Since it’s formation in 1964, BMC has become Turkey’s largest commercial vehicle manufacturer and has support outlets worldwide.

The company is based in Izmir, Turkey’s third largest city, and was originally a subsidiary of the British Motor Corporation before becoming an independent Turkish Company.  BMC originally built Austin and Morris light commercials under license but rapidly expanded to produce a full range of vans, trucks and diesel engines.

In 1976 a new foundry, with a capacity of 21,000 tons per year, was opened and began producing all the components needed for full in-house manufacturing and truck production passed 10,000 units per annum.

In 1986 BMC formed a strategic alliance with the Cummins Engine Company allowing them to produce Cummins diesel engines under licence in Turkey.  This alliance with Cummins continues right up to the current range of Euro 4 engines and to date BMC have produced over 60,000 Cummins engines.

In 1989 BMC was acquired by Cukurova Holdings, Turkey’s largest industrial conglomerate which currently has a turnover of $9.1 billion US Dollars and employs 34,000 people.  Cukurova has interests in many industries ranging from automotive, paper, chemicals, textiles, telecoms, construction, banking, media and IT.

In 1990 BMC signed a co-operation agreement with Italian design house Pininfarina – the company responsible for styling the Ferrari car range – and BMC and Pininfarina are currently working on a new BMC truck range due to be launched in 2008.

Currently BMC produces 22,000 vehicles per year from its 2 million sq ft factory in Pinarbasi, Izmir with a highly skilled and motivated workforce of 3,000 dedicated people equipped with the latest production equipment.  BMC have a large in-house engineering department able to fully design and test all aspects of the vehicles they produce.  The robust design of BMC trucks and specialist vehicles make them ideal for armed forces around the world and BMC currently meet all NATO quality standards.

In addition to the main Pinarbasi plant, BMC have a separate 500,000 sq ft bus and coach factory that produces 3,000 vehicles per year.  BMC coaches and especially school buses are now an increasingly common site throughout the UK.

This bus and coach factory produces the new BMC Municipal low entry range on a separate dedicated production line.

The BMC parts distribution centre supports BMC operators and dealers in over 50 countries world wide from its 100,000 sq ft facility.  A large stock of parts is also held in the UK to support the dealer network.

Today BMC is one of only three European manufactures that produce a full range of vehicles in all categories from 2.8 tonnes up to 44 tonnes for the transport of goods and passengers. With the financial strength of its parent company, Cukurova Holdings, BMC is on course to become one of the top ten global truck manufactures within the next ten years.