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FAW Group Corporation

Company type	state-owned enterprise
Industry	Automotive
Founded	July 15, 1953
Headquarters	Changchun, China
Products	Automobiles
Revenue	594,030,250,000 renminbi (2018)
Number of employees	132,000 (2007)
Subsidiaries	Hongqi, Besturn
Website	FAW.com

FAW Group Corporation (simplified Chinese: 第一汽车集团; traditional Chinese: 第一汽車集團; pinyin: Dìyī Qìchē Jítuán) is a state-owned enterprise with publicly-traded subsidiaries: FAW Car Company (SZSE: 000800), Tianjin FAW Xiali Automobile Co Ltd (SZSE: 000927) and Changchun FAWAY Automobile Components Co Ltd (SSE: 600742).

A maker of automobiles; buses; light, medium, and heavy-duty trucks; and auto parts; FAW became China's first automobile manufacturer when it unveiled the nation's first domestically-produced passenger car, the Hong Qi, in 1958.

In 2009, FAW was the largest machinery corporation and the second largest auto manufacturer in China.

FAW has its headquarters in Changchun, a tree-lined city on the northeastern Songliao Plain.

History

In 1953, the first year of the first five-year plan, First Automobile Works broke ground for its first factory, but it wouldn't produce its first product, the CA-10 4-ton Jiefang commercial truck, for three more years. Soviet Russia lent assistance during these early years, providing technical support, tooling and production machinery. Before its first factory opened, 39 Chinese FAW employees traveled to the Stalin Truck Factory for instruction in truck production.

First Automobile Works initially made only commercial trucks but started producing passenger cars in 1958. These vehicles, the Hong Qi luxury sedans, were the first domestically-produced Chinese automobiles. Only for party elite, the design changed little over their thirty-year production run.

Though FAW was not the first Chinese automaker to take on foreign partners, (SAIC was the first, in 1984 and also with VW) its early joint venture with Volkswagen in 1990 made FAW the second Chinese auto company to develop a strong cooperative relationship with a foreign counterpart, something which is mandatory for foreign automakers selling products in the Chinese market. Other foreign joint ventures followed. FAW acquired Tianjin Xiali and as a result ended up with Toyota as a foreign joint venture partner in 2003. FAW established a joint venture with General Motors in 2009 and has joint ventures with a handful of other foreign companies as well.

In 1992, the name First Automobile Works was changed to China FAW Group Corporation.

Badge

The FAW "winged 1" badge is derived from the Chinese 一汽 ("一" meaning "one" and "汽", "automobile") and depicts a hawk spreading its wings. The logo was introduced in 1964.

Brands

FAW sells products under at least ten different brands, including its own. These include the following:

Besturn, established on August 18, 2006,
Haima, a brand for Mazda-based vehicles built in Hainan.
Huali, a brand of Tianjin Auto Works Company, a car manufacturing subsidiary of FAW.
Shenli,
Pengxiang,
Dario,
Yuan Zheng,
Xiali,
Hong Qi, (meaning "Red Flag") and
Jie Fang

Its foreign joint ventures also manufacture the following brands for sale in the Chinese market:

Recent events

FAW will produce an electric vehicle in cooperation with VW perhaps as soon as 2013.

Export countries

While primarily manufacturing products for sale in its home market, FAW has exported products to many countries beginning in 1957 with the sale of three commercial trucks to a businessperson in Jordan. FAW has had customers in more than 80 countries throughout the life of the company. Nations it has exported products to include: Egypt, Iraq, Kenya, Mexico, Pakistan, Russia, South Africa and Uruguay.

Subsidiaries and joint ventures

FAW has 28 wholly owned subsidiaries and controlling shares in 18 partially owned subsidiaries. These include the wholly-owned FAW Jiefang Truck Co Ltd and FAW Bus and Coach Co Ltd, the foreign joint venture FAW-Volkswagen Automobile Co Ltd, and the publicly-traded FAW Car Co Ltd, Tianjin FAW Xiali Automobile Co Ltd and Changchun FAWAY Automobile Components Co Ltd, formerly known as Changchun FAW Sihuan Auto.

The following is an incomplete list.

The 9th Industrial Machinery Design and Research Institute - A wholly-owned subsidiary since 1958, it is responsible for production base design.

Chengdu Araco Automobile Trim Part Co Ltd - A joint venture with Japan's ARACO, it produces interior trim parts.

