Mazda Powertrain Manufacturing (Thailand) Secures 130-Rai Land in Hemaraj’s Industrial Estate

Mazda Powertrain Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd., an affiliate of Mazda Motor Corporation, recently held a foundation stone ceremony to construct a transmission plant on a 130-rai plot of land in Eastern Seaboard Industrial Estate (ESIE) in Chonburi province developed by Hemaraj Land And Development Plc. Due for completion in 2014, the new facility will produce Mazda’s SKYACTIV-Drive automatic transmissions, and is set to become the ASEAN hub of Powertrain Technology. The company is targeting 1.7 million units in annual global sales by March 2016.

Shown in photo: Mr. Vivat Jiratikarnsakul (4th right), Executive Vice President of Hemaraj Land and Development Plc. extends his warm congratulations to Mr. Kiyotaka Shobuda (4th left), Managing Executive Officer of Mazda Motor Corporation and Mr. Hidenori Kawakami (3rd right), President & CEO of Mazda Powertrain Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.