AKT motos

AKT Motos
IndustryMotorcycles
Quads
FoundedEnvigado, Colombia, 2004
Websitewww.aktmotos.com

AKT Motos (formerly Ensambladora Corbeta S. A.), is a Colombian company headquartered in Envigado, Antioquia, part of the Grupo Corbeta (Colombiana de Comercio S. A.), specialized in the manufacture and assembly of motorcycles and quads. It was established in 2004 by a group of Colombian businessmen.

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, Qjiang Motors 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

  1. ^ "AKT Motos". Archived from the original on 2013-08-28. Retrieved 2014-09-09.
  2. ^ "Prueba de motos - Test drive, motos en Colombia". Archived from the original on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2014-09-09.
  3. ^ "AKT". Archived from the original on 2011-09-29.
  4. ^ "Home".
  5. ^ Robert Evan Ellis (2009). China in Latin America: the whats and wherefores. Lynne Rienner Publishers. p. 164. ISBN 978-1-58826-650-7.
  6. ^ "Akt Motos y Kalley son los nuevos patrocinadores de Santa Fe". Terra. Archived from the original on 2014-09-10. Retrieved 2014-09-09.
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