Toyota Motor Thailand

Toyota Motor Thailand Co., Ltd. (TMT) is the wholly owned subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation in Thailand, established in 1962. In 1979, Toyota began making pressed body parts in Thailand. In 1989, TMT began manufacturing engines locally. TMT controls the manufacturing of Toyota cars in Thailand and they supply cars to various official dealers throughout Thailand. TMT's main export market is the ASEAN region and the Oceania, but TMT also export cars to different parts of the world, especially the Toyota Hilux Vigo model. As of April 2016, there were 150 official Toyota dealers with 455 showrooms approved by TMT.[1]

Toyota Motor Thailand Co., Ltd. (TMT)
Native name
บริษัท โตโยต้า มอเตอร์ ประเทศไทย จำกัด
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryAutomotive
GenreMotor cars
Founded5 October 1962 (1962-10-05)
Headquarters
Phra Pradaeng, Samut Prakan
,
Thailand
Key people
Kalin Sarasin (Chairman)
Noriaki Yamashita (President)
ProductsAutomobiles, commercial vehicles, engines
Production output
760,000 vehicles (max.)
OwnerToyota Motor Corporation (86.4%)
Websitewww.toyota.co.th

Operations

As of July 2016, TMT employed 16,477 at its Thai factories. Toyota Motor Thailand runs three plants in two provinces. The plant in Samrong, Samut Prakan Province produces pickup trucks and commercial vehicles. The two plants in Chachoengsao Province—at Ban Pho and Gateway—make passenger cars. The three plants have a combined maximum annual capacity of 760,000 units.[2]

In 1988, Toyota Motor Thailand formed a joint venture with Toyota Auto Body[3] called Toyota (formerly Thai)[4] Auto Works. The venture is focused on producing the HiAce. Toyota Auto Body owns a 63% stake.[3] The venture has another plant in Samut Prakan, the Teparak plant.[5]

Sales

Toyota posted its highest-ever Thai sales in 2012 at 516,086 vehicles, a 78 percent rise from 2011. Sales decreased by 13.7 percent to 445,464 in 2013 and shrank by 26.6 percent to 327,027 in 2014. In 2015, TMT reported sales of 266,005 vehicles, down 18.7 percent. Sales for the first five months of 2016 totalled 87,715 vehicles, down 13.4 percent from the same period in 2015. The company projected its 2016 whole-year sales to fall by 9.8 percent from 2015 to 240,000 vehicles, the fourth successive year of declining sales.[2]

Thailand saw 1,007,552 new vehicles registered in 2019, a year-on-year decline of 3.3 percent. Toyota increased its Thai market share in 2019 to 33 percent, a 2.8 percent increase.[6]

Management
  • Chairman: Mr Kalin Sarasin[7]
  • President: Mr Noriaki Yamashita
  • Honorary Executive Adviser: Ninnart Chaithirapinyo
  • Executive Assistant: Surasak Suthongwan
  • Executive Vice President: Surapoom Udomwong
  • Vice President: Pravena Nuntilkuvanich
  • Senior Executive Adviser & Treasurer: Tomohiko Deguchi

Models
The Thai-built 2021 Yaris Ativ Sport Premium.

Manufactured locally

The following is a list of plants and their products.[8]

Chachoengsao (Gateway) Plant

Samrong Plant

Theparak Plant (Toyota Auto Works venture)

Ban Pho Plant

Imported

Manufactured locally

Imported

References
  1. "Company Information". Toyota Motor Thailand (TMT). Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  2. Maikaew, Piyachart (6 July 2016). "Toyota Thailand to cut 800 workers". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  3. "About us". Toyota Auto Works. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  4. Maikaew, Piyachart (22 January 2013). "New Toyota plant to open this year". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  5. Kukuchi, Akifumi; Gokan, Toshitaka (2011). "On the sequence of steps in clustering policy for creating spatial advantages". In Kukuchi, Akifumi; Tsuji, Masatsugu (eds.). Industrial Clusters, Upgrading and Innovation in East Asia. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 978-0-857-93513-7.
  6. Ellison, Edd (6 February 2020). "Toyota Thailand Foresees 'Challenging Year'". Wards Auto. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  7. "Management Team". Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  8. "TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION GLOBAL WEBSITE | 75 Years of TOYOTA | Overview of Overseas Production Affiliates | Asia". www.toyota-global.com. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
  9. "Toyota holds opening ceremony for 3rd Thai plant" (Press release). Toyota. 13 March 2007. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  10. "TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION GLOBAL WEBSITE | 75 Years of TOYOTA | Activities by Region | Asia". www.toyota-global.com. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
  11. Ruiz, Teresa. "New Daihatsu Charade the end-version to disappear from Europe". Retrieved 2022-02-11.


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