Bangkok--6 Dec--Aziam Burson-Marsteller
The Ministry of Industry, in collaboration with the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI), which was represented by the Automotive Industry Club and the Auto Parts Industry Club; the Thai Automotive Industry Association; the Thai Auto Parts Manufacturers’ Association; the Office of the Board of Investment; and the Thailand Automotive Institute, recently hosted a gala dinner called “The Thai Auto 2 Million Celebration: The New Dimension Drives The World” at the Royal Jubilee Ballroom, Challenger Building, Muang Thong Thani. Mr. Kittirat Na Ranong, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance chaired the event and delivered a keynote address on “The Government’s Policy for Thai Automotive Industrial Development”. The event brought together many key people from the public and private sectors who have been active in boosting Thailand’s automotive industry.
Mr. Prasert Boonchaisuk, Minister of Industry, offered his congratulations to the Thai Automotive Industry on its major milestone of reaching annual production of two million units for the first time this year. The objective of today event is to celebrate Thai automotive industry success in producing more than 2 million units of car within one year. This achievement assures investors on the industry capabilities as a global production base. Apparently, Thailand is a location of automotive assembly plants by almost all leading automotive manufacturers from all over the world because of its strongest supply chain in this region together with skillful human resources at international level.
“Throughout 50 years since the first Thai automotive manufacturer plant has been established in 1961 to the accomplishment of 2 million unit production in 2012, government policies play the major role to encourage, promote and support automotive industry progress with sustainable development. The goverment has improved automotive policy by upgrading standard and differentiating products to meet global customer demand. Product champions are keys to the success, namely high performance motorcycle, one-ton pick up truck and Eco car,” said the Minister of Industry.
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Aziam Burson-Marsteller
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