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Toyota to set up new assembly plant in Myanmar

autherAutocar Professional Bureau     calendar31 May 2019

Toyota will produce the Hilux locally in the Thilawa Special Economic Zone, near Yangon city, from February 2021. Plans are to build around 2,500 unit per year deploying the SKD route.

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