The history of Holden dates back to 1856 when it started as a saddlery business in South Australia. Today Holden is one of only seven fully-integrated global General Motors operations that designs, builds and sells vehicles for Australia and the world. Holden has its headquarters in Port Melbourne, with an engine manufacturing plant on-site and vehicle manufacturing operations in Adelaide South Australia and is represented by more than 250 dealerships.
Holden's Vehicle Operations produce 42 models from four vehicle body styles for domestic and export customers. For the Australian market, the facility produces the Commodore range of sedans, Sportwagon and Ute together with Caprice long-wheel base luxury vehicles. HVO includes a press plant and metal assembly operation, body hardware facility, paint shop, plastics operation, body assembly and vehicle assembly operations. From 2011 the Adelaide plant will also begin production of the Cruze, a new small fuel efficient global vehicle, which has also helped grow Holden's expertise in small vehicle engineering and manufacturing.
Holden's Global V6 Engine plant is located in Port Melbourne, Victoria. It opened in 2003 at a cost of $400 million - GM's single largest investment in Australia for more than 20 years. the state-of-the-art facility gives Holden considerable flexibility in the range of engines it can produce for local and international customers including export customers in South Korea, Thailand and China.
Holden is a centre of expertise in design and engineering for GM globally. Holden is one of GM's nine global design centres responsible for vehicles such as the Holden Commodore and Chevrolet Camaro. Holden is also the centre of expertise for large, rear-wheel drive vehicles in the GM family as well as a major powertrain engineering centre with expertise in R&D and customer programs in V6 and V8 gasoline, CNG and LPG applications.
About Holden: 
No comments:
Post a Comment