duty vehicles. Ghandhara Nissan's manufacturing and assembly plant which has a capacity of 6,000 cars per year, is located at Port Qasim, Karachi. [1] [6] [3]
Ghandhara Nissan forms one of several companies of Bibojee Services. In 2016, Renault announced to start assembling cars in Pakistan by 2018 in collaboration with Ghandhara Nissan, [7] [8] and collaborated with new partner Al-Futtaim Group of United Arab Emirates (UAE) but shelved the project later on. [9] [10]
In March 2018, Nissan signed a manufacturing and licensing agreement with Ghandhara Nissan to begin local production of Datsun models but suspended talks later. [11]
In February 2021, Ghandhara Nissan announced it would manufacture Chery vehicles in Pakistan. [12]
On April 18, 2023, Ghandhara Nissan Limited changed its name to Ghandhara Automobiles Limited.
As of 2015, it was hoped that Dongfeng trucks would be able to carve out a big share in the Pakistani market for trucks due to Pak-China Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects. Pakistan is also witnessing an increased demand in heavy trucks due to CPEC and relative improvement in the country's security situation. [2] [3]
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