Naza

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Naza Group of Companies
Type	Private
Founded	1974
Headquarters	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Key people	Nasimuddin Amin, CEO
Employees	4,000
Website	http://www.naza.com.my

Not to be confused with NASA.

Naza Group of Companies is a Malaysian business conglomerate associated with motor trading, automotive franchises and property development, which began operations in 1974. The group has 14 business divisions including vehicle and bike manufacturing (Kia & Peugeot), transport services, limousine services, machine tools/parts, engineering, plantation, cigarette distribution, credit & leasing, water crafts, properties, hotel operations and insurance. The group was founded and continues to be led by Malaysian business tycoon Nasimuddin Amin.

Naza Group is the franchise holder for Ferrari, South Korea's Kia, Peugeot, Brabus, Hamann and Ducati bikes in Malaysia. Naza have rebadged Kia's Carnival, Carens, Picanto vehicles as Naza Ria, Citra and Suria respectively for Malaysian market. In April 2006, Naza developed the Naza Sutera based on Hafei Lobo. It was joined by a Naza-badged version of the Peugeot 206 called the Naza 206 Bestari in May 2006, and a Naza-badged version of the Kia Picanto in November 2006.

In August 2005, Naza opened its doors to a new automotive showroom which became the company's landmark - Naza Auto Mall. It has won a mention in the Malaysia Book of Records for being the largest motor showroom in the country.

1 Automotive
2 Property development and hotels
3 CKD models produced at Naza Automotive Manufacturing
4 Naza Vendor Park development (Gurun, Kedah)
5 Naza Kia Academy
6 See also
7 External links

[edit] Automotive

A Ferrari Enzo in Naza World

Naza Motor Trading Sdn Bhd
NZ Wheels Sdn Bhd (Mercedes-Benz)
Naza Premier Auto (Porsche)
Naza Italia (Malaysia Ferrari distributor)
Naza Wheels Sdn Bhd (Mazda)
Nasim Sdn Bhd (Malaysia Peugeot distributor)
Naza Kia Sdn Bhd (Asia Pacific's largest Kia distributor)
Naza Corporation Sdn Bhd
Naza-Brabus Motor Sdn Bhd
Naza-Hamann Motor Sdn Bhd
Naza Automotive Manufacturing Sdn Bhd (Manufacturing arm, producing Kia & non-Kia based models)
Naza Bikes Sdn Bhd
Next Bike Sdn Bhd (Ducati & Others)
Naza Marine Sdn Bhd (Sea Doo)
El Hyosung Bikes Sdn Bhd
Naza Mekar Sdn Bhd (Perodua Dealership)
Naza Bikers Dream Sdn Bhd
Prestige Limo (Luxury limousine services)

[edit] Property development and hotels

TTDI Development Sdn Bhd
Naza Hotels Malaysia
Howard Johnson, Torrance, LA
Crowne Plaza Hotel, San Pedro, LA

[edit] CKD models produced at Naza Automotive Manufacturing

Kia Spectra
Kia Optima
Kia Sportage
Kia Spectra5
Naza Ria (rebadged Kia Carnival)
Naza Citra (rebadged Kia Carens)
Naza Sorento (rebadged Kia Sorento)
Naza Sutera (rebadged Hafei Lobo)
Naza 206 Bestari (rebadged Peugeot 206)
Naza Suria (rebadged Kia Picanto)

[edit] Naza Vendor Park development (Gurun, Kedah)

A host of vendors have been appointed in a vendor park opposite Naza Automotive Manufacturing (NAM) in Gurun, Kedah. These include:

Ace Polymers
CNA Manufacturing (seats)
Hicom Teck See (plastic injection)
Sapura Brake Tech
DK Leather
Jackspeed
United Vehicle Industries (exhaust and tubing)
Combat Coating
RQ Engineering
KPNK Automotive
Nawabel Coating (Kopong Bin Harman)

A total of 15 vendors are located in Gurun. 11 more are located in the areas surrounding Gurun (Jitra, Sg. Petani & Kulim). Other Malaysian vendors amount to 58, bringing the total to 84. Of these, 63 are established vendors and 21 were newly developed to support NAM.

[edit] Naza Kia Academy

Also located in Gurun, Kedah, Naza Kia Academy (NKA) is a US$5.3 million investment by Naza Kia Sdn. Bhd. & Naza Automotive Manufacturing Sdn. Bhd. Its primary role is to provide training for Naza Kia & Naza Corporation sales & aftersales staff. A secondary role is to provide strategic support to Kia Motors Corp. (KMC) as an Asia-Pacific Regional Overseas Training Centre (OTC). NKA is the 5th KMC regional OTC after Germany, UAE, USA and Russia.

The facilities include 24 service bays, 45 twin-sharing hostel rooms, an operational sales showroom, service training rooms (body & paint, electrical, powertrain, etc.), sales & administrative/management training classrooms and a library.