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'''HICOM Automotive Manufacturers (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd'''. (HA) is part of the [[DRB-HICOM]] Bhd. company for production and assembly of automobiles. The company's headquarters is located in [[Pekan District|Pekan]], [[Malaysia]]. Previously, the company was also known as ''Automotive Manufacturers (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.''
==History==
The companies roots extend back to 1983 and originally consisted of the assembly in the Integrated Complex settled factory covering an area of 541,070 m<sup>2</sup>. Since the opening of the plant, 13,000 vehicles per year produced in-house and more than 47,000 [[complete knock down]] kits are assembled for the local and surrounding markets.
Previously, the company assembled some of [[Proton (automobile)|Proton]] models like [[Proton Saga Iswara|Iswara]], [[Proton Satria|Satria]], [[Proton Putra|Putra]], [[Proton Tiara|Tiara]] and [[Proton Juara|Juara]] at 1990's prior to 2005.
The main products of the company are the [[Suzuki Swift]] and the [[Iveco Maxi]]. But they also produce trucks like [[Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation|Mitsubishi Fuso]] and [[Freightliner Trucks|Freightliner]]. Furthermore, in the main work force since 2010 is also the bus chassis of the [[Daewoo]] company.
In early 2005, assembly of the Mercedes-Benz C-Class and E-Class models commenced in Pekan. Prior to the 2005 model year, Malaysian-market Mercedes-Benz CKD models were assembled in the Oriental Assemblers Sdn. Bhd. (OASB) plant in [[Johor Bahru]].<ref name="Johor Bahru plant">{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1309&dat=20041017&id=1wskAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QXoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5364,4478000&hl=en |title=DaimlerChrysler moves to Pekan |date=17 October 2004 |access-date=3 May 2015 }}</ref> In 2006, the Mercedes-Benz S-Class was added to the line-up.
On 13 August 2010, [[Volkswagen AG]] announced another joint venture. It is currently under the Growth Strategy 2018 and includes a production plant for passenger cars of the brand Volkswagen. Construction will take approximately 15 to 18 months, so the new plant is to open in 2012. The first cars here are the Mk5 Polo, B7 Passat and the A6 Jetta A6. Now they produce 12,000 per year. Total annually will be up to 80 cars per day units assembled in Malaysia. The design of VW's strategy also looks at making the cheapest car in the world that could be here in the Malaysian plant to be possibly produced.
There are rumours of the potential exciting ventures from other premium brand such as Jaguar, and the Indian giant carmaker Tata. However, the extent of the progress of the project it is not known at current moment.
In partnership with the company Weststar, since 2007, the [[Weststar LDV]] has been built. In April 2010, a so-called memorandum of understanding was signed in which the company committed from 2012 sports car, which the companies [[Potenza Sports Cars|Potenza Sports Cars Limited]], GTM Cars and Roadster Bil AB have been developed to produce in Malaysia.
To date, the company has employ 3,500 peoples, and successfully open various job opportunities for the locals. It is considered to be the best and the finest manufacturing employer around Pekan, salary wise. A latest survey done by an independent UNHCR has rated HICOM Automotive Manufacturers (HA), [[DRB-HICOM Defence Technologies|Deftech]] and DHAS as the top three companies with highest happiness rate among employees. This provide a synergy to the community and ensure political stability in the region.
