Manufacturing Commercial Vehicles
| Corporation | |
| Industry | Automotive |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Founder | Karim Ghabbour and Edzard Hans Wilhelm Reuter |
| Headquarters | Cairo, Egypt |
Area served | Africa, Brazil, Caribbean, Central America, China, Europe, Middle East |
Key people | Karim Ghabbour |
| Products |
Buses Trucks |
| 493,110,000 ج.م | |
Number of employees | 5,000 |
| Website | www.mcv-eg.com |
A convoy of civilian Mercedes-Benz Actros trucks in Iraq waiting for inspection. The vehicles are built in the Cairo plant of MCV.
A MCV manufactured Mercedes-Benz Axor from the Hong Kong Fire Services Department.
Manufacturing Commercial Vehicles (MCV) is an Egyptian manufacturer for buses and trucks located in El Salam City, Cairo. The manufacturer owns the trademark rights of the brands ECHOLINE, eVolution and MCV. Some models are assembled under the dual brand name Mercedes-Benz MCV.
History
The company was founded in 1994 after a purchase of two factory facilities from the Ghabbour Group by the German Daimler AG. Currently the manufacturer owns two production facilities and four assembly plants. The output of the manufacturer are currently at 6,200 units a year. In Cuba and Mexico is the company the official importer for vehicles of the brands smart, Mercedes-Benz, Setra and Maybach.
Facility locations
- Brasil (1995, in collaboration with Mercedes-Benz): Juiz de Fora
- Cuba (1995 in a joint-venture with the Ministerio del Transporte de la República de Cuba): San Cristóbal de La Habana
- Algeria (2000 as Importer, 2006 as manufacturer): Algiers
- United Arab Emirates (2002): Abu Dhabi
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (2002 after the purchase of Marshall Bus): Ely (MCV Bus and Coach)
- South Africa (2007): Parow (an alliance with De Haan’s Bus & Coach)
- Uzbekistan (2010 in a joint venture with UzAvtosanoat): Tashkent (Manufacturing Buses Central Asia)
Model overview
Commercial vehicles (passenger car classified)
- Mercedes-Benz Sprinter (Generation T1N Mk. Ⅱ)
Buses
- ECHOLINE E10 / 20 (also known as Ecoline-DAFC and FOTON in the People's Republic of China)
- ECHOLINE E30 (also known as Ecoline-DAFC and FOTON in the People's Republic of China)
- ECHOLINE E40 (also known as Ecoline-DAFC and FOTON in the People's Republic of China)
- eVolution-MAN C100 / C110 / C120 (from 2004)
- eVolution-DENNIS C101 / C111 / C121 (from 2004)
- eVolution C123RLE (for Volvo B7RLE)
- eVolution C124RLE (for Mercedes-Benz OC500LE)
- MCV Alfa
- MCV Ego (since 2006; Great Britain)
- MCV Stirling
- MCV DD103 (for Volvo B9TL)
- Mercedes-Benz MCV 200 Safari (since 2010, based on the Mercedes-Benz Atego)
- Mercedes-Benz MCV 240E (since 2008)
- Mercedes-Benz MCV 260C / R / S (since 2000)
- Mercedes-Benz MCV 260T
- Mercedes-Benz MCV 400 E / H / R / T
- Mercedes-Benz MCV 500 (since 1996; Sudan)
- Mercedes-Benz MCV 600 (since 1996; Sudan)
- Mercedes-Benz MCV C120 / C120 LE
- Mercedes-Benz Tourismo
- Mercedes-Benz Travego (available in three different fronts)
Trucks
- Mercedes-Benz Actros (in licence of the Chinese Dongfeng Pika; vehicle parts are manufactured and delivered by Isuzu and Dongfeng Motor)
- Mercedes-Benz Atego 917 / 1325 AF / 1528 AF
- Mercedes-Benz Axor 1823 / 1923 / 1928
- Mercedes-Benz LN
- Mercedes-Benz MB 1728