GM Colmotores
Encyclopedia
GM Colmotores is a car company based in Bogotá
, Colombia
. Established in 1957, they began manufacturing, under license, British Austins. In 1965, Chrysler Corporation took a 60% stake in the company, which manufactured Chrysler cars under license until 1979. In 1979, General Motors
took control of the company, purchasing a 77.4% stake.
In 1981, the company was renamed GM Colmotores. Since then it has manufactured, under license, a variety of General Motors
, GM Daewoo
, Isuzu
, and Suzuki
vehicles for the local market, all sold under the Chevrolet
name. The company has production facilities in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela, and imports models from Korea built by GM Daewoo.
, were crystallized his desire: the July 27th, 1956 was founded the Fabrica Colombiana de Automotores S.A. (Colmotores), whose articles of incorporation are logged a month later, on 25 August of that year, with an initial capital of five million pesos, contributed several regions, particularly Antioquia, Cundinamarca
, Caldas
and the Coast.
The initiative of Mr. German Montoya could not be more plausible: that same year, 1956, the National Government was preparing to meet the objective of import substitution and expanding the domestic market. Also had to issue a decree exempting from income taxes, property, import and procurement of raw material for ten years, the industries that consume material produced in Paz del Rio steel mill. They were all favorable conditions which brought together a group of shareholders on this thought.
The production began operating under the chairmanship of Don Santiago Trujillo and general manager Don German Montoya, and its construction was completed in late 1961. By then the company had negotiations with the British Motor Corporation to assemble vehicles in Austin Colombia.
Moreover, the national government the same year the production of cars in the country. The industrialists to take care of that activity were to a promising prospect, which included new incentives such as exemption from taxes on profits and assets to be devoted to the importation of necessary equipment.
In February 1962, Dr. Alberto Lleras Camargo
, President of the Republic, inaugurated the plant Colmotores, and Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá
, Bishop Emilio de Brigard, blessed the staff and facilities.
Then began the production of vehicles, cargo trucks Austin 2.5 and 6 tons for passenger vans and campers in two versions, short and long. Four years later he had produced nearly 4,000 units.
Then came the changes, adjustments imposed by the challenges of developing an enterprise of great ambitions, in much quixotic.
Faced, first, the failure of the Government of the incentives for the automotive industry, which led, of course, financial difficulties Colmotores shareholders. In 1965 the International Chrysler company acquired 60% of the shares of Colmotores, the company began calling Colmotores-Chrysler, and the following year began the manufacture and sale of Dodge cars and Simca, and appeared in the domestic market the first car produced in Colombia, the Coronet 440 and Dodge trucks of 1-7 tons.
Fourteen years would last the permanence of Chrysler in Colombia. But in 1972 came the oil crisis, which affected the world economy and forced to take further decisions on exploration and consumption. It was created to organize producers and exporters of oil, OPEC, and the automotive industry introduced the use of compact cars engine light and low power consumption.
Chrysler had extreme financial difficulties that led it to reduce its international operations to focus on North America
. The Colombia and Venezuela
operations were acquired by General Motors Corporation.
The era of General Motors
, Colmotores definitive can be summarized in the words of his manager: "The company is Colombia in its character, but the Joint Venture has been the basis of their progress". Indeed, in 1979 General Motors Corporation took over the shares owned in Colmotores Chrysler International. Thus began a marriage that is now more than 20 years of productive achievements.
At the time when General Motors purchased the plant in the country Colmotores merged the Presidency and the Directorate-Management on a single charge, which took German Montoya Vélez until 1983, and now occupied by Paul Ross.
Deleted the word "Chrysler" from its name, to return to his original name Fabrica Colombiana de Automotores S.A. (Colmotores). Subsequently, from 1991, and to give a clear corporate image before the public became General Motors Colmotores S.A.
Among his achievements we must mention the concept of total quality, which the company began to set, with futuristic sense, years before being given the opening, and in anticipation that this mechanism is opened step in Colombia. Within that total quality goal, GM Colmotores considered human talent as their most important resource, and has been involved in training programs that are oriented towards the philosophy of quality, awareness of competition in the market, improving continuous, permanent search of Total Customer Enthusiasm.
Today Colmotores GM vehicle assembled 45 versions in 12 different platforms, placing first in the Colombian automotive history and also one of the top positions among the largest companies in the country.
