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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 Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co., Ltd.. Foton makes commercial trucks in a joint venture with Daimler AG,〔(Daimler aims to nearly triple China sales by 2015 ) reuters.com, Fri Oct 22, 2010 8:12am EDT〕 called Beijing Foton Daimler Automobile Co., Ltd., which sells its products under the "Auman" brand name.〔(Mr. Heyi Xu，the president of Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co., Ltd. delivered a speech at the 2009 China (Changchun) International Automobile Forum ) BAIC Official Site, 2009-07-20〕 ==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 to produce light-duty diesel engines. 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.〔http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/chinas-foton-selects-west-maharashtra-for-rs-1676-cr-plant/434113/〕 Foton has announced a bus factory in Brazil in the state of Bahia,〔http://atarde.uol.com.br/materias/imprimir/1452227〕 as part of their globalization plan.〔http://www.fotonmotors.com.br〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Foton Motor」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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