DINA S.A.
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| Private | |
| Industry | Automotive |
| Founded | 1951 |
| Headquarters | Ciudad Sahagún, Hidalgo, Mexico |
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Key people
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José Martín Meléndez Romero, President |
| Parent | Grupo Empresarial G, S.A |
| Subsidiaries | DIMEX, AIRDIN |
| Website | www.dina.com.mx |
DINA (Diesel Nacional, S.A. de C.V, in English National Diesel) is a Mexican automotive producer of heavy duty and specialty trucks, urban buses, armored military vehicles, and intercity buses. The company is owned by the Gómez Flores family.
Currently the company distributes its products in the US, UK, Russia, Iran, Egypt, Syria,Mexico, Nicaragua (24.3 MUSD) and other Central and South American countries. In the US and Canada the company previously sold the high-profile Dina Viaggio coaches under its former subsidiary, Motor Coach Industries, a brand with more recognition there.
DINA was founded as Diesel Nacional S.A in 1951 with the signing of an agreement with Fiat S.p.A. to support the manufacture of trucks and buses in Mexico.
In 1962, DINA began assembling foreign buses as well as producing medium-sized trucks using International and Cummins engines.
In 1987, a technological alliance was signed with Navistar International. Two years later DINA was acquired by the Consortium "G" Group DINA, though it continued to use Navistar engines.
In 1990, DINA merged with Marcopolo S.A.'s Paradiso bodyworks.
In 1994, the DINA Group was listed on the and purchased shares in Motor Coach Industries. A new business arm focusing on leases was founded, and exports to South America under the brand name DIMEX began.
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