==Production==
HICOM Automotive currently assembles [[Mercedes-Benz]], [[Mitsubishi]], and [[Volkswagen]] vehicles for the Malaysian market.<ref name="Milestones hicom-automotive.com.my"/>
The plant had previously assembled vehicles from [[Tata Motors|Tata]], [[Isuzu Motors|Isuzu]], [[Suzuki]], [[Citroën]], [[PROTON Holdings|Proton]], [[Naza]], [[Kia Motors|Kia]], [[Daewoo Bus|Daewoo]], BMC, [[SsangYong Motor|SsangYong]], Weststar, and [[Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation|Fuso]].<ref name="Milestones hicom-automotive.com.my">{{cite web|url=http://www.hicom-automotive.com.my/about_milestones.php |title=Milestones (1983–2017) |publisher=hicom-automotive.com.my |date=12 May 2017 |access-date=12 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170512145914/http://www.hicom-automotive.com.my/about_milestones.php |archive-date=12 May 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>
===Current production===
====Mercedes-Benz====
Source:<ref>{{Cite web |title=MERCEDES-BENZ (MALAYSIA) |url=https://hicom-automotive.com.my/our-customer/mercedes-benz/ |website=Hicom Automotive}}</ref>
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File:2019 Mercedes-Benz A220, front 8.22.19.jpg|[[Mercedes-Benz A-Class (W177)|Mercedes-Benz A-Class (V177)]]
File:Mercedes-Benz W206 IMG 5796.jpg|[[Mercedes-Benz C-Class (W206)]]
File:Mercedes-Benz W214 220d 1X7A1731.jpg|[[Mercedes-Benz E-Class (W214)]]
File:Mercedes-Benz W223 IMG 3951.jpg|[[Mercedes-Benz S-Class (W223)]]
File:Mercedes-Benz V297 1X7A0393.jpg|[[Mercedes-Benz EQS|Mercedes-Benz EQS (V297)]]
File:Mercedes-Benz H247 IMG 3397.jpg|[[Mercedes-Benz GLA (H247)]]
File:Mercedes-Benz X254 400e 1X7A6270.jpg|[[Mercedes-Benz GLC#Second generation (X254/C254; 2022)|Mercedes-Benz GLC (X254)]]
File:Mercedes-Benz C254 400e 1X7A1746.jpg|[[Mercedes-Benz GLC#Second generation (X254/C254; 2022)|Mercedes-Benz GLC Coupé (C254)]]
File:2019 Mercedes-Benz GLE 450 AMG Line Premium+ 4MATIC 3.0 Front.jpg|[[Mercedes-Benz GLE#Fourth generation (W167/V167; 2019)|Mercedes-Benz GLE (V167)]]
</gallery>
==== Mitsubishi ====
Source:<ref>{{Cite web |title=MITSUBISHI MOTORS MALAYSIA |url=https://hicom-automotive.com.my/our-customer/mitsubishi/ |website=Hicom Automotive}}</ref>
<gallery>
File:Mitsubishi Xpander Sport (depan), Palangkaraya.jpg|[[Mitsubishi Xpander]]
</gallery>
====Volkswagen====
Source:<ref>{{Cite web |title=VOLKSWAGEN GROUP MALAYSIA |url=https://hicom-automotive.com.my/our-customer/volkswagen/ |website=Hicom Automotive}}</ref>
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File:2021 Volkswagen Golf R-Line TDi S-A 2.0.jpg|[[Volkswagen Golf Mk8]]
File:Tiguan-frontansicht.jpg|[[Volkswagen Tiguan#second|Volkswagen Tiguan]]
File:VW Arteon IAA 2019 JM 0501.jpg|[[Volkswagen Arteon]]
File:2018 Volkswagen Touareg V6 R-Line TDi Automatic 3.0 Front.jpg|[[Volkswagen Touareg#Third generation (CR; 2018)|Volkswagen Touareg]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=Jonathan |date=12 March 2024 |title=2024 Volkswagen Touareg R-Line 3.0 TSI V6 facelift in Malaysia – first CKD out of Europe, priced at RM470k |url=https://paultan.org/2024/03/12/2024-volkswagen-touareg-r-line-3-0-tsi-v6-facelift-in-malaysia-first-ckd-out-of-europe-priced-at-rm470k/ |website=Paultan.org}}</ref>
</gallery>
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.hicom-automotive.com.my HICOM Automotive Manufacturers website]
*[https://www.facebook.com/hicomautomotive Facebook HICOM Automotive Manufacturers]
*[https://twitter.com/hicomautomotive Twitter HICOM Automotive Manufacturers]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050930234729/http://www.drb-hicom.com/ DRB-HICOM website]
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