According to the contract from February 1962, signed between Avtotehna from Ljubljana as a general representative for Opel brand for ex SFRJ and partners from Serbia, sales of reputable German manufacturer officially starts in Belgrade.

Full 17 years, Opel vehicles have been selling only by consignation. In 1969, iron foundry from Kikinda, starts with exporting components for Opel, what enables financing 90% of Opel import for entire SFRJ.

After eight years of successful cooperation in 1977 iron foundry from Kikinda and Opel/GM signs contract about joint venture and long-term cooperation in manufacturing valid for 15 years. 78,5 millions of US dollars (51% by iron foundry from Kikinda and 49% by General Motors) have been invested in new established factory IDA-Kikinda.

First delivery of labored parts from two new factories in Kikinda (Livac and Metalac), took part in December 1979, starting official long-term cooperation in manufacturing.

By exporting half labored and fully labored components for first installment in Opel vehicles, import in ration 1:1 has been enabled. Until economic sanctions imposed on SFRJ in April 1992, 38.700 units of Opel vehicles and large number of spare parts worth around 100 million of German marks have been imported. During 12 years of IDA-Opel manufacturing cooperation over 1,3 billions of German marks have been made only from this trade (exchange).