Suzuki Motor Corporation has held an opening ceremony of the new automobile assembly plant (Cikarang Plant) today. Work on the facility was completed within the Greenland International Industrial Center (GIIC) located in Bekasi Regency, east of Jakarta, by PT Suzuki Indomobil Motor (SIM), Suzuki’s subsidiary in Indonesia.

The ceremony  was attended by Rahmat Gobel, Minister of Trade and Yasuaki Tanizaki, Japanese Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Indonesia. From Suzuki, chairman and CEO Osamu Suzuki attended the ceremony.

The Cikarang plant started assembling of engine and transmission from February 2014. Currently, the plant conducts from casting and forging to machining, heat treatment, and assembly of those engine and transmission to raise the ratio of internal production and local procurement. Upon completion of the automobile assembly plant, the assembly of the Ertiga MPV was transferred from the Tambun Plant (Bekasi Regency) and its production started at the Cikarang Plant.

With the operation of the automobile assembly plant, the Cikarang plant now has a structure to completely produce a vehicle from engine and transmission production to vehicle assembly. By combining the Cikarang and Tambun plants, Suzuki’s total production ability of automobiles in Indonesia is approximately 250,000 units.

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