ARO (short for Auto Romania) was an off-road vehicle manufacturer located near the town of
Câmpulung-Muscel,
Romania. It started production in
1957 and has manufactured over 360,000 vehicles, 2/3 of which were exported in some 110 countries (before
1989 about 90% of the ARO production was exported). In September 2003, the Romanian state sold, for a price of 180,000 USD, 68,7% of ARO to an American company called "
Cross Lander", owned by John Perez. The contract said that the company had to invest 2 million USD in the company, but, allegedly, none of this investment was done and instead, the industrial equipment of ARO was sold off (according to the privatization contract, he was not allowed to do that).
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Aro or ARO or aro can stand for several different things:Aro
Aro people, an ethnic group in the Niger River area of AfricaThe
Aro Confederacy, a
slave trading political union, incorporating the Aro race.The Aro Community, a
Nyingma (
Tibetan Buddhist) group with nonmonastic Western lamas. Aro (instrument), an instrument in traditional
Yoruba music Aro (musician), a Polish hip-hop artist
Årø, a small island in the Lille Bælt in Denmark. (Distinguish from Ærø.)
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