กรุงเทพฯ--12 ก.พ.--Aziam Burson-Marsteller
Honda Automobile (Thailand) Co., Ltd., the manufacturer and distributor of Honda cars in Thailand, led by Mr. Hiroshi Kobayashi (Center), President & CEO of Asian Honda Motor Co., Ltd. and President of Honda Automobile (Thailand) Co., Ltd.; together with Mr. Isao Ito (third from right), Executive Vice President; and Mr. Pitak Pruittisarikorn (third from left), Executive Vice President, announced a new investment of over 17.15 billion baht to build a second assembly & engine plant in Prachinburi province. Scheduled to begin operating in 2015, the new plant will have a production capacity of 120,000 units per year. Construction is scheduled to begin in July 2013 with operations commencing in April 2015. Honda is also making an additional investment of 2.91 billion Baht to increase the annual production capacity of its Ayutthaya assembly plant to 300,000 units by early 2014. With the combined capacity of the two plants, Honda’s total annual production capacity for vehicles in Thailand will increase to 420,000 units per year in 2015.