bavarian auto group news



Chinese Prime Minister Visit to BAG 6th October Factory



The Chinese Prime minister in a special visit to the Bavarian Auto group 6th October factory last November 2009,
accompanying by high level delegation and large number of officials of Brilliance Auto of China, The prime minister
was accompanied by Dr.Mahmoug Mohy El Din minister of Industry and Mr.Farid El Tobgui Chairman of Bavarian Auto group and some group leaders.The Chinese prime minister commended the efforts of Bavarian Auto group and high quality in its factories in Egypt,
especially after the use of locally assembled car Galina within the cars used in the 4th Ministerial Conference Forum for Chinese-African cooperation that took place in Cairo. In the visit frame a partnership between the Group locally and the Middle East with investments 120 million dollars with the start of execution within the next year. It is worth mentioning that the
new project would provide up to 1600 new job opportunities and include technical cooperation, and mutual technology exchanges between the two parties,to reach the summit of productivity quality , various models of Brilliance will be exported to Sudan and other African countries, Morrocan, Jordan, and many other countries with the provision of local customer needs. In the frame of this special visit, Bavarian Auto group introduced various Brilliance models and highlighted the new Cross Over that was exclusively introduced by the group in the visit.

 


The first and only importer to assemble the BMW 7 Series Individual outside Germany



Once again Bavarian Auto proves it has set the benchmark in the luxury segment by presenting, for the first time in the Egyptian market, BMW Individual concept through launching the BMW 7 Series individual. This superb concept enables BMW exceptional customers to fulfill the most extraordinary demands.

It offers a whole new world of luxury, through which they express their own style.

The introduction of the BMW 7 Series Individual is a great achievement for the company, as it is the one and only agent in the world that was granted the concession by BMW Group, to assemble the BMW 7 Series Individual locally. Such achievement reflects the high level of trust that the mother company has in Bavarian Auto and its capabilities, as well as acknowledging the level of importance of the Egyptian market.

Bavarian Auto held a press conference introducing this superb car on January 24th 2008 at the new Sofitel El Gezirah Hotel. The event was attended by Mr. Farid El Tobgui, Executive Board Member, Bavarian Auto Group together with the company's officials. Mr. Tobgui seized the opportunity to talk about the Group updates. Moreover, Mr. Ralf Follmann, General Manager, BMW Brand declared the achievements of BMW in 2007. Also Mr. Karim-Christian Haririan,

Area Manager, Regional Office Africa & Caribbean from BMW Group attended the event together with Mr. Linus Schmekel Area Manager, Sales M Vehicles and BMW Individual for the region Asia, Oceania, Africa, Eastern Europe, China, who gave a presentation about the BMW Individual concept, while Mr. Yahia Abdel Kodouss, Marketing Director, Bavarian Auto Group gave a presentation about the different local combinations of the 7 Series Individual.


Brilliance-BAG Partnership



After 18 months Mr.Farid El Tobgui, Bavarian Auto Group Chairman and executive has revealed about the process of producing Brilliance at Ein El Sokhna will start after 18 months.
Tobgui said that the Factory production capacity in the first stage would be 15000 car approximately, a part from it will be covering sales in the local market and the rest is for export.
Tobgui also clarified in special announcement to “El Borsa” that
the partnership between his group and the Chinese “Brilliance Auto” targets to build export infrastructure for the Brilliance car to middle east and African countries ,and countries which have relations with Egypt with group of European partnership.The Bavarian Auto Group had signed an agreement on the past 6th of November with Brilliance Auto company which states the that the new partnership would handle Brilliance
cars production separately at a separate factory at El Ein El Sokhna with addition to the issuing of a new specialized company for selling Brilliance models.The investment plans includes 120 million dollars, where 75 million dollars is the amount of investment in the first stage to provide job opportunities which reach to 1600 opportunity. 

Bavarian Auto Group the Main



Bavarian Auto Group has been the main sponsor of SIFE Leadership Training event held on 26th of December 2007 that was hosted by the German University in Cairo (GUC). It was a very big event and an opportunity to market the company name as an employer of choice among the potential fresh graduates.

Mrs. Eman Zeid, Head of Human Resources & Administration presented a short speech addressed to the students of 15 eminent universities from all over Egypt, and received an award of appreciation on behalf of Bavarian Auto Group.

SIFE is a global non-profit organization active in more than 40 countries. SIFE is funded by financial contributions from corporations, government agencies and individuals. Working in partnership with business and higher education, SIFE establishes student teams on university campuses. These teams are led by faculty advisors and they are challenged to develop community outreach projects that reach SIFE's five educational topics:


 


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