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SNVI
Logo of the SNVI, first introduced in 1967.
SNVI international exportations.
Native name	المؤسسة الوطنية للعربات الصناعية
Industry	Automotive
Predecessor	Berliet Algeria
Founded	1967[1]
Founder	State of Algeria
Headquarters	Rouiba , Algeria
Area served	Algeria[2]
Key people	Mustapha Meghdouri (CEO)
Products	Trucks Buses/Coaches Trailers Tractors Military Vehicles
Revenue	DZD 20 billion (2011)[2] (approx. US$ 250 million)
Owner	Algerian State (Algerian Army) (100%)
Number of employees	~7000 (2023)
Parent	Sonacome
Website	snvigroupe.dz

SNVI (Arabic: المؤسسة الوطنية للعربات الصناعية; French: Société Nationale des Véhicules Industriels), formerly the National Society of Mechanical Construction (SONACOME, الشركة الوطنية للهندسة الميكانيك), is an Algerian automaker headquartered in Rouïba that has produced trucks and buses since 1967. The public company also manufactures Mercedes-Benz vehicles.^[3]

The origins of the company dates back to the colonial era. On June 2, 1957, the French company Berliet established an assembly plant in Algeria to manufacture trucks and buses. The first vehicle assembled in Algeria rolled off the production line on October 15, 1958.^[4]

the state took a 40% stake in the company in 1964 via the National Development Fund.^[5]

Sonacome (Arabic: الشركة الوطنية للهندسة الميكانيك; French: Société Nationale de Construction Mecanique) was founded by the Algerian government on August 9, 1967, through ordonnance 67-150. It inherited colonial Berliet factories and equipment after the latter ceased operations in 1973.^[1]

In 1980, Sonacome's M210 was the winner of the second edition of the Paris-Dakar rally.^[6][7]

In May 1995, SNVI changed its legal status to become a public economic company governed by common law; SNVI was then set up as a joint-stock company (SPA) with a share capital of 2.2 billion Dinars.

Although the Algerian government tried numerous times to save the company by injecting money into it, It came close to going bankrupt multiple times.^[8]

In February 2021, the Minister of Industry, Ferhat Aït Ali, announced that the SNVI will be attached to the Directorate of Military Industries under the Ministry of National Defense^{[9][10][11][12]}

SNVI's headquarters are located in Rouiba, 20 km to the east of Algiers, with branches in Hussein Dey, Constantine, Oran, and Ouargla.^[1]

In 2011, the company made 2,007 vehicles. Its ambition is to return to its 1980s production rate, which was around 6,000 vehicles per year.^[2]

SNVI exports its products to several countries, including Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau.

Since 1967, SNVI produces trucks, buses, and semi-trailer.

Trucks

SNVI offers a variety of trucks for civilian and military purposes.^{[13][14][15][16]}

SNVI Military Truck TC260

SNVI Military Truck M350

SNVI Military Truck

SNVI Refrigerator truck

SNVI Truck All Terrain

SNVI Firefighter truck

Civilian trucks

Type	Name	Start Production	End Production
Transport	SNVI K66	1975	—
Transport	SNVI K120	1975	—
Transport	SNVI C260	1975	2019
Transport	SNVI B260	1975	1990
Transport	SNVI B400	—	—
Semi-Trailer	SNVI TB400	—	—
Semi	SNVI TC260	—	—
All Terrain	SNVI M120	—	—
All Terrain	SNVI M230	1975	—

Military trucks

Type	Name	Start Production	End Production
All Terrain	SNVI M120	—	—
Semi-Trailer	SNVI M230	1975	—
All Terrain	SNVI M260	—	—
Semi-Trailer	SNVI M350	—	—
Transport	SNVI K66	1975	—
Transport	SNVI K120	1975	—
Transport	SNVI C260	1975	2019
Transport	SNVI B260	1975	1990
All-Terrain	SNVI B400	—	—

Buses

100L6 Talaba bus

SNVI Bus Numedia Lux.

SNVI Buses

Civilian buses

Name	Number of Passengers
Minibus	25
SNVI Safir	49
SNVI Numidia Lux	47
SNVI Atakor	34

Military buses

Name	Number of Passengers
Minibus	36
Versatile Intervention Vehicle	18

Semi trailers

SNVI Tanker

• Tanker – 30 000L
• Cement mixer
• Low-boy trailer
• Trailer CEP 3000L
• Tippers

• Official website (in French)