He has also contributed significantly to the economic and social development of the country by high job creation, technical and financial support to the growth of the auto parts industry and considerable contribution to the national treasury in taxes and contributions.
Among these projects, GM Colmotores in partnership with public and private supports the reintegration of demobilized persons who wish to change your lifestyle through a decent job in making uniforms for the employees of GM Colmotores, Distribution Network, Suppliers and other GM plants around the world.
Additionally, since 2000, GM Colmotores partnered with the Center for Popular Promotion Training and Juan Bosco Obrero, which consists of technical training and support employment opportunities for the youth of the Centre from 2006 and has been developing the Draft chatarrización with this institution as a means of recycling and employment generation in which money from the sale of material, is reinvested in educational projects for students.
Bogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...
, Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
. Established in 1957, they began manufacturing, under license, British Austins. In 1965, Chrysler Corporation took a 60% stake in the company, which manufactured Chrysler cars under license until 1979. In 1979, General Motors
General Motors
General Motors Company , commonly known as GM, formerly incorporated as General Motors Corporation, is an American multinational automotive corporation headquartered in Detroit, Michigan and the world's second-largest automaker in 2010...
took control of the company, purchasing a 77.4% stake.
In 1981, the company was renamed GM Colmotores. Since then it has manufactured, under license, a variety of General Motors
General Motors
General Motors Company , commonly known as GM, formerly incorporated as General Motors Corporation, is an American multinational automotive corporation headquartered in Detroit, Michigan and the world's second-largest automaker in 2010...
, GM Daewoo
GM Daewoo
GM Korea Company is South Korea's second largest automobile manufacturer and is a division of the General Motors Company. GM Korea's roots go back to the former Daewoo which was split from its parent company, Daewoo Group, in 2001...
, Isuzu
Isuzu
, is a Japanese car, commercial vehicle and heavy truck manufacturing company, headquartered in Tokyo. In 2005, Isuzu became the world's largest manufacturer of medium to heavy duty trucks. It has assembly and manufacturing plants in the Japanese city of Fujisawa, as well as in the prefectures...
, and Suzuki
Suzuki
is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Hamamatsu, Japan that specializes in manufacturing compact automobiles and 4x4 vehicles, a full range of motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles , outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines...
vehicles for the local market, all sold under the Chevrolet
Chevrolet
Chevrolet , also known as Chevy , is a brand of vehicle produced by General Motors Company . Founded by Louis Chevrolet and ousted GM founder William C. Durant on November 3, 1911, General Motors acquired Chevrolet in 1918...
name. The company has production facilities in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela, and imports models from Korea built by GM Daewoo.
History
As often happens with large projects, the creation of GM Colmotores emerged from the vision of a handful of Colombian businessmen, led by Don German Montoya Velez. After many conversations, financial calculations and had to overcome obstacles that men whose common goal was, before the trade to create company in ColombiaColombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
, were crystallized his desire: the July 27th, 1956 was founded the Fabrica Colombiana de Automotores S.A. (Colmotores), whose articles of incorporation are logged a month later, on 25 August of that year, with an initial capital of five million pesos, contributed several regions, particularly Antioquia, Cundinamarca
Cundinamarca Department
- Origin of the name :The name of Cundinamarca comes from Kundur marqa, an indigenous expression, probably derived from Quechua. Meaning "Condor's Nest", it was used in pre-Columbian times by the natives of the Magdalena Valley to refer to the nearby highlands....
, Caldas
Caldas Department
Caldas is a department of Colombia named after Colombian patriotic figure Francisco José de Caldas. It's part of the Paisa Region and its capital is Manizales. The population of Caldas is 1,030,062, and its area is 7,291 km²...
and the Coast.
The initiative of Mr. German Montoya could not be more plausible: that same year, 1956, the National Government was preparing to meet the objective of import substitution and expanding the domestic market. Also had to issue a decree exempting from income taxes, property, import and procurement of raw material for ten years, the industries that consume material produced in Paz del Rio steel mill. They were all favorable conditions which brought together a group of shareholders on this thought.
The production began operating under the chairmanship of Don Santiago Trujillo and general manager Don German Montoya, and its construction was completed in late 1961. By then the company had negotiations with the British Motor Corporation to assemble vehicles in Austin Colombia.
Moreover, the national government the same year the production of cars in the country. The industrialists to take care of that activity were to a promising prospect, which included new incentives such as exemption from taxes on profits and assets to be devoted to the importation of necessary equipment.
