Stellantis Canada
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Stellantis Canada (formerly, FCA Canada, Inc. and Chrysler Canada) is the wholly owned subsidiary of Stellantis through its North American division operating in Canada. Incorporated in 1925, the Chrysler Corporation of Canada acquired a Maxwell-Chalmers plant in Windsor, Ontario that had been used to manufacture some Chrysler models in the previous year. Initially called Chrysler Canada, Ltd, the name of the company changed to DaimlerChrysler Canada Inc. following the merger of the two parent automotive conglomerates. In August 2007, the company was renamed Chrysler Canada Incorporated when Cerberus Capital Management purchased 80.1% of its parent company Chrysler.
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Company type | Subsidiary |
Industry | Automotive |
Founded | June 1925; 98 years ago (1925-06), Windsor, Ontario, Canada |
Founder | Chrysler |
Headquarters | 1 Riverside Drive West, Windsor, Ontario, Canada |
Key people | David Buckingham (Chairman, President, CEO) |
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Owner | Stellantis |
Number of employees | 9,000 |
Parent | Stellantis North America |
Website | stellantis.com |
FCA Canada has three manufacturing plants in operation in Canada, and built 535,878 cars and trucks in 2002. In 2007, the company sold 232,688 vehicles in the Canadian market. In 2012, Stellantis Canada sales were 243,845, a 6% increase over 2011; this put the company into the #2 sales slot for Canada.[citation needed]