New Company to Support Toyota Production in Asia.Tokyo, Japan, July 3, 2006 - (JCN JCN Japan Corporate News JCN Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience JCN Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing JCN Journal of Christian Nursing JCN Job Control Number JCN Journal of Child Neurology JCN joint communications network (US DoD) Newswire) - Toyota Motor Corporation ('TMC'; TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). : 7203, NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : TM) announced today that it has established Toyota Motor Asia Pacific Co., Ltd. (TMAP TMAP Texas Medication Algorithm Project TMap Test Management Approach (Sogeti Nederland B.V.) TMAP Telecommunications Monitoring and Assessment Program (US Air Force) TMAP Tell Madaba Archaeological Project Thailand) in Thailand to support Toyota production operations in Thailand, as well as in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Taiwan and India. TMAP Thailand is aimed at strengthening Toyota's Asian production and supply network by improving the speed and efficiency of individual production companies. The new company will gradually assume TMC's role of providing from Japan support related to production, purchasing and logistics. At a press conference in Bangkok Bangkok (băng`kŏk'), Thai Krung Thep, city (1990 pop. 8,538,610), capital of Thailand and of Bangkok prov., SW Thailand, on the east bank of the Chao Phraya River, near the Gulf of Thailand. today, TMC TMC Technology Marketing Corporation (Norwalk, Connecticut) TMC Texas Medical Center (Houston, TX) TMC Traffic Message Channel TMC The Movie Channel TMC Traffic Management Center Senior Managing Director Akira Okabe, who is also a chairman of TMAP Thailand, said: "Close collaboration among TMAP Thailand, TMAP Singapore(*1) and Toyota Technical Center Asia Pacific(*2), which began operations as TMC's R&D center in Thailand in 2005, will enable us to respond to the customers' needs in the [Asian] region more effectively. This will be accomplished through better integration of development, production and marketing processes together with our associates in the region." TMAP Thailand's production-support objective compliments that of TMAP Singapore, which was established in Singapore in 2001 to support Toyota marketing and sales operations in Asia. TMAP Singapore President Ryoichi Sasaki has also been named president of TMAP Thailand. Both companies are to carry out integrated management of production and sales through close cooperation with the production and sales companies in the countries concerned.
Outline of TMAP Thailand
Name Toyota Motor Asia Pacific Co., Ltd.
Start of operation July 2006
Location Samutprakarn Province (approximately 20km south of
Bangkok) Within the site of Toyota Motor Thailand
Co., Ltd.
Capitalization 10 million baht when established
Equity participation TMC: 100%
President Ryoichi Sasaki
Number of employees Approx. 800 (planned; in early 2007)
*1 Toyota Motor Asia Pacific Pte Ltd PTE LTD Private Limited . *2 Toyota Technical Center Asia Pacific (Thailand) Co. Ltd. About Toyota Motor Corporation Toyota Motor Corporation (TSE: 7203; NYSE: TM) develops and manufactures vehicles, and is one of the largest car manufacturers in the world, offering a wide range of products from minivehicles to trucks. In addition to its core business, Toyota has a large business portfolio in financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , including sales finance, vehicle insurance, and credit cards. It is also involved in telecommunications through a subsidiary that provides cellular services in Japan. Other diversified businesses include industrial equipment, prefabricated pre·fab·ri·cate tr.v. pre·fab·ri·cat·ed, pre·fab·ri·cat·ing, pre·fab·ri·cates 1. To manufacture (a building or section of a building, for example) in advance, especially in standard sections that can be easily shipped and housing and leisure boats. The company is headquartered in Aichi, Japan. For more information, please visit www.toyota.co.jp/en/index.html. Source: Toyota Motor Corporation Contact: Toyota Motor Corporation Public Relations Department http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/index_company.html Copyright [c] 2006 JCN Newswire. All rights reserved. A division of Japan Corporate News Network K.K. |
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