PT Daihatsu Astra Motor will execute a plan to increase the supply of products next month. According to President Director of Astra Daihatsu Sudirman Maman Rusdi, the plan could be realized due to a new plant in Karawang has been completed and ready for operation.
"In October, the plant will produce 500 units of the car," he said in Jakarta, Thursday, September 6, 2012.
The factory with an investment of up to IDR 2.1 trillion, it has a production capacity of 5 thousand units per month. According to Sudirman, the production plant area of 70 thousand hectares will be assembling low car Multi Purpose Vehicle Toyota Avanza and Daihatsu Xenia.
"Most of the products will be allocated to the domestic market," he said.
Before the plant was built, Daihatsu only rely assembly area in Sunter, North Jakarta, which has a maximum capacity of 330 thousand units per year. Sudirman said limited land make scale factory production cannot be developed.
"While demand for our products is quite high," he said.
In 2011, Daihatsu Sunter factory producing 373,395 units of vehicles for brands Daihatsu and Toyota. Of that amount, 14 percent is marketed abroad. As of August 2012, sales reached 106,605 units Daihatsu, up 83.4 percent over the same period in 2011 some 89 thousand units.
