Holland Car
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Holland Car PLC is an Ethiopia
n CKD automobile assembler with official head offices in the Getu Commercial Center and the TK International Building in Addis Ababa
. Its general manager is Tadesse Tessema Alemu, and the company has 200 full time employees and a fluctuating number of part-time ones.
Currently the assembler operates with two plants. The main plant is located in Mojo
. The second assembly plant was opened in the late 2008 under the name Cassiopeia Assembly Factory and is located in Tatek.
The assembler was founded in 2005, as a joint-venture between the Trento Engineering BV and Ethio-Holland PLC, an Ethiopian importer of used Lada
automobiles from the Netherlands. Its first product was the Holland DOCC (Dutch Overseas Car Company) which is a rebadged Tofaş Şahin
. Beginning in 2007, Holland Car assembled the Lifan 520 as the Holland Abay, but the relationship with the Chinese
Lifan Group was ended in 2009; Holland Car claims that the Chinese company attempted to take control of its Ethiopian partner, while Lifan states that the reason for the termination was that sales did not meet expectations. In 2009 the company started a new joint-venture with JAC Motors
. New products in 2009 were the Holland Tekeze, the Holland Abay Executive and the Holland Awash Executive. The newest product of Holland Car is the Shebelle, first released in 2010.
In 2009 Holland Car was the winner of the Africa’s Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises Award in the category of most innovative company, and the Overall winner of the 2009 Africa SMME of the year.
Ethiopia
Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...
n CKD automobile assembler with official head offices in the Getu Commercial Center and the TK International Building in Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa is the capital city of Ethiopia...
. Its general manager is Tadesse Tessema Alemu, and the company has 200 full time employees and a fluctuating number of part-time ones.
Currently the assembler operates with two plants. The main plant is located in Mojo
Mojo, Ethiopia
Mojo is a town in central Ethiopia, named after the nearby Modjo River. Located in the Misraq Shewa Zone of the Oromia Region, it has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation between 1788 and 1825 meters above sea level...
. The second assembly plant was opened in the late 2008 under the name Cassiopeia Assembly Factory and is located in Tatek.
The assembler was founded in 2005, as a joint-venture between the Trento Engineering BV and Ethio-Holland PLC, an Ethiopian importer of used Lada
Lada
Lada is a trademark of AvtoVAZ, a Russian car manufacturer in Tolyatti, Samara Oblast. All AvtoVAZ vehicles are currently sold under the Lada brand, though this was not always so; Lada was originally AvtoVAZ's export brand for models it sold under the Zhiguli name in the domestic Soviet market...
automobiles from the Netherlands. Its first product was the Holland DOCC (Dutch Overseas Car Company) which is a rebadged Tofaş Şahin
Tofas Sahin
The Tofaş Şahin, Doğan, and Kartal are Turkish versions of the old Fiat 131 automobile made in Turk Otomobil Fabrikasi A.S. facilities in Bursa, Turkey. While şahin means "hawk" in Turkish, kartal means "eagle" and doğan means "falcon"...
. Beginning in 2007, Holland Car assembled the Lifan 520 as the Holland Abay, but the relationship with the Chinese
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
Lifan Group was ended in 2009; Holland Car claims that the Chinese company attempted to take control of its Ethiopian partner, while Lifan states that the reason for the termination was that sales did not meet expectations. In 2009 the company started a new joint-venture with JAC Motors
Anhui Jianghuai Automobile
JAC Motors is a Chinese state-owned automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturer. The company is based in Hefei, Anhui Province, China....
. New products in 2009 were the Holland Tekeze, the Holland Abay Executive and the Holland Awash Executive. The newest product of Holland Car is the Shebelle, first released in 2010.
In 2009 Holland Car was the winner of the Africa’s Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises Award in the category of most innovative company, and the Overall winner of the 2009 Africa SMME of the year.
Model lineup
- Holland ABAY (2007-2010)
- Holland ABAY Executive (2009-present)
- Holland Ahadu (2011-present)
- Holland Awash Executive (2009-present)
- Holland DOCC (2005-2010)
- Holland Emay (2011-present)
- Holland Naomi (2011-present)
- Holland Shebelle (2010-present)
- Holland Tekeze (2009-present)