Chinese commercial vehicles manufacturer, Shaanxi Heavy Duty Automobile Import & Export Co. Ltd, and its partner in Nigeria, Transit Support Services Limited, have signed an agreement to commence the assembly of various models of Shacman commercial vehicles in Nigeria, starting with heavy duty trucks and tractors.
The partners announced after the agreement signing ceremony in Enugu recently that the CKD production of the vehicles would in three months begin to make use of a section of ANAMMCO assembly facilities in Emene Industrial Estate, Enugu. No fewer than 3, 000 units of Shacman trucks will be produced annually at the plant on contract basis, with the likelihood of raising the output to 4, 000 or even higher, with time.
Commenting on the investment, the Chairman of Transit Support Services, Mr. Frank Nneji, and the Shacman Manager in charge of Africa, Mr Zhong Yi, applauded the Federal Government’s new development policy for the auto sector, stressing that the partnership was fostered to provide for the Nigerian market top quality commercial vehicles that have been accepted in over 80 countries across the world.
Yi stated that Shacman first made a mark as a manufacturer of military off-road vehicles supplied to many countries, including those in Africa, before expanding to heavy duty commercial vehicles which earned it the credit of being China’s bestselling truck brand.
“It is the same technology, the same top quality vehicles that we plan to bring to Nigeria with our partner, TSS,” Yi remarked, stating that about 1, 000 units of Shac-man trucks are already on Nigerian roads and have impressively surpassed their users’ expectations in terms of performance and return on investment.
“So, what we want to do is to localise the production of subsequent units to build on this initial success.” He assured that in committing itself to the production of high standard vehicles, the auto maker would not de-emphasise affordability.
The team from Shacman also included Tracy; the Sales Manager (Nigerian Market), Vincent Jin Xiang Jun; Chief Engineer, Qiang Jian Peng; and Sales Manager, Charles Zhang.

Donmarrius: Fresh Air!.

More investments in Igboland.

simpleseyi: Jona-daft and cluelessness, two words, same meaning. However, he got this Automobile policy right, may God give him the strength to implement this to the letter. If either baba-no-regret a.k.a Obasanjo or the evil nonentity called IBB has started this policy, Nigeria would have been exporting cars to Europe before now.

superstar1: How does assembled cars in Nigeria, turned to Made in Nigeria?

Which vital part of the cars are being manufactured in Nigeria, that make them made in Nigeria?

We need to learn to use the correct words for situations.

simpleseyi:

You are as tribal as myself. A hard knock on your coconut head and also on my mango head. Try and cure yourself of tribalism, I am already taking drugs to cure mine.

superstar1: How does assembled cars in Nigeria, turned to Made in Nigeria?

Which vital part of the cars are being manufactured in Nigeria, that make them made in Nigeria?

We need to learn to use the correct words for situations.

CFCfan:
Sir, in the automotive industry, 'assembly' and 'manufacturing' mean the same thing.

7lives:

Assembly plant ko national assembly ni. Nigeria have refuse to learn from her past mistakes, Nigeria has been assembling vehicles since Peugeot and here we are more and more auto assembles instead of auto manufacturing plants.
You cannot repeat the same mistake and expect a different result, shalom.

7lives:

Assembly plant ko national assembly ni. Nigeria have refuse to learn from her past mistakes, Nigeria has been assembling vehicles since Peugeot and here we are more and more auto assembles instead of auto manufacturing plants.
You cannot repeat the same mistake and expect a different result, shalom.

sleekman: unfortunately its u that's not learning anything. All vehicle manufacturers have assembling factories around d world. Toyota has their vehicle assembly in d US/Mexico. As 4d parts there is already a policy in play to slowly improve our local content. This is where d job market will really expand. Rome wasn't built in a day. Assemble imported parts and then slowly assemble locally produced parts.

waternogetenemy: Na wa oh everywhere i look development story...