Butale Automobile Works
Native name | Butale Tepozcamatetl Tequipanceh, TCT |
|---|---|
| Industrial calpolli group (tequipanceh calpolleh tepohualoyan, TCT) | |
| Industry | Automotive |
| Founded | September 9, 1932 in Kaudwane, Pulacan |
| Headquarters | Kaudwane , |
| Products | Automobiles, automotive parts |
Production output | 427,092 units sold (2022) |
Butale Automobile Works (Nahuatl: Butale Tepozcamatetl Tequipanceh, TCT, commonly known as Butale) is a car manufacturer in Pulacan. The calpolli group was founded on September 9, 1932, in the town of Kaudwane. Originally developed as a means to reinvigorate Pulacan's postwar industry, Butale has grown to be the largest automotive industrial group in Pulacan. The company continues to produce vehicles to this day, both for the domestic market and for export across Malaio and the wider world. The group is known for finishing partly-assembled auto bodies and selling them on, usually as rebadges, as well as for manufacturing cars aimed at filling the low-cost and high-durability niches. To this day, Butale remains headquartered in Kaudwane. As of 2022, the company was producing 427,092 units annually, with 396,658 units being sold that year across dozens of countries.
History
Pulatec industry had been left in shambles in the aftermath of the Hanaki War. Much of its industrial buildup in the north had been destroyed, and what remained had been haphazardly repurposed for war production. Remaining civilian factories were few and far between, and were unable to provide enough output to return to pre-war levels. To set Pulacan back on track,
