History Highlights



 		 November 6, 1951

Start of operations. Launch of production of the Warszawa M-20.
  September 20, 1953

Start of production of engines for the Warszawa model.
March 20, 1957

Start of regular production of the Syrena.
  August 6, 1966

Launch of production of the Syrena 104 with a new drive train: a synchronized 4-gear transmission and a 3-cylinder engine.
November 28, 1967

Start of production of the Polski Fiat 125p.
  March 30, 1973

End of production of the Warszawa.
May 3, 1978

Start of regular production of the Polonez.
January 1, 1988

Start of production of the pick-up Polonez.
  June 28, 1991

End of production of the FSO 125p.
July 31, 1991

Start of regular production of the Polonez Caro.
  November 27, 1992

Acceptance of the "FSO Mission" by the Enterprise Board and the representatives of trade unions and Workers Council: "To be the best Polish company at quality of products and services".
  December 13, 1993

Signing a joint venture agreement between FSO and General Motors.
April 30, 1994

Presentation of concept models of the Polonez: notchback (Polonez Atu), station wagon and so-called 4x4 at the International Motor Show in Poznań.
November 5, 1994

GM starts assembly of the Opel Astra in the former Fiat assembly shop of the Żerań Plant.
March 14, 1996

Inauguration of operations of Daewoo-FSO Motor.
August 3, 1996

Start of sales of the Polonez Atu.
April 1997


Start of production of the Polonez Plus
 
September 30, 1997

Launch of the Lanos production line.
  October 5-7, 1997

Celebration of “Poland Daewoo Motor 2000”. Daewoo as the first company in the automotive history launches at the market three new models simultaneously – Lanos, Nubira and Leganza.

July 5, 1999

Start of production of the Polonez Kombi
  September 14, 1999

Obtaining the ISO 14001 certificate
  October 1, 1999

Transformation into Joint Stock Company
October 18, 1999

Start of production of the Matiz
December 6, 1999

Start of production of the Nubira
  December 9, 1999

Making 200 thousand cars in less than a year.
  December 1999

The market share of Daewoo-FSO cars in annual sales of new cars in Poland reached the record level of over 28%.
  March 24, 2000

Start of production of the Lanos with the engine capacity of 1400 ccm
  April 2000

Start of production of the Lanos and the Polonez with engines adapted for LPG fuel

January 2001

Start of production of the Tacuma.
 
  November 6, 2001

Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Żerań Factory.
August 31, 2004

The shareholders of Daewoo-FSO S.A. decided at the Extraordinary General Shareholder’s Meeting on return to the previous name of the Company: Fabryka Samochodów Osobowych Spółka Akcyjna.
 
 
November 5, 2004

The composition proceeding. The creditors agreed on 80% reduction of the Company debt toward unsecured creditors, which amounted to PLN 196 million.
 

May 13, 2005

On the tenth anniversary of death of Jerzy Bielecki called "the factory’s father", a commemorative plaque was unveiled at the entrance to the headquarters’ building.
  June 13, 2005

The agreement with ZAO ZAZ was initialed.
  June 30, 2005

A visit of the President of Ukraine, Viktor Jushchenko, to Poland. At the 8th Poland-Ukraine Economic Summit, the agreement on sales of 19.90% of FSO S.A. stocks was signed.
 
  August 25, 2005

The vehicle number 100 000 from the Żerań Plant was sent to Ukraine.
  October 14, 2005

ZAO ZAZ took over FSO stocks.
  November 6, 2006

55th Anniversary of FSO.
 
November 6, 2007

Start of production of the Chevrolet Aveo Notchback.

June 5, 2008

Launch of production of the Chevrolet Aveo 5-door Hatchback.
December 19, 2008

The first 3-door Hatchbacks rolled off the assembly line.
 
 
May 14, 2009
Conformity of the Environmental Management System with the requirements of ISO 14001:2004 was confirmed by the obtained certificate.
 
  May 4, 2010
Conformity of the Quality Management System with the requirements of ISO 9001:2008 was confirmed by the obtained certificate.