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Hispano-Argentina
Summary
Hispano-Argentina was an Argentine automotive and engineering company that manufactured automobiles, military vehicles, engines, weaponry, and parts for public works.
The company had two divisions, the automobile manufacturer (known for its acronym "HAFDASA") and the Public Works and Finances division ("CHADOPYF"), which worked separately. The company was a vehicle and weapons supplier for the Argentine Army and other local armed forces, developing the Ballester–Molina pistol.
In 1925, Argentine entrepreneur Arturo Ballester obtained a license to represent the Hispano-Suiza brand in Argentina. The deal ruled that vehicles would be initially imported and later built domestically. In order to achieve that goal, Ballester associated to his brother-in-law, engineer Eugenio Molina, to build a plant for the production of automatic weaponry. To unify production, a 5,000 m2 plant was built with the highest technology available at the time. It was built at 250 Campichuelo street in the Caballito neighborhood. Thus "Hispano Argentina Fábrica de Automóviles S.A." (HAFDASA) was devoted to the production of Hispano-Suiza vehicles and motors, and also parts and replacements for this and other automotive, truck, and bus marques.
At the beginning, they dedicated themselves to manufacturing trucks and tractors for civilian and military use. They also produced diesel and gasoline motors for vehicles and fixed installations, of different power, produced completely in Argentina.
The first totally-manufactured in Argentina product was a bus produced at the Caballito factory. The HA buses would be used by several colectivos companies of Buenos Aires for public transport. Nevertheless, the company reached its peak through the powerful imputus by Carlos Ballester Molina, Arturo'son (also Eugenio's nephew), who got a degree in engineering in order to expand the family-owned business. Less than 10 years after its foundation Hispano-Argentina produced 40% of the demand for trucks over 4 tons.
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