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The history of Holden dates back to 1856 when it started as a saddlery business in South Australia. Today Holden is one of only seven fully-integrated global General Motors operations that designs, builds and sells vehicles for Australia and the world. Holden has its headquarters in Port Melbourne, with an engine manufacturing plant on-site and vehicle manufacturing operations in Adelaide South Australia and is represented by more than 300 dealerships.
Holden's Vehicle Operations produce 42 models from four vehicle body styles for domestic and export customers. For the Australian market, the facility produces the Commodore range of sedans, Sportwagon and Ute together with Caprice long-wheel base luxury vehicles. HVO includes a press plant and metal assembly operation, body hardware facility, paint shop, plastics operation, body assembly and vehicle assembly operations. From 2011 the Adelaide plant will also begin production of the Cruze, a new small fuel efficient global vehicle, which has also helped grow Holden's expertise in small vehicle engineering and manufacturing.
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