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BAODING, China, June 8, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

June 5 witnessed the second anniversary of the operation of GWM's Tula factory

in Russia. Since the first batch of HAVAL F7, HAVAL F7x, HAVAL H9 and other

models got mass-produced, HAVAL-branded automobiles have ranked high in sales

volume for many years, and HAVAL JOLION recently approved for marketing has

also attracted many users' attention. All of these prove that the Tula factory

has become GWM's model in the international market.

The Tula factory is the first overseas vehicle manufacturing plant of a Chinese

automobile enterprise, covering four major production processes: stamping,

welding, painting and final assembly. At the early stage of construction, for

the purpose of accelerating localization, GWM specially built a special

railroad to connect the factory to Russia's road network and introduced

international manufacturing processes and quality management and environmental

protection measures to boost the creation of a local automobile manufacturing

industry cluster. Currently, the factory boasts an annual production capacity

of 150,000 units and ensures smart, safe and efficient production. The parts of

stamping equipment are transported using linear seven-axis robots produced by

ABB in Sweden, and continuous mode presses by FAGOR in Spain. The welding

workshop is equipped with ABB's robots and EMS's automatic distribution system,

with the automation rate of the main welding line reaching 100%. The inspection

line of the final assembly workshop conducts vehicle testing with the

comprehensive test benches of Dürr in Germany. They fully manifest the new

height of China's automobile manufacturing. Moreover, to build a global supply

chain, GWM has established an engine factory in the Tula factory and plans to

provide and install engines for this factory on more than 90% of HAVAL

automobiles by 2022.

Based on superior geographical location, the Tula factory can reach out to

neighboring countries in Central Asia, Eastern Europe and Northern Europe,

which is significant for GWM's globalization strategy and will be an important

node to connect the Asian and European markets. In addition, GWM's Rayong

factory in Thailand has recently announced a plan to launch 9 new vehicles in

the next 3 years, including the two hot-selling models HAVAL H6 and ORA Good

Cat, and is committed to promote Thailand as a new generation of automobile

manufacturing center in the ASEAN region, and provide GWM with a strong

guarantee to enter the world's major automobile market.

The completion and operation of the three overseas vehicle plants have laid a

solid foundation for GWM to further expand its global business. In the future,

while accelerating its globalization, GWM will make more efforts to build a new

image of "Created in China" on behalf of Chinese automobile brands.

SOURCE  GWM

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