Zorana Mili Review of FIAT AUtomobili Srbija
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Serbia (Serbian: FIAT Kr...
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Serbia (Serbian: FIAT Krajsler Automobili Srbija; abbr. FCAS) or FCA Srbija, is a Serbian automotive manufacturing company based in Kragujevac, Serbia a joint venture (JV) between Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) which owns 67% of the operation and the Republic of Serbia, which owns the remainder.
The FCAS headquarters and assembly plant are located on the former site of Zastava Automobiles(1953-2008) 70 miles south of Belgrade on the Lepenica river in the country's central umadijaregion. Heavily damaged during the collapse of Yugoslavia, the factory was completely renovated and modernized, reopening in April 2012[6] as one of Europe's state of the art car factories.
The operation currently has roughly 2,000 employees and works closely with 15 other companies and component suppliers, many located at the adjacent Grosnica Supplier Park with a combined workforce of roughly 6,000 tied to production at FCAS. The factory has a daily output of roughly 400 cars.[9]
The JV is the largest foreign industrial investment in Serbia[10] and as the country's largest exporter, had and export value of 1 billion euro ($1.1 billion) in 2016.[10]
The plant manufactures the Fiat 500L, a five-door, five passenger, front-engine, front-wheel drive, high-roof B-segment MPV, which FCA markets globally in more than 100 countries with the notable exception of Russia.[11] By early 2018, production surpassed 500,000 units.
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