In February 1962, Dr. Alberto Lleras Camargo
Alberto Lleras Camargo
Alberto Lleras Camargo was an important Colombian diplomat and political figure.He was a member of the Liberal Party of Colombia; he served as congressman , Minister of Education, Minister of the Interior and Minister of Foreign Affairs, during the governments of Alfonso López Pumarejo and Eduardo...
, President of the Republic, inaugurated the plant Colmotores, and Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá
Bogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...
, Bishop Emilio de Brigard, blessed the staff and facilities.
Then began the production of vehicles, cargo trucks Austin 2.5 and 6 tons for passenger vans and campers in two versions, short and long. Four years later he had produced nearly 4,000 units.
Then came the changes, adjustments imposed by the challenges of developing an enterprise of great ambitions, in much quixotic.
Faced, first, the failure of the Government of the incentives for the automotive industry, which led, of course, financial difficulties Colmotores shareholders. In 1965 the International Chrysler company acquired 60% of the shares of Colmotores, the company began calling Colmotores-Chrysler, and the following year began the manufacture and sale of Dodge cars and Simca, and appeared in the domestic market the first car produced in Colombia, the Coronet 440 and Dodge trucks of 1-7 tons.
Fourteen years would last the permanence of Chrysler in Colombia. But in 1972 came the oil crisis, which affected the world economy and forced to take further decisions on exploration and consumption. It was created to organize producers and exporters of oil, OPEC, and the automotive industry introduced the use of compact cars engine light and low power consumption.
Chrysler had extreme financial difficulties that led it to reduce its international operations to focus on North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
. The Colombia and Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
operations were acquired by General Motors Corporation.
The era of General Motors
General Motors
General Motors Company , commonly known as GM, formerly incorporated as General Motors Corporation, is an American multinational automotive corporation headquartered in Detroit, Michigan and the world's second-largest automaker in 2010...
, Colmotores definitive can be summarized in the words of his manager: "The company is Colombia in its character, but the Joint Venture has been the basis of their progress". Indeed, in 1979 General Motors Corporation took over the shares owned in Colmotores Chrysler International. Thus began a marriage that is now more than 20 years of productive achievements.
At the time when General Motors purchased the plant in the country Colmotores merged the Presidency and the Directorate-Management on a single charge, which took German Montoya Vélez until 1983, and now occupied by Paul Ross.
Deleted the word "Chrysler" from its name, to return to his original name Fabrica Colombiana de Automotores S.A. (Colmotores). Subsequently, from 1991, and to give a clear corporate image before the public became General Motors Colmotores S.A.
Among his achievements we must mention the concept of total quality, which the company began to set, with futuristic sense, years before being given the opening, and in anticipation that this mechanism is opened step in Colombia. Within that total quality goal, GM Colmotores considered human talent as their most important resource, and has been involved in training programs that are oriented towards the philosophy of quality, awareness of competition in the market, improving continuous, permanent search of Total Customer Enthusiasm.
Today Colmotores GM vehicle assembled 45 versions in 12 different platforms, placing first in the Colombian automotive history and also one of the top positions among the largest companies in the country.
He has also contributed significantly to the economic and social development of the country by high job creation, technical and financial support to the growth of the auto parts industry and considerable contribution to the national treasury in taxes and contributions.
Employment Generation
To contribute to overcoming poverty and the country's peace process, GM Colmotores donates cash and kind to the development of technical training programs and employment generation for vulnerable populations and / or affected by violence .Among these projects, GM Colmotores in partnership with public and private supports the reintegration of demobilized persons who wish to change your lifestyle through a decent job in making uniforms for the employees of GM Colmotores, Distribution Network, Suppliers and other GM plants around the world.
Additionally, since 2000, GM Colmotores partnered with the Center for Popular Promotion Training and Juan Bosco Obrero, which consists of technical training and support employment opportunities for the youth of the Centre from 2006 and has been developing the Draft chatarrización with this institution as a means of recycling and employment generation in which money from the sale of material, is reinvested in educational projects for students.
Community giving
GM Colmotores made financial donations and in kind to the development of social and community projects that contribute to improving the quality of life for marginalized populations, especially offering alternative education and employment generation.Links
- http://www.chevrolet.com.co - Official website
- http://www.chevrolet.com.ec - GM Ecuador website
- http://www.chevrolet.com.ve - GM Venezuela website