AKT motos (previously Ensambladora Corbeta S.A.) is a Colombian motorcycle company (importer and assembler), associated with CORBETA (Colombiana de Comercio S.A.), the owner of the ALKOSTO supermarkets, based principally in the city of Envigado, Antioquia Department.
| Industry | Motorcycles |
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| Founded | Envigado, Colombia, 2004 |
| Website | www |
The Colombian motorcycle market had been dominated by Japanese, European, and regional (Brazil, Chile) manufacturers. Noting this, a group of Colombian businessmen formed an association on 16 April 2004 to purchases Chinese technology for motors, chassis, and economical designs.[1][2]
In the seven years following their founding, AKT came to capture 15% of the Colombian market.[3] As of 2012 it is one of the top five motorcycle brands in Colombia, and sold 80,000 motorbikes in 2011, of 510,000 sold nationwide.[4]
AKT imports motorcycles from Chinese[5] and Taiwanese factories such as Loncin Holdings, Qjiang Motors and SYM Motors as knock-down kits, then assembles them in a local Colombian factory.
In January 2012 AKT became a sponsor of the Colombian first division soccer team Santa Fe Corporación Deportiva.[6]
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