Category Archives: Automotive

Indonesia Automotive Update : Mitsubishi Motor new investment

Automotive, Industrial, Investment

 Japan Mitsubishi Motor plans to invest US$ 600 million in a new car factory in Indonesia. Multi-purpose vehicles are the most popular segment in Indonesia

By Reuters on 11:18 am Sep 16, 2014

Mitsubishi Motors Mirage vehicles are offloaded from the Nippon Yusen Kaisha Gentle Leader cargo vessel in the Dundalk Marine Terminal at the Port of Baltimore in Baltimore, Maryland in the US on Sept. 8, 2014. (Bloomberg Photo/Andrew Harrer)

 

[Updated at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014]

Jakarta. Japan’s Mitsubishi Motors will invest $600 million to set up its first multi-purpose vehicle factory in Indonesia, aiming to capitalize on strong demand for the segment in the country as well as to export to other markets in Asia.

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Thailand: will it remain the main manufacturing hub for Japanese automakers, in the future?

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Despite the Thailand’s on-going political turmoil, most automakers would remain investing in the country, being the hub for not only southeast Asia but also Japan. It is unlikely that automakers to make a short-term relocation even to their next automotive manufacturing hub in Indonesia.

However, in a longer term, it might be a question that rings the alarm if the Thai’s political turmoil persists.

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