INDIA: Yapp, Zoom, new plastic fuel tanks, JIT
Author: Satnam Singh | 10 June 2010
Yapp Zoom Automotive Systems has opened a plastic fuel tank manufacturing factory at Ford's new suppliers park near Chennai. The automaker recently ramped up car and engine production capacity to build the Figo hatchback, an updated local variant of the previous generation Fiesta.
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