Ayax

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Ayax S.A.
Industry Automotive
Founded1945
Headquarters Montevideo, Uruguay

Ayax S.A. is an automobile dealer and former automobile manufacturer based in Montevideo, Uruguay. [1]

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History

The company AYAX S.A., founded in 1945, which initially imported various laboratory products as well as textile and paper machines in addition to vehicles from the Opel and Chevrolet brands, was taken over 100% by its managing director Emilio J. Curcio in 1962. [1] General Motors' agency was abandoned in 1968 in favor of the Fiat and Toyota brands. [1] While the representation and assembly of Fiat vehicles was given up again, the production of Toyota vehicles was continued.

The assembly activity ended in the 1990s. [2] The subsidiary Lucca Design, founded in 2004, works as a supplier for Toyota Argentina. [2] [3]

Models

The Hilux model was assembled from 1971, while the Corolla and other Hilux versions (pick-up and double cabin) were added from 1985. [1] [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Historia at the Wayback Machine (archived 2017-09-05) auf der Website von Ayax S.A.
  2. 1 2 Eduardo Fernández Fenocchi, Matías Piñeiro da Rosa, Gastón Sorrento Fenocchi: Aplicación del Cuadro de Mando Integral en Nordex S.A. at the Wayback Machine (archived 2016-11-20), Montevideo 2012.
  3. Cecilia Inés Garmendia Ronco/ María Paula Hernández Llanos, La incidencia del Mercosur sobre la competitividad en la producción de autopartes en el Uruguay, Montevideo 2013. at the Wayback Machine (archived 2017-09-06)
  4. "Los modelos que dejaron su huella en la industria automotriz uruguaya". elpais.com.uy. 2016-02-15. Archived from the original on 2017-09-06. Retrieved 2017-09-05.