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Proton
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Automobile manufacturer
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Proton, also known as Proton Holdings Berhad, is an active company established in 1983. The organization operates in Malaysia, with its location in Shah Alam. It is identified by the acronym PHB.
The entity was first recorded on May 7, 1983. It is associated with the title "PROTON - INSPIRING CONNECTIONS." The company is categorized as a type of business entity within the Malaysian context.
Synthesized by Vinony from 15 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, Firecrawl, ROR. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- Formerly
- Perusahaan Otomobil Nasional
- Company type
- Joint venture
- Industry
- Automotive
- Founded
- 7 May 1983 ; 43 years ago ( 7 May 1983 )
- Founder
- Mahathir Mohamad
- Headquarters
- Shah Alam , Selangor , Malaysia
- Area served
- Mainly Malaysia , See Overseas Operations for the company's overseas presence
- Key people
- Tan Sri Syed Faisal Albar ( chairman ), Li Chunrong ( CEO ), Dato' Abdul Rashid Musa (deputy CEO)
- Products
- Automobiles
- Production output
- 154,611 units (2023)
- Revenue
- RM 8.0 billion (2020)
- Owners
- DRB-HICOM ( 50.1% ) Geely Auto ( 49.9% )
- Number of employees
- 12,000
- Divisions
- PONSB Sdn Bhd , Proton Edar
- Subsidiaries
- Proton R3
- Website
- proton .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Company
- Founded
- 1983
- Location
- Shah Alam, Malaysia
- Also known as
- PHB, PROTON Holdings Berhad
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.502105.3
Official website
PROTON - INSPIRING CONNECTIONS
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Malaysia
- Founded by
- Mahathir Mohamad
- Headquarters
- Shah Alam
- Owned by
- Geely
- Parent organization
- DRB-HICOM
- Industry
- automotive industry
- Legal form
- joint-stock company
- Official website
- www.proton.com
- Image
- Proton showroom in SS14, Subang Jaya.jpg
- Motto
- Inspring Connections
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- Commons category
- Proton Holdings
- inception
- 1983-05-07
- product or material produced
- car
- topic's main category
- Category:Proton Holdings
- different from
- Proton
- social media followers
- 81600
- related category
- Category:Proton vehicles
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Encyclopedic overview
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Proton Holdings Berhad, commonly known as Proton (stylised PROTON), is a Malaysian multinational automotive company. Proton was established on 7 May 1983, as Malaysia's sole national budget car company until the advent of Perodua in 1993. The company is headquartered in Shah Alam, Selangor, and operates additional facilities in Proton City, Perak.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Proton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.