UMW Toyota Motor (UMWT) recently held an opening ceremony for the UMW Toyota Integrated Quality Hub (IQH) in Bukit Raja, Klang. This new facility is to improve delivery of Toyota vehicles to customers, at the shortest possible time. The company has allocated over RM200 million to develop the 87.5 acre hub, as part of its RM1 billion three-year investment plan till 2013.
The event was graced by Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry Mukhriz Tun Dr. Mahathir. Also present was Shigeru Nakamura, Japanese Ambassador to Malaysia and Yukitoshi Funo, Executive VP, Toyota Motor Corporation.
“The main objective is to improve the delivery lead time so that customers can enjoy quality Toyota vehicles, fresh from the factory. The new facility creates additional job opportunities for 430 new team members who will be trained based on our Standardized Work (SW),” said Tan Sri Asmat Kamaludin, UMWT Chairman, who added that the all operations at the hub are specifically designed with the Toyota Production System in mind.
The IQH consists of a centralised vehicle stockyard, accessory centre and 2.1 km test track. The 9,500 unit capacity stockyard receives and delivers 420 vehicles per day. The accessory centre fits 142 combination accessory items such as the navigation system, audio system and aerokit. Now, customers can confirm their desired accessories five days prior to delivery of their vehicle. Final inspection is also done at the end of the line.
A new body and paint centre is also being built within the facility, to be ready by first half of 2012. To enhance after sales services, the facility will be equipped with 57 work bays and state-of-the-art equipment for central region customers. The IQH will also include an 11-acre production parts warehouse that’s expected to open by the second half of 2012.
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Has the minister no other better thing to do?
Japanese ambassador and executive VP of Toyota is here, do you expect MITI to just send an office boy to the opening ceremony? have some respect or otherwise you can just say goodbye to foreign investment.
hehehe.. this is the moment they looking for..
can get exposure ma..
i see ugly dugong!
hehe
Wonder what would Proton have if the 1 bil loaned to Lotus
wz pooloed into our own economy instead ?
MITI must be thankful that Toyota has invested so heavily
in Msia. Looking forward to more models and hopefully
the hybrid will also be assembled here.
Wonder why there are people who are ANGRY that Toyota
is making its presence felt in Msia. Must be P1 cybertroopers !!
realistically, RM1bil could only support our oil subsidy for less than a month. but that RM1bil loaned to Lotus is for 5 years.
Besides, why make such a fuss to the Lotus loan? some other companies also made huge loans to invest in Malaysia:
PLUS highway costs RM6bil during its construction, it took almost 20 years from planning to completion. Khazanah and epf want to buy PLUS for RM23bil now…
Lekas highway costs RM1bil, financed thru loan.
Aku rasa Toyota yg marah…. Tu yg heavily burukkan Proton. Sapa tak kenal Toyota…. Pakar buat perang saraf dan burukkan semua kereta lain di Malaysia dan seluruh dunia
Hey.. is that mean some of the toyota model will be CKDed instead of CBU from thailand? lf i,m not mistaken Toyota Vigo Hilux come from the Tom Yam land.
Only the 3.0 has tom yam flavour. The 2.5 has nasi lemak flavour
Are Japanese truck assemblers affected by the floodwaters in Thailand?
What excellent?
Downside rugged i would say. 150k ringgit camry with not even a sunglass holder and 4 speed auto…. excellent… errrr used to be la.
Bring in cars like Estima(Previa), Alphard, Wish, Land Cruiser, Rav 4, Crown then only start calling yourself excellent. UMW Memang Tak Tau Malu.
hate to say it… but you have a point there….. oh well back to buying recon cars….
Integrated QUALITY Hub my ssss !!!!
How many recalls of Toyota cars this year ???
Pls drop QUALITY from TOYOTA since you dont deserve it !!!
p/s P1 should take Syed Hisham, what a waste…..
Are toyota cars exported from Thailand free from floods. Baik melabur di Malaysia.
Damn Toyota that site used to be an oil palm plantation where mountain bikers from Shah Alam used to roam on their way to the Altantuya trails….