Iran Khodro Diesel Explained

Iran Khodro Diesel
Type:Public limited company
Location:Tehran, Iran
Area Served:Worldwide
Industry:Manufacturing
Products:Heavy commercial vehicles, medium commercial vehicles, light commercial vehicles, quarry/construction site vehicles, special vehicles, city and intercity buses, firefighting vehicles, defence vehicles
Parent:Iran Khodro
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Iran Khodro Diesel Company (Persian: ایران خودرو دیزل) is manufacturer of commercial vehicles (trucks, buses, minibuses & vans) in the Iranian market and in the market of several other countries with political agreements in the Middle East, CIS and Africa with half a century experience under license of Daimler-Benz of Germany. Iran Khodro Diesel Company has almost 80% of bus and about 70% of the local market share.[1]

History

Iran Khodro Diesel Company was established initially under the name of Khawar Industrial Group in early 1966. The company started its production by assembling one truck a day but after a short period due to the increase demand for commercial vehicles developed production and assembling lines.

In 1999 Iran Khodro Company merged its bus and midi-bus production lines with Khawar Industrial Group truck production lines together and the new company Iran Khodro Diesel, public joint stock was born to manufacture different types of commercial vehicles for domestic and overseas markets.

Today, Iran Khodro Diesel has a wide production site of .

Production and exports

The company's total annual productions is over 20.000 units of heavy and semi-heavy vehicles such as different types of truck chassis (Tipper, Trailers, Lorries, Cement mixers, Fuel tankers, ...), buses (city buses, [Diesel & CNG], intercity buses and coaches, luxuries VIP buses) and minibus.

Iran Khodro Diesel Company has almost 80% of bus and about 70% of the local market share and exports its products to many countries like Armenia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, Yemen, Afghanistan, Syria, Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Sudan, Burundi, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Guinea, Gambia, Ghana, Venezuela, Egypt, Marshall Islands, Vanuatu, American Samoa and Tahiti.

Products & Concepts

Products

ProductName[2] Brief Description
Tipper
Tractor Truck
Tractor Truck
Tractor Truck 6x4
WH 1943STractor Truck 4x2
WH 2624LK Tipper 6x4
WH 2624LCargo 6x4
WH 1924LCargo 4x2
WH 1924LKTipper 4x2
Khawar 608 Light truck
Light truck
Minibus
Van
Ambulance
O457G&OSG CNG City bus
eAtros 1247Electric bus
Atros C1230City Bus - Diesel & CNG
O457 City bus
MEGATRANS City bus
C457 Intercity bus
CNHTC HOWO Tractor Truck

Concepts

ConceptName Brief Description
WH face-liftRedesign of WH cab nose
Coach busIntercity bus
Minibus O511 Minibus
FLO 457 City bus

Affiliated companies

Iran Khodro Diesel Company is holding by itself several affiliated companies manufacturing required components and parts for production namely as follows:
IDEM (Iran Diesel Engine Manufacturing)
Engine Manufacturer under license of Daimler-Benz Germany. From 2002 IDEM, IKD, TKC & EPCO entered to a mutual Project with overseas partners to convert Mercedes OM457 Diesel Engines to CNG dedicated Engines for buses and Hyundai D4AL Minibuses.
CHARKHESHGAR
Gearbox Manufacturer under the license of ZF Germany
VAMCO
Axles Manufacturer
GOVAH
After Sales and spare parts Service Company

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Resources - Iran's Automotive Industry Overview . Atieh Bahar . 2008-10-20 . 2010-05-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110707182609/http://www.atiehbahar.com/Resource.aspx?n=1000042 . 2011-07-07 .
  2. Web site: IKD co. Official Site. 2014-03-15. ikd-co.com. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140310183309/http://www.ikd-co.com/Gallery.aspx. 2014-03-10.