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Article: New Plant to Boost Toyota Diesel Engine Output in Thailand.
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- JCN Newswires
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- June 10, 2008
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Tokyo, June 10, 2008 - (JCN Newswire) - Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announced today that Siam Toyota Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (STM), TMC's engine production base in Thailand, will build a new plant to boost its annual diesel engine production capacity by 150,000 units in 2010.
The new plant, to be built on STM's current premises, will give STM an annual diesel engine production capacity of 350,000 units, up from 200,000 units. Including gasoline engines, STM will have an overall production capacity of 650,000 engines a year.
STM President Shigeru Murai announced the expansion at a joint press conference with Toyota Motor Thailand Co., Ltd. (Toyota's ...