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FSC (in Polish Fabryka Samochodów Ciezarowych) was a large automotive factory established in Poland while it was part of the Soviet block. It was founded in 1950 and the first vehicle left its assembly line on November 7, 1951. The factory was built on a green field site in Lublin, to first produce light trucks and later vans, as well as vehicles for the military.

After the collapse of the Communist system in Poland in 1989 and the establishment of a free market economy, the state-owned FSC factory began to establish links with companies outside Poland.

In 1995 the factory entered a joint venture with the South Korean conglomerate Daewoo. It soon become a part of the new company Daewoo Motor Polska . In December, 1995 the factory started assembling Daewoo Nexia passenger cars. Around 40,000 were produced before production ended in 1998.

Daewoo experienced serious financial problems following the financial crisis in Asia, which brought serious difficulties to the Lublin factory. Daewoo Motor Polska entered bankruptcy in October, 2001 and all production in the Lublin factory came to a halt.

After a few chaotic years, the company recently restarted its production under new management.

Some of the vehicles produced at the factory:

Lublin truck 1951- 1959 Zuk vanThe Zuk was a van produced in Lublin, Poland, between 1958 and 1997 by FSC and based indirectly on a Chevrolet car of the 1940s. Chevrolet sold the rights and equipment to build the car to a Russian factory, who then sold on the rights to the FSO car fact 1958Events January January 1 Treaty of Rome founding the EU is implemented January 4 Sputnik 1 falls to Earth from its orbit (launched on October 4 1957) January 8 14 year old Bobby Fischer wins the United States Chess Championship January 18 Armed Lumbee Nat- 1998 Lublin van 19931993 is a common year starting on Friday and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003 Events January January 1 Czechoslovakia divides. Establishment of independent Slovakia and Czech Republic.- Nexia 1995- 1998

In the years 1963- 1970 the company manufactured (together with a factory in Czechoslovakia) the APC Skot . Around 4,500 were produced for the Polish and Czechoslovak armies.

Polish automobile manufacturers



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