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Suzuki to Install New Casting Capacity in Indonesia |
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Released on January 8, 2012
Suzuki Motor Corp.’s subsidiary PT. Suzuki Indomobil Motor, Jakarta, Indonesia, has acquired a 1.3 million-sq.-m site for a new manufacturing campus that will include metalcasting capability.
According to a company press release, the new facilities will be used to meet Indonesia’s growing demand for automobiles and motorcycles. The statement said the move is aimed at increasing the local content in the motor vehicles produced in the country. The facilities are expected to include an engine manufacturing plant and facilities for forging, sand casting and diecasting.
Suzuki currently has two plants in Indonesia with a combined production capability of 1 million motorcycles and 80,000 automobiles per year. With the acquisition of the new site, Suzuki expects to consolidate the plants and enhance future production capability.
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