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Passenger Cars
GB Auto is a leading passenger car importer, assembler, and
distributor in the Middle East and North Africa. It is the larg-
est player in its home market of Egypt as the sole represen-
tative of Hyundai, Geely, Mazda, and Chery passenger cars.
GB Auto also has an established regional footprint in the seg-
ment, distributing Hyundai passenger cars in Iraq and Geely
passenger cars in Algeria. The company serves the Egyptian
market with both Completely-Knocked-Down (CKD) and
Completely-Built-Up (CBU) products while operating in Iraq
and Algeria with CBU units.
Motorcycles & Three-Wheelers
GBAutoisEgypt’sexclusiveassembleranddistributorofmotor-
cycles and three-wheelers from India’s Bajaj, the largest global
manufacturer of three-wheelers (often called auto-rickshaws
or tuk-tuks). GB Auto imports Bajaj’s Completely-Knocked-
Down (CKD) units and assembles themlocally at the company’s
Sixth of October City Industrial Zone factory. The company
has been Egypt’s market leader for the vehicles since it began
importing them in 1999 and provides high-quality, low-cost
after-sales service to this segment. GB Auto also introduced
Bajaj three-wheelers to the Iraqi market in 2015 and continues
to be optimistic about their long-termpotential in the country.
Commercial Vehicles & Construction Equipment
The Commercial Vehicles & Construction Equipment line of
business offers a wide range of assembled-in-Egypt trucks
and locally manufactured buses under exclusive agent and
distributorship agreements with Mitsubishi Fuso, Volvo, and
Iveco. GB Auto also manufactures and distributes semi-trail-
ers and superstructures (i.e., oil and chemical tankers as well
as concrete mixers). This business unit also distributes earth-
moving equipment, roadmachinery, and power generators in
Egypt under distribution agreements with Volvo Construc-
tion, SDLG, andAKSA. It alsodistributesYTOtractors inEgypt
and produces buses for domestic and export markets through
GB Polo (a state-of-the-art facility in partnership with global
leaderMarcopolo and usingVolvo, Fuso, and Iveco chassis).
Tires
GB Auto is the sole distributors of a number of reputable tire
brands inEgypt, Algeria, Jordanand Iraq. Among our partners
we count top players including Lassa (Bridgestone Sabanci
Group), Yokohama, Westlake (ZC Rubber), Avon (Cooper), Tri-
angle andDouble Coin.
Our Business
Units
Y-o-Y Increase in Gross
Profit
37.3
%
2016 ANNUAL REPORT
20
Our Business Units