Chengdu FAW Automobile Co Ltd - Became a partially-owned subsidiary in 2002 after the acquisition of the Sichuan Bus Company. FAW was able to retain Sichuan Bus Company's former cooperation effort with Toyota, and as of 2003 Chengdu FAW Automobile Co Ltd produces “Huaxi” brand light and medium buses, spare parts and the Toyota Landcruiser Prado.

Chengdu FAW Co Ltd - A subsidiary of FAW's joint venture with VW, FAW-Volkswagen, this company controls production bases in Chengdu, Sichuan Province.

Dalian Diesel Engine Co - Became a wholly-owned subsidiary in 1986, 35 years after its inception. It produces engines for commercial trucks, construction equipment and agricultural machinery.

FAW-Volkswagen Automobile Co Ltd - Established in 1991, it is a large-scale joint venture automobile manufacturer between FAW Group and Volkswagen AG with share investments, as of 2003, of 60% and 40% respectively. It manufactures Audi and Volkswagen-branded automobiles for sale in China.

FAW Bharat Forging Co Ltd - A joint venture with India's Bharat Forge Ltd, it manufactures forged automotive components for passenger cars, buses, commercial vehicles as well as forged products for the railway, mining, steel and petroleum industries.

FAW Car Co Ltd - A publicly-listed subsidiary created in 1997 from the merger of Changchun Gear Factory, the FAW No. 2 Engine Factory, the FAW No. 2 Car Factory and the former FAW No. 1 Car Factory. As of 2003 it produced the “HongQi” luxury sedan, other car models, transmissions and engines. It has an assembly line in western Changchun, Jilin Province.

FAW Forging Co Ltd - Established as a subsidiary on May 31, 2000, it produces die and hand-forged auto parts.

FAW Foundry Co Ltd - A wholly-owned subsidiary that produces cast auto parts, including engine blocks.

FAW Hainan Automobile Co Ltd - Operates the southernmost FAW production base, which manufactures license-built Mazdas.

FAW Huali (Tianjin) Automobile Co Ltd - A joint venture with Tianjin Automotive Industry (Group) Co Ltd that, as of 2003, manufactures re-badged Daihatsu models under the brand name Dario.

FAW Hongta Yunnan Automobile Co Ltd - Created in 1997 when FAW purchased a controlling interest in Hongta Yunnan Automobile Co Ltd, and, as of 2003, it produces 1/2-3 ton pickups and light trucks and license-built Daihatsu models.

FAW Import and Export Corporation (FAWIE) - Established as a subsidiary in 1984, FAWIE is the international sales and marketing division of FAW Group. Overseas joint ventures and technical cooperation with foreign countries are also within its remit. It has established overseas production facilities in Pakistan, South Africa, Tanzania, Ukraine, Vietnam and Russia.

FAW Jilin Automobile Co Ltd - Founded in 1980, the company became a subsidiary of FAW Group in 1987. It manufactures mini vehicles, i.e. trucks and buses no larger than a compact car.

FAW Jie Fang Truck Co Ltd - Established as a subsidiary on January 18, 2003, it is a producer of medium and heavy trucks with two subsidiaries, Qingdao Truck Division and FAW Trading Company. It is one producer of Jie Fang brand trucks, and as of 2003 utilizes production lines dating from 1956.

FAW Jiaxin Heat Treatment and Electroplate Technology Co Ltd - A wholly-owned subsidiary that designs and manufactures complete heat treatment and electroplating systems.

FAW Sihuan Automotive Co Ltd - A part-owned subsidiary established in 1997 that designs, produces and markets a complete range of medium and heavy truck bodies, wheels and components for both FAW and other manufacturers. It has a joint venture with Johnson Controls Inc, Changchun Fawer-Johnson Controls Automotive Systems Co Ltd, that produces a wide range of interior components including automotive seats and seating systems, seat trim covers, seat mechanisms, seat foam padding, instrument panels, door panels, headliners, instrument clusters, parcel rack, overhead consoles and electronics.

FAW Tool Co Ltd - A wholly-owned subsidiary that specializes in development and production of non-standard tools for automotive manufacture.

FAW Tool and Die Co Ltd - A wholly-owned subsidiary that manufactures automotive dies.

