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Industries Mécaniques Maghrébines
Company typeS.A. (Tunisia)
SARL (Algeria)
IndustryManufacturing, assembly and distribution of vehicles.
Founded1982[1]-1988
1991-present
Headquarters
Kairouan
,
Tunisia
Area served
Maghreb
Key people
Tahar Latrous (CEO)
Jameleddine Latrous (GM)
ProductsAutomobiles
Minivans
Pickups
SUVs
OwnerGeneral Motors
Isuzu
Number of employees
320 (Tunisia, 2009)
20 (Algeria, 2009)
ParentGeneral Motors Locomotif du Tunisie
DivisionsIndustries Mécaniques Maghrébines SARL

The Industries Mécaniques Maghrébines S.A. (IMM) are a Tunisian car manufacturer headquartered in the city of Kairouan. The company was founded in 1982 by GM and other investors[2] and closed for the first time in 1988; the plant was reopened in 1991.[1] Since then, the manufacturer has formed subsidiaries to distribute its vehicles in Carthage, Tunis and Oued Smar, Algeria.

The company is owned by General Motors and Isuzu.

In January 2008, it was announced that the Algerian subsidiary will be converted for the assembly of vehicles, up to 25,000 units a year.

In Kairouan, IMM is manufacturing up to 4,000 units a year, marketed alongside the two local markets in Gibraltar, Morocco, Mauritania and Libya. The IMM is responsible for the supply of the markets of the Maghreb region and the Arab Maghreb Union.

In the 2011 Libyan civil war, Gaddafi's henchmen used vehicles to attack their own cities to spread fear and terror.

IMM is the only Tunisian car manufacturer besides Wallyscar. However, in Algeria SOVAC (VW), Elsecom Motors (Ford) and the RPA (Renault) are serious competitors.

Current models

Former models

References

  1. ^ a b The Middle East and North Africa. Psychology Press. October 30, 2003.
  2. ^ "G.M. in Tunisia". The New York Times. Reuters. June 15, 1982.
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