Mitsubishi Motors – together with Mitsubishi Corporation – has announced the establishment of a new joint manufacturing company in Indonesia. Mitsubishi Motors Krama Yudha Indonesia (MMKI), a partnership between the two Mitsubishi companies and long-time local partner PT Krama Yudha, will build passenger vehicles, primarily for the domestic market.
The new company will build a new vehicle assembly plant at GIIC Industrial Estate in Bekasi, West Java, about 37 km east of Jakarta. Construction begins this year, and the new plant – with a production capacity of 160,000 units per year – is slated to start operations in April 2017.
It was reported last year that the plant will build two commercial vehicles as well as a new eight-seater MPV – the latest announcement states in addition to already locally-produced vehicles such as the Colt L300 truck/van, a brand-new small MPV model and an all-new Pajero Sport will also be assembled there.
Again, no mention was made as to the model that will be developed, but the mention of it being a small MPV likely indicates it will be a lower-segment offering competing against the likes of the Toyota Avanza and Honda Mobilio in that market.
The company says a portion of production is set to be exported to other ASEAN countries, and the plant is expected to play a very important role as the second largest production site for MMC vehicles in the ASEAN region, following the Laem Chabang Plant in Thailand. The automaker recently restructured its Philippines assembly operations, relocating to a new manufacturing plant in Santa Rosa.
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Mitsubishi Corporation didn’t choose to build in Bolehland???
Why?? scare of AP system and cronies right??
Tahniah Dr M selaku bapa industri otomotif Indonesia dan Thailand!!
Heard this kind of news till we are sick already. Another potential 50,000 jobs lost. The day BN goes, that day Malaysia will grow
See the news on GM above this article. Its not BN’s fault. Just money
just to protect one company (ahem), other companies are sacrificed…..
Sooner or later, both these countries Thailand and Indonesia will definitely overtake The of Endless Possibilities not only in car manufacturing but also in other related industries as the existing system favours and instills corrup£€¥$ practices which does not bodes well for us the end users.That’s why we see these neighbours of ours get better specced vehicles than us and not only that at a cheaper price.
Ultra-slim Pajero Sport. Next gen should be 1888mm at least.
Don’t become another Daihatsu/Suzuki.
search Mitsubishi Kuda, made only for Indonesia not very long ago.
This maybe the replacement for it, and it may even sold in Malaysia to justify cost of manufacturing (by spreading numbers of cars sold against RnD)