Toyota opens new plant

JAKARTA (JP): Toyota Astra Motor officially opened a stamping- dies plant yesterday to increase its manufacturing operation in the tooling, engineering and production preparation.

The company said yesterday the new plant, built on a 1,100 square meter plot of land, would be able to produce 100 tons of stamping dies a month.

The company spent Rp 33.5 billion (US$11.55 million) on the project, including the construction of a new poly shop and die making shop.

The new plant, which will use local raw materials for stamping-dies, will export part of the dies to other countries in the region. (das)