Toyota boosts parts output<\/p>\n
TOKYO (AFP): Japan's Toyota Motor Corp. will enhance its auto
\nparts procurement systems in the United States, Europe and
\nSoutheast Asia in line with plans to boost overseas output, a
\nmajor economic daily said yesterday.<\/p>\n
Toyota, the country's leading carmaker, will build a second
\nparts center at or near its factory in Kentucky, where its
\nlargest U.S. plant is located, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun said.<\/p>\n
The new center, which will employ several hundred people, will
\nbe a hub for Toyota's Midwest operations, which also covers two
\nother plants to become operational in 1998, it said.<\/p>\n
The company will also boost the size of its existing parts
\ncenter in Belgium as early as 1998 to meet a planned increase in
\noutput in Europe.<\/p>\n
Toyota will raise European production by 70 percent from a
\nyear earlier in 1997, and is set to start assembling Corolla
\nsedans in Britain in late 1998.<\/p>\n
In Asia, the carmaker is to integrate the control of parts
\nprocurement in Southeast Asia at its management center in
\nSingapore, rather than on a country-by-country basis, the Nihon
\nKeizai said.<\/p>",
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