Holden

Holden
Australia

http://www.holden.com.au/ GM Holden Ltda.'s A car manufacturer based in Australia Port Melbourne, Victoria. The company was originally independent, but since 1931 a subsidiary of General Motors. Holden has taken charge of the operations of General Motors in Australia and has a partial stake in GM Daewoo in South Korea. Over the years, Holden has offered a wide range of locally produced vehicles, supplemented by imported GM models. In the past models offered Holden Isuzu, Nissan, Suzuki and Toyota with their brand. Holden bodyworks are manufactured at Elizabeth, South Australia and engines are produced at the Fishermens Bend plant in Port Melbourne. Historically, production and assembly plants were operated in all states of Australia. Until 1990, GM's subsidiary Holden New Zealand operating a plant based in Trentham. The consolidation of car production at Elizabeth was completed in 1988, but some assembly operations continued at Dandenong until 1996. Although Holden's involvement in exports has fluctuated since 1950 cars, the declining sales of large cars in Australia has led the company to look to international markets to increase profitability. In 2006 Holden reported profits of $ 1.3 billion dollars from exports.