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FOTON AT A GLANCE
Founded on August 28th, 1996, FOTON is headquartered in Beijing, China. With a business scope covering a full series of commercial vehicles including medium and heavy-duty truck, light-duty truck, mini truck, van, pickup, bus, and construction machinery vehicles, FOTON has become a leading commercial vehicle manufacturer in the world with dual routes of fuel and new energy solutions. Focusing on commercial vehicle filed since it’s born. In 2021, FOTON achieved a global sales volume of over 10 million, becoming the fastest commercial vehicle enterprise in the world to reach this milestone. As of April 2023,FOTON has accumulatively sold over 11 million vehicles. FOTON has established the joint venture of Beijing Foton Cummins Engine Co., Ltd.(BFCEC) with Cummins in 2008, Beijing Foton Daimler Automotive Co., Ltd.(BFDA) with Daimler AG in 2012 and FOTON ZF in 2017, aiming to make breakthroughs in science and technology, and produce energy-saving, environmentally friendly and intelligently interconnected automobile products. As a 'dual independent' (independent technology and independent brand) Chinese commercial vehicle company, FOTON has vigorously developed new energy for commercial vehicles, and masters the core technology of batteries, motors and electronic control systems, and realizes the development of multi-technologies simultaneously such as pure electric, hybrid and hydrogen fuel. At present, FOTON EVs have expanded to the full range of commercial vehicle products and become the leading brand of new energy bus fleet in Latin America. In India, Singapore, New Zealand, Australia, Egypt and other global markets, FOTON has covered core operating scenarios such as bus systems, school fleets and airport. In addition, FOTON electric truck, van and bus products have entered the European markets such as Italy, Germany and Malta, driving global electromobility with zero carbon emissions and fossil-free.
11,000,000+ UNITS
Global Cumulative Sales
As of 2023
$ 27.5 Billion
BRAND VALUE
By World Brand Lab in 2023
2,000+
Global Network
Overseas Markets
22+
Global Plants
Overseas Markets
PRODUCT SOLUTIONS
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Overseas Markets
Global Plants
2020s
2010s
2000s
1990s
GO FORWARD TO THE WORLD
ContinuingtoboostICEVsefficiencyandpushBEVbytechnologybreakthroughsforfossil-freetransportation.
2020s
August, 2022
EVolve A Better LATAM
Cumulative order of 1,400 electric buses helps FOTONbecome the leader of new energy bus fleet supplier in Chile andLatin America region.
JULY, 2022
“QIONGYAO” ACTION
During the global epidemic, FOTON made an action named 'QiongYao' globally, donated 120,000 pieces of medical epidemic prevention masks and 9 ambulances to 30 countries around the world.
10,000,000 UNITS
August, 2022
EVolve A Better LATAM
Cumulative order of 1,400 electric buses helps FOTONbecome the leader of new energy bus fleet supplier in Chile andLatin America region.
JULY, 2022
“QIONGYAO” ACTION
During the global epidemic, FOTON made an action named 'QiongYao' globally, donated 120,000 pieces of medical epidemic prevention masks and 9 ambulances to 30 countries around the world.
GO FORWARD TO THE WORLD
ContinuingtoboostICEVsefficiencyandpushBEVbytechnologybreakthroughsforfossil-freetransportation.
2010s
APRIL, 2019
FOTON CP JOINT VENTURE ESTABLISHED
The joint venture set up a manufacturing company and a sales company in Thailand, to take advantage of both in commercial vehicle technology and market operation capabilities into full play in an effort to become the third largest commercial vehicle brand in Thailand.
APRIL, 2017
FOTON ZF JOINT VENTURE ESTABLISHED
Jointly established 'Foton ZF' and 'ZF Foton' to build an advanced transmission production base. FOTON and ZF jointly established Foton ZF LCV Automated Transmissions (Jiaxing) Co., Ltd. with a 60:40 share ratio, with an annual production capacity of 320,000 units. FOTON and ZF jointly established ZF Foton HCV Automated Transmissions (Jiaxing) Co., Ltd. with a 49:51 share ratio, with an annual production of 190,000 heavy-duty transmissions and 40,000 retarders.
FEBRUARY, 2012
FOTON DAIMLER JOINT VENTURE ESTABLISHED
The two parties jointly invested in Beijing Foton Daimler Automotive Co., Ltd. (BFDA) with a 50:50 share ratio in Beijing, taking FOTON's heavy truck product AUMAN as the main product, and created a precedent for Sino-foreign cooperation with China as the operation center, giving full play to their respective advantages and jointly building China's own-brand automobile. In July 2012, the first AUMAN truck produced by the joint venture officially rolled off the production line.
SEPTEMBER, 2010
FOTON 'BRILLIANT DIAMOND' LOGO IMAGE ANNOUNCED GLOBALLY
As the prototype concept of FOTON logo, the 'Brilliant Diamond' inspires FOTON at pursuing 'innovative technology', 'humanistic care' and 'beauty of harmony' and continuously creating perfect and excellent eternal value for customers.
GO FORWARD TO THE WORLD
Aimingtobetheleaderandchangeroftheindustryfromitsinception.
2000s
MARCH, 2008
FOTON CUMMINS JOINT VENTURE ESTABLISHED
The two parties established Beijing Foton Cummins Engine Co., Ltd. (BFCEC) in Beijing with a 50:50 investment ratio. First phase goal: to develop and produce inline 4-cylinder 2.8-liter and 3.8-liter direct injection diesel engines, with a production capacity of 400,000 units per year.
SEPTEMBER, 2006
LANDED IN EUROPE, COMPETITED TO GLOBAL LEADERS
The third-generation heavy truck - FOTON AUMAN ETX went to Europe and entered the German F1 Formula Hockenheim circuit, competed with global leading trucks. The Technik Museum Sinsheim collected an ETX model, which marked that FOTON’s commercial vehicle development level was included in the history of world transportation technology development.
10,000,000 UNITS
NOVEMBER, 2004
FOTON’S ONE MILLIONTH VEHICLE - AUV BUS LAUNCHED
Building on its success in light and heavy duty truck product lines, FOTON ventured into the bus & coach business. In 2004, FOTON unveiled its first bus, a milestone that also celebrated its achievement of producing one million vehicles in history.
SEPTEMBER, 2001
FOTON’S FIRST HEAVY DUTY TRUCK – AUMAN ROLLED OFF THE ASSEMBLY LINE
FOTON has commercial vehicle strategy in its DNA and calls its first heavy duty truck product “AutoMan”. This is how the first AUMAN came to life.
ORIGIN
AChinalegendincommercialvehicleindustry
1990s
AUGUST, 1996
100 LEGAL ENTITIES, ONE VISION
FOTON was formally established in 1996 by nearly 100 legal entities, which set the earliest successful precedent for China’s shareholding system reform, and also initiated the mixed ownership of state-owned enterprises.