subsidiary industry automotive founded 1996 beijing headquarters changping beijing china products automobiles commercial vehicles tractors number of employees circa 40 000 parent baic group subsidiaries beijing foton cummins engine co. ltd. 50 % beijing foton daimler automotive co. ltd. 50 % website foton global.com foton motor simplified chinese traditional chinese literal meaning baic foton motor co. ltd. transcriptions standard mandarin hanyu pinyin b iq f ti n q ch g f n y uxi n g ngs beiqi foton motor co. ltd. foton motor or foton is a chinese company which designs and manufactures trucks buses sport utility vehicles and agricultural machinery . it is headquartered in changping beijing and is a subsidiary of baic group . foton makes commercial trucks in a joint venture with daimler ag 1 called beijing foton daimler automobile co. ltd. which sells its products under the auman brand name . 2 contents 1 history 2 operations 3 products 3.1 buses 3.2 trucks 3.3 minivans 3.4 vans 3.5 suvs 3.6 pickups 4 sales 5 references 6 external links history edit founded on august 28 1996 foton manufactures light and heavy duty trucks agricultural tractors and various other machinery . in addition to the heavier trucks foton also builds a copy of the toyota hiace h100 called the foton view or foton alpha . in march 2006 foton and cummins inc. announced the creation of a 50 50 joint venture company beijing foton cummins engine company bfcec to produce light duty diesel engines of 2.8 and 3.8 liter displacement . 3 4 in january 2009 foton and daimler ag agreed to form a 50 50 joint venture for the production of medium and heavy duty trucks in china with an initial investment of 6.35 billion yuan . 5 6 creation of the venture received the approval of the chinese government in july 2010 . 7 8 in october 2009 foton agreed to form a joint venture to develop and produce vehicle batteries with pulead technology industry co. 9 in july 2010 foton announced the establishment of a european headquarters in moscow russia . 10 foton established a sales company in india in april 2011 . 11 foton will build an assembly plant in colombia in order to participate in the growing latin american market for light commercial vehicles . the company also plans to build a plant in western maharashtra india . 12 foton has announced a bus factory in brazil in the state of bahia 13 as part of their globalization plan . 14 foton has held a press conference in 2015 previewing the sauvana while announcing news to bring the brand to the united states . 15 operations edit foton is headquartered in changping district beijing . foton s business units are seen in cities and provinces such as beijing tianjin shandong hebei hunan hubei liaoning and guangdong . its r & d branches are distributed in japan germany taiwan and the philippines . it has assets exceeding 50 billion yuan and 290 000 employees . 16 foton whose brand value exceeds 61.932 billion yuan in 2005 ranked no. 1 in auto industry and no. 11 in the top 500 most valuable brands . foton business marquee also consists of a branch in ulaanbaatar mongolia . och motors llc which is one of the biggest conglomerate in mongolia is the official distributor of foton in mongolian market . products edit buses edit foton auv v foton auv new directions since 2000 ; original name v foton auv panoramic unlimited since 2003 ; original name foton auv pioneer europe since 1998 ; original name v trucks edit a foton auman on display at speyer technology museum foton auman foton auman jones since 2003 under license of mercedes benz trucks ; original name foton auman lion since 2003 under license of mercedes benz trucks ; original name foton auman kunlun mountains since 2003 under license of mercedes benz trucks ; original name foton auman shenzhou since 2003 under license of mercedes benz trucks ; original name foton auman h4 since 2011 foton aumark foton aumark since 2005 under license of isuzu trucks ; original name foton forland foton forland since 2006 licensed production of isuzu trucks ; original name foton forland king kong since 1998 under license of a south american vw trucks ; original name foton forland ruiwo since 1998 under license of a south american vw trucks ; original name foton ollin foton ollin beyond since 2005 under license of isuzu trucks ; original name foton ollin mri since 2005 licensed production of isuzu trucks ; original name minivans edit foton mp x mp x foton mp x parker mongolia since 2005 ; original name mp x a foton view foton view foton view express since 2001 under license of the toyota hiace original name foton view express passenger since 2000 under license of the toyota hiace original name foton view ireland act since 1999 under license of the toyota hiace original name vans edit foton toano suvs edit foton saga since 2004 under license of dangdong terrain vehicle ; original name foton sup since 2004 sport suv based on the saga ; original name foton sauvana also known as foton toplander pickups edit foton tunland sales edit foton motor sold a total of 640 400 vehicles in 2011 . 17 references edit daimler aims to nearly triple china sales by 2015 reuters.com fri oct 22 2010 8 12am edt mr. heyi xu the president of beijing automotive industry holding co. ltd. delivered a speech at the 2009 china changchun international automobile forum baic official site 2009 07 20 cummins to create joint venture with foton . china daily . 30 october 2006 . retrieved 11 november 2013 . cummins to form joint venture in china . inside indiana business . 7 march 2006 . retrieved 11 november 2013 . daimler enters china truck market . the new york times . 7 january 2009 . retrieved 11 november 2013 . china s foton daimler to form 929 mln truck jv . reuters . 6 january 2009 . retrieved 11 november 2013 . daimler gets approval for truck jv with china s foton . the economic times . 16 july 2010 . retrieved 11 november 2013 . foton and daimler in truck joint venture . chinaautoweb.com . foton jv taps new energy . china daily . 27 october 2009 . retrieved 11 november 2013 . beiqi foton opens europe hq russia unit in moscow . gasgoo . 1 july 2010 . retrieved 11 november 2013 . foton to open indian sales branch . gasgoo . 24 april 2011 . retrieved 11 november 2013 . http www.business standard.com india news chinas foton selects west maharashtra for rs 1676 cr plant 434113 http atarde.uol.com.br materias imprimir 1452227 http www.fotonmotors.com.br http www.foton global.com news arriving in north america is fotons sauvana suv with cummins technology foton motor group basic information beiqi foton s 2011 profits slump 30 % . china daily . 2 march 2012 . retrieved 11 november 2013 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to foton vehicles . foton official website english foton official website chinese uk supplier of foton tractors english v t e foton motor current pickup trucks sup tunland crossovers suvs sup cx vans view c1 view c2 view m view l commercial 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