長安汽車計劃建立第一家印度工廠

China’s oldest auto company revs up for India entry

中國最老的汽車公司

China’s Changan AutoMobile Company is planning to set up its first India factory, with a capacity to manufacture 200,000 vehicles a year. The company recently visited Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu and, according to sources, is looking for a local partner.

中國長安汽車公司計劃建立第一家印度工廠，年產能20萬輛汽車。據消息人士稱，公司最近先後考察了安得拉邦和泰米爾納德邦，尋找一個當地合作夥伴。

Changan Automobile Company, China’s oldest automobile manufacturer, is headquartered in Chongqing. The company is a state-owned enterprise, which manufactures cars ranging from entry-level hatchbacks to sedans to sport utility vehicles to vans to pick-up trucks. It also has a range of electric and hybrid vehicles.

長安汽車公司，中國最老的汽車廠商，總部在重慶。公司是國有企業，生產從入門級掀背車到轎車，再到SUV和貨車等車輛，也生產電動汽車和混合動力汽車。

While an e-mail questionnaire sent to the company was not immediately answered, sources in both the state governments confirmed that officials from Changan’s head office had visited the states.

發給長安公司的郵件並未立即得到回覆。不過兩個邦政府的消息人士證實，長安公司的高管訪問了兩個邦。

According to sources, the new facility could attract around Rs 1,000 crore (Rs 10 billlion) during the initial phase.

消息人士稱，新工廠最初階段會吸引大約100億盧比的投資。

In 2014, Beijing-based commercial-vehicle maker Beiqi Foton Motor Company announced plans for a factory at Chakan near Pune to produce a full range of commercial vehicles, but there has been no launch so far.

2014年，總部在北京的商用車廠商北汽福田汽車公司，宣佈計劃在普納附近的Chakan建立工廠，生產全系列的商業車，然而迄今爲止尚未動工。

Sources added that the company would set up a facility with capacity to produce 200,000 units a year initially, which will be expanded gradually.

消息人士稱，公司會建立一家年產能20萬輛車的工廠，然後逐漸擴大。

Recently, Japanese auto major Isuzu inaugurated a Rs 3,000 crore (Rs 30 billion) facility at SriCity.

最近，日本汽車廠商五十鈴爲在SriCity投資300盧比的工廠舉行落成儀式。

An official said Changan is also scouting for a joint venture partner. Its joint ventures in China include the likes of Suzuki, Ford and PSA Peugeot Citroen.

一位官員表示，長安也在尋找合資企業的合作伙伴，公司在中國的合資夥伴有鈴木、福特和標緻雪鐵龍。

It has six manufacturing bases in China and four research and development centres at Turin in Italy, Yokohama in Japan, Nottingham in England and Detroit in US.

目前，長安汽車在中國有6個生產基地，4個研發中心，分別在意大利的圖靈、日本的橫濱、英國的諾丁漢和美國的底特律。