FAW Toyota Motor Sales Co Ltd (FTMS) - It sells products made by joint venture Tianjin FAW Toyota Motor Co Ltd in China through its network of 260 dealerships (as of 2007) and is also responsible for after-sales support of Toyota and Daihatsu vehicles produced in China.

FAW Tianjin Xiali Automobile Co Ltd - Founded in 1968, it manufactures compact cars and has had a joint venture with Toyota Motor Corporation, Tianjin FAW Toyota Motor Co Ltd (TFTM), since 2002.

FAW Qiming Information Technology Co Ltd - Established in 2000, the company is responsible for business development, sales and marketing, after sales support, system integration and GPS research and development. A vehicle-monitoring division of its GPS research & development arm used a system purchased from Avaya to, "monitor over 3,000 vehicles throughout China" for unknown purposes.

FAW-GM Light Duty Commercial Vehicle Co Ltd - A joint venture with General Motors that mainly produces Jiefang light-duty trucks.

GS Motors SA de CV A joint venture with Grupo Salinas to manufacture and distribution of cars in México and Latin America.

Guangzhou Toyota Motor Co - A joint venture with Toyota with a passenger car production base in the Nansha Economic Development District of Guangzhou, Guangdong Province.

The Harbin Light Vehicle Factory Established in 1965 this FAW Group subsidiary formerly made military vehicles until it partnered with FAW in the 1990s. It has since produced pickups, Jiefang trucks, and mini-vans.

Sichuan FAW Toyota Motor Co - A joint venture with Toyota; it has a passenger car production base in the Chenghua District of Sichuan Province and another in Changchun, Jilin Province.

Tianjin FAW Toyota Motor Co Ltd - A equally-owned joint venture with Toyota, created in 2003, and, as of 2007, it has one passenger vehicle production base in the Xiqing District of Tianjin and two in the Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area.

Wuhu FAW Yangzi Automobile Co Ltd - A joint venture with Yangzi Group and Wuhu Automotive Industry Company, it manufactures trucks, custom bus chassis and medium buses.

Production bases and facilities

FAW's production bases are located in 14 provinces throughout China, including the provinces of Jilin, Heilongjiang, Shandong, Hainan, Sichuan, Yunnan and Tianjin.

Changchun

A FAW R&D and test center is located in Changchun, Jilin Province.

FAW also has its headquarters in Changchun.

FAW has two production bases here, one produces for the FAW-Volkswagen joint venture and the other makes self-branded autos.

Chengdu

An unfinished production base in the Longquan Economic Development Zone in Chengdu, Sichuan Province replaces an older Sichuan base, and will produce passenger cars for the FAW and Toyota joint venture, Tianjin FAW Toyota Motor Co Ltd, when it is completed in 2010.

FAW Jie Fang Truck Co Ltd has a production base here.

A site in Chengdu produces cars for FAW-Volkswagen, and second VW production base is, as of 2009, scheduled to be built in the city.

Dalian

An unfinished bus production base in Dalian, Liaoning at the Dalian Economic & Technological Development Zone is expected to be completed in mid-2010 and will produce hybrid buses.

The Dalian division of FAW Bus and Coach Co Ltd manufactures Jie Fang and Yuan Zheng brand medium and large buses in a 186,300 square meter factory here.

Another Dalian base produces engines for commercial trucks, construction equipment and agricultural machinery.

Hainan

Built in 1958, Hainan Island Test Grounds is an auto testing site that includes a test track.

FAW Hainan Automobile Co Ltd operates FAW's southernmost production facility here. It manufactures license-built Mazdas.

Harbin

A planned production base in the city of Harbin's Harbin's Aviation & Automobile Development Zone (Pingfang Development Zone) will see completion in December, 2010, and produce light trucks.

Pudong

FAW Jie Fang Truck Co Ltd has a production base here.

Tianjin

Plants No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 in the provincial-level city of Tianjin produce automobiles for FAW and Toyota's joint venture Tianjin FAW Toyota Motor Co Ltd. Plant No. 3 is located near the 9th Street Tianjin Economic and Technological Development Zone and began production on May 30, 2007. The other two Tianjin locations, Plant No. 1 and No. 2, are in Yangliuqing Town, Xiqing District, and on the 9th Street of Tianjin's Economic and Technological Development Zone.

Tianjin FAW Toyota Motor Co Ltd has an engine plant in Tianjin.