Foton Opens East Africa Operation Center in Kenya
On 18th, January 2019, Chinese automaker Beiqi Foton Motor set up its East Africa Operation Centre in Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya, to accelerate its expansion through East Africa.
Foton Motor General Manager Apple Sun said the center will be a showroom as well as service center, aiming to grow its brand and to capture at least 7 percent of the market share in three years. As the demand for trucks, pickup trucks and sports utility vehicles continues growing in recent years, Foton vehicles will be exported to neighboring countries of Kenya in future to benefit the region and at the same time boost the export production rate in Kenya.
According to Foton motor, they has sold more than 3,500 vehicles in Kenya since it entered in the market in 2012.
According to CS Munya the Kenyan government attaches great importance the growth of local motor vehicle assembly sector and views it as means of promoting job creation.
Speaking during the launch ceremony in Nairobi, Economic and Commercial Counsellor at the Chinese Embassy in Kenya, Guo Ce, said that “As the East African countries unroll their development plans, I believe that Foton Motor Kenya among other Chinese companies will continuously provide good products and services, so as to make more contribution to the construction and development of this region and Kenya, and inject new vitality into our two countries’ friendly cooperation.”.
Views:0
- Half Year Review of Commercial Vehicle Sales 2023-08-03
- FOTON Delivers its 11 Millionth Vehicle -- TUNLAND V Pikcup 2023-04-17
- Philippines' First Electric Light Truck Unveiled & MILER Truck Debut 2023-02-16
- New FOTON, New Value in the Post-Globalization Era 2023-01-18
- FOTON Auman High-end Mixer Trucks Rolled Off the Line in Thailand 2023-01-06
- Piaggio Group, FOTON Sign a General Deal for Joint DEV. of a New Electric LCV 2022-12-12
- CATL, FOTON to Form Joint Venture for Battery Leasing Business 2022-12-09
- Delivering the Trust: Flashing the Philipino Express 2022-11-16
- FOTON Secured an Order for 60 AUMAN EST-A AMT Trucks in Eastern Europe 2022-10-21
- Not only Mexico and Vietnam, These Are Also the Most Important Export Markets 2022-10-14
Submit Your Requirements, We Are Always At Your Service.
- World’s First All-electric Scania Car Transporter Goes into Service
- China’s First Mining Specialized Remote Sensing Satellite Launched
- SINOTRUK Delivers Full Year 2022 Results, Heavy Truck Sales Down 52.50%
- FOTON and Cummins Team up to Build a New Engine Plant in Thailand
- SANY Awarded as 2022 Forbes China TOP 50 Sustainable DEV Industrial Enterprises
- Daimler Trucks and Buses Signs Deal with XCMG Fire Fighting
- FAW Jiefang Sichuan Branch Was Officially Established
- Bus & Truck Expo Set to be Held in May 2023
- Yutong, SCG Signed MoU for Green Mining in Thailand
- CAT Displays Its First Battery Electric Large Mining Truck
- Half Year Review of Commercial Vehicle Sales
- China Exported 63,000 Trucks in May, Up 33% YoY
- Top 10 Best-selling Battery-swapping Heavy Trucks in China in April
- China Exported 158,000 Trucks in Q1, Up 41% YoY
- China’s Truck Exports Grew by 43.8% YoY to 46600 Units in Feb., 2023
- China’s Heavy Truck Sales Rising 29% YOY to 77200 in Feb
- China Exports 567,000 Trucks in 2022, Hitting a New High in a Decade
- China’s Pickup Exports Jumped 65% YOY in 2022
- China's Truck Exports Grew by 42% YOY to 53,000 Units in November
- Heavy Truck Sales in China Fell by 9% YoY to 46000 Units in Nov.
