AKT motos
Industry | Motorcycles |
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Founded | Envigado, Colombia, 2004 |
Website | www |
AKT motos (previously Ensambladora Corbeta S.A.) is a Colombian motorcycle company (importer and assembler), associated with , the owner of the ALKOSTO supermarkets, based principally in the city of Envigado, Antioquia Department.
History[]
The Colombian motorcycle market had been dominated by Japanese, European, and regional (Brazil, Chile) manufacturers. Noting this, a group of Colombian businessmen formed an association on 16 April 2004 to purchases Chinese technology for motors, chassis, and economical designs.[1][2]
Present activities[]
In the seven years following their founding, AKT came to capture 15% of the Colombian market.[3] As of 2012 it is one of the top five motorcycle brands in Colombia, and sold 80,000 motorbikes in 2011, of 510,000 sold nationwide.[4]
AKT imports motorcycles from Chinese[5] and Taiwanese factories such as Loncin Holdings, and SYM Motors as knock-down kits, then assembles them in a local Colombian factory.
In January 2012 AKT became a sponsor of the Colombian first division soccer team Santa Fe Corporación Deportiva.[6]
References[]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-08-28. Retrieved 2014-09-09.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2014-09-09.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "AKT". Archived from the original on 2011-09-29.
- ^ "Home".
- ^ Robert Evan Ellis (2009). China in Latin America: the whats and wherefores. Lynne Rienner Publishers. p. 164. ISBN 978-1-58826-650-7.
- ^ "Akt Motos y Kalley son los nuevos patrocinadores de Santa Fe". Terra. Archived from the original on 2014-09-10. Retrieved 2014-09-09.
External links[]
- Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 2004
- Motorcycle manufacturers of Colombia
- Colombian brands
- Envigado