The history of Fanalca dates back to 1957 when Joaquín Losada Salcedo, in a fortunate event of destiny, helps a representative of the Superior Coach of the United States and, after several conversations, offers him the representation in Colombia to import car bodies.

Shortly after, on May 31, 1958, the National Factory of Bodyworks –Fanalca (its acronym in spanish)vwas established between the Losada and Herrera families. In 1959, along with the Gómez family, they founded Super Bus Medellín and Super Bus Bogotá to assemble car bodies.

These visionaries, with a group of 12 collaborators, began this successful story of over 60 years.

From importing complete car bodies from the United States, little by little it was possible to assemble 100% of a bus in Colombia, which demonstrated the capacity of the organization.

In 1969, Alberto Losada and Jorge Herrera assumed the presidency and began a period of diversification with auto parts. Considering that the bus seats required large amounts of tubing they identified an opportunity to develop this business.

In 1971, Fanalca had 40 employees and, in its constant search for growth, it began negotiations with Honda Japan to market its motorcycles and later assemble them. Years later, and from that contact, authorization was obtained to market Honda automobiles in Colombia.