Suzuki is on schedule to triple its engine build output to 150,000 units a year in Indonesia – the company’s new engine manufacturing plant, which will take the number to that eventual figure, remains on course, according to a report.
The Nikkei adds that the facility, which will occupy a 1.3 million sq. metre plot on the outskirts of Jakarta, will feature comprehensive engine manufacturing operations by 2015, including the ability to cast and forge engine parts.
The company, which assembles the Swift and SX4 in Indonesia, is working to lift its annual output capacity there from 120,000 vehicles to at least 150,000 next spring. Its engine production capacity in Indonesia however still stands at 50,000 units a year.
The report adds that in addition to using its Indonesian engines and parts locally, Suzuki will consider exporting some output to factories in other ASEAN member countries. At the same time, the company plans to import engines and parts from Thailand to Indonesia, creating a division of labour and cutting costs by consolidating the production of individual engine types.
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whatever happens to DRB’s Suzuki Pekan assembly haha
In NAPping mode ….
Oridnary Guy says:4/1/2012 at 3:41 pm ,In NAPping mode ….
Agreed with Ordinary Guy, a very loooong NAP for Malaysian.Prepare for my yawn, ummmphh YAAAAWN, oopps there goes another future business for Malaysia and ordinary Malaysian looking for jobs
While Honda, Toyota , VW and now Suzuki are making inroads into Asean
by parking their investments and planning for the future.
Over here in Proton the management is still in “hibernate” mode
taking their own sweet time and getting complacent with no urgency
in determining the future of Proton.
25 years and still without a clue on how to be a global player. :(
funny how people thinks this statement offensively.
The day when your girlfriends/daughters become the maids working in Indonesia will you haters realize what’s actually happening.
btw, no puns intended about the maid job, as it’s a good honest living.
bravo Indonesia and bravo Suzuki…darn right good choice investing there rather than this country.