Manufacturing Commercial Vehicles

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Manufacturing Commercial Vehicles
صناعة وسائل النقل
Company type Corporation
Industry Automotive
Founded1994
Founder Karim Ghabbour and Edzard Hans Wilhelm Reuter
Headquarters,
Area served
Africa, Brazil, Caribbean, Central America, China, Europe, Middle East
Key people
Karim Ghabbour
Products Buses
Trucks
493.11 million
Number of employees
5,000
Website www.mcv-eg.com
Modern MCV 600 3-axles comfort coach at the IAA 2014. MCV 600 coach 3 axles. Spielvogel 1.JPG
Modern MCV 600 3-axles comfort coach at the IAA 2014.
A convoy of civilian Mercedes-Benz Actros trucks in Iraq waiting for inspection. The vehicles are built in the Cairo plant of MCV. Mercedes-Benz trucks in Iraq.JPG
A convoy of civilian Mercedes-Benz Actros trucks in Iraq waiting for inspection. The vehicles are built in the Cairo plant of MCV.
A MCV manufactured Mercedes-Benz Axor from the Hong Kong Fire Services Department. MCTC F581 Hong Kong.JPG
A MCV manufactured Mercedes-Benz Axor from the Hong Kong Fire Services Department.
Kowloon Motor Bus MCV Evolution bodied Volvo B7RLE in Hong Kong in August 2015 KMB RG4644 AVC52 87K.jpg
Kowloon Motor Bus MCV Evolution bodied Volvo B7RLE in Hong Kong in August 2015

Manufacturing Commercial Vehicles (MCV) is an Egyptian manufacturer for buses and trucks. The manufacturing plant is located in El Salheya El Gedida ("New Salheya"), with the head office in Obour City, near Cairo. The manufacturer owns the trademark rights of the brands ECHOLINE, eVolution and MCV. Some models are assembled under the dual brand name Mercedes-Benz MCV.

Contents

History

The company was founded in 1994 after a purchase of two factory facilities from the Ghabbour Group by Daimler AG. [1] The production capacity in Egypt is 6,000 buses and 1,200 trucks a year. [2]

Worldwide locations

Model overview

Commercial vehicles (passenger car classified)

Buses

Coaches

Trucks

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References

  1. MCV Supplying from afar Buses issue 751 October 2017 page 38
  2. Factory Archived 2015-06-13 at the Wayback Machine MCV-Homepage. Retrieved 4 Oktober 2015.
  3. MCV Cuba Archived 2015-10-08 at the Wayback Machine MCV-Cuba Homepage. Retrieved 11 Oktober 2015.
  4. A propos de MCV MCV Algérie. Retrieved 18 Oktober 2015.