Beiqi Foton Motor Co., Ltd. (Foton Motor or Foton) is a Chinese company which designs and manufactures trucks, buses, sport utility vehicles and agricultural machinery. It is headquartered in Changping, Beijing and is a subsidiary of BAIC Group.
Foton makes commercial trucks in a joint venture with Daimler AG, called Beijing Foton Daimler Automobile Co., Ltd., which sells its products under the "Auman" brand name.
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History
Founded on August 28, 1996, Foton manufactures light and heavy-duty trucks, agricultural tractors, and various other machinery.
In addition to the heavier trucks, Foton also builds a copy of the Toyota Hiace H100, called the "Foton View" or "Foton Alpha".
In March 2006 Foton and Cummins Inc. announced the creation of a 50:50 joint venture company, Beijing Foton Cummins Engine Company (BFCEC), to produce light-duty diesel engines, of 2.8 and 3.8 liter displacement.
In January 2009 Foton and Daimler AG agreed to form a 50-50 joint venture for the production of medium- and heavy-duty trucks in China, with an initial investment of 6.35 billion yuan. Creation of the venture received the approval of the Chinese government in July 2010.
In October 2009 Foton agreed to form a joint venture to develop and produce vehicle batteries with Pulead Technology Industry Co.
In July 2010 Foton announced the establishment of a European headquarters in Moscow, Russia.
Foton established a sales company in India in April 2011.
Foton will build an assembly plant in Colombia, in order to participate in the growing Latin American market for light commercial vehicles. The company also plans to build a plant in Western Maharashtra, India.
Foton has announced a bus factory in Brazil in the state of Bahia, as part of their globalization plan. Foton has held a press conference in 2015, previewing the Sauvana while announcing news to bring the brand to the United States.
In September 2017 Foton and Piaggio agreed to form a joint venture to develop and produce light commercial vehicle. Based on Foton chassis the new vehicle was sold by Piaggio Commercial Vehicle division in Europe and in all market around the world but not in China. The vehicles was intended as a successor of the Piaggio Porter and production was planned to starts in the mid 2019 in Pontedera (Italy) with all components produced by Foton in China.
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Operations
Foton is headquartered in Changping District, Beijing. Foton's business units are seen in cities and provinces such as Beijing, Tianjin, Shandong, Hebei, Hunan, Hubei, Liaoning, and Guangdong. Its R&D branches are distributed in Japan, Germany, Taiwan and The Philippines. It has assets exceeding 50 billion Yuan and 300,000 employees. Foton, whose brand value exceeds 61.932 billion Yuan in 2005, ranked No.1 in auto industry and No. 11 in the "Top 500 Most Valuable Brands".
Foton business marquee also consists of a branch in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Och motors LLC which is one of the biggest conglomerate in Mongolia, is the official distributor of Foton in Mongolian market.
Products
Buses
Foton AUV (???V)
- Foton AUV New Directions (since 2000; Original name:????V)
- Foton AUV panoramic Unlimited (since 2003; Original name:????)
- Foton AUV Pioneer Europe (since 1998; Original name:?V??)Brand name
Foton Green Earth
Trucks
Foton Auman
- Foton Auman Jones (since 2003, under license of Mercedes-Benz trucks; Original name:????)
- Foton Auman Lion (since 2003, under license of Mercedes-Benz trucks; Original name:????)
- Foton Auman Kunlun Mountains (since 2003, under license of Mercedes-Benz trucks; Original name:????)
- Foton Auman Shenzhou (since 2003, under license of Mercedes-Benz trucks; Original name:????)
- Foton Auman H4 (since 2011)
Foton Aumark (???)
- Foton Aumark (since 2005, Original name:???)
Foton Forland (????)
- Foton Forland (Since 2006, Original name:????)
- Foton Forland King Kong (since 1998 under license of a South American VW trucks; Original name:????)
- Foton Forland Ruiwo (since 1998 under license of a South American VW trucks; Original name:??)
Foton Ollin (??)
- Foton Ollin Beyond (since 2005, Original name:????)
- Foton Ollin MRI (since 2005, Original name:????)
Passenger Vehicles
Gratour MPVs (????)
- Gratour im6 (??MPV)
- Gratour im8 (???????)
- Gratour ix5 (1501cc;since 2016) (??MPV)
- Gratour ix7 (1507cc;since 2016) (??S--MPV)
Foton Sauvana SUV (???) (since 2014; also known as Foton Toplander)
Foton Tunland (???) pickup
- Foton Tunland E3
- Foton Tunland E5
- Foton Tunland S
Foton Saga (since 2004 under license of DangDong -terrain vehicle; Original name:????)(Discontinued)
Foton SUP (since 2004 Sport SUV based on the Saga; Original name:??)(Discontinued)
Light Commercial Vehicles
Foton MP-X (MP-X???) MPV
- Foton MP-X Parker Mongolia (since 2005; Original name: MP-X???)
Foton View (????)
- Foton View G9 (since 2004 under license of the Toyota Hiace as the high top version)
- Foton View G7 (Also known as CS2; since 2004 under license of the Toyota Hiace as the low top version)
- Foton View V5 compact MPV
- Foton View V3 compact MPV
Foton Toano (since 2015) business class van/ minibus
Foton Midi (Discontinued)
Foton View Express (since 2001 under license of the Toyota Hiace, Original name:????) (Discontinued)
Foton View Express Passenger (since 2000 under license of the Toyota Hiace, Original name:????) (Discontinued)
Foton View Ireland Act (since 1999 under license of the Toyota Hiace, Original name:?????) (Discontinued)
Sales
Foton Motor sold a total of 640,400 vehicles in 2011.
References
External links
- Foton official website (in English)
- Foton official website (in Chinese)
- UK Supplier of Foton tractors (in English)
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