Mazda has announced further expansion plans for its manufacturing operations in Thailand – the automaker will be building an engine plant in Chonburi province, where its new Mazda Powertrain Manufacturing Thailand transmission facility will be located.
The new factory will be constructed on an adjacent site, and will enable comprehensive local production of SkyActiv models in Thailand. Operations are expected to begin in the fourth quarter of 2015 when the plant begins assembling the 105 hp SkyActiv-D 1.5 clean diesel engine for the Mazda 2 sold in the Thai market.
The fourth-generation DJ will be sold in both hatch and sedan forms. Thai production of the hatch began in September; the sedan, meanwhile, is expected to make its official debut later this month.
The Thai engine plant will begin with an engine assembly facility offering a production capacity of 30,000 units per year. Mazda says future plans will see the increase production capacity as well as the construction of an engine machining facility in order to meet the requirements of the second phase of the Thai government’s eco-car programme.
When it is completed, the Thai plant will become the automaker’s fourth production facility producing SkyActiv engines – the others are the Hiroshima Plant in Japan, Changan Ford Mazda Engine in China and Mazda de Mexico Vehicle Operation in Mexico. Expanding the company’s global production footprint is one of the initiatives of Mazda’s Structural Reform Plan.
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inb4 obligatory thank you DrM, father of Thailand automotive industry.
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i hope the mazda engines we get will continue to be from japan
Mazda, what’s wrong with Malaysia? Why not here?
yes mazda. please set up shop in malaysia. we gip u one year EEV status.
after that can discuss undertable for one more year EEV benefit. see how you perform one year then we flip flop for the next year see how lah.
come everyone set up shop in malaysia for one year EEV status. come come we open application for 2015 already.
They’ve already set up their transmission plant in Thailand. Since they’ve already invested in Thailand, it’s only the next logical step in their investment plan to set up their engine plant in close proximity with their existing transmission plant in Thailand.
This seems to me like a signal that Mazda’s management trusts that the post-coup situation in Thailand will improve since they’re stepping up their investment in the Thai auto industry.
It’s sad that Malaysia didn’t capture the initial investment by creating a conducive environment for the development of their business plans. There was too much uncertainty and too little concrete incentives while the incentives in Thailand with its eco car program and other benefits were clear.
It’s saying a lot if a country with regular demonstrations and coups and government changes is seen as more stable and trustworthy than a country that hasn’t changed the government ever.
You have to ask Dr M
Malaysia, wake up please … all the investor prefer our neighbour country …
just one problem : wage.
Nah it’s not the wage that turns investors off. It’s our on off policy with no long term incentives or benefit for investors. When policies change at the drop of a hat no investors are willing to take the risk especially when Thailand and Indonesia offers fantastic incentives in the long run.
Why ask other car manufacturers invest here? We not encourage other come. If they come where Proton stay? All Malaysian buy Proton will be! Proton boleh! Proton is No 1.
just in Malaysia.
Proton is number 1 in Malaysia? Wrong!
In term of sales, Perodua is the undisputed king of the road.
Each car manufacturer normally invests hundreds of million of dollars to build their manufacturing factories which will later expand to engine factories and transmission factories plus other parts. All these not only leads to cash flow into our country but also provide tens of thousands of extra jobs. Local construction companies will get the benefit by having to construct these factories and spare part manufacturers will have more orders to supply to these factories. Government can tax each car manufactured here that is shipped oversea. Proton will still survive in this environment as most of these cars produced are shipped oversea. Overall the country will benefit and so will its population however there is no chance of this happening as our policies fail to attract investors at all.
Thank you Dr M. Bapa Industri Kereta Thailand.
SawaMamakdeeka!!!
I don’t drive Proton, Proton is for suckers for my masterplan. Got Proton, got dumb supporters. Nobody can challenge Proton. As long as Proton is in the country, no other car manufacturer can hope to put their foot in this country. Long live Proton, long live the crony system