Automotive parts maker Toyota Boshoku Co. will found a wholly owned subsidiary in Pas-de-Calais, northern France, in January to produce spare bumpers for Toyota Motor cars assembled in Europe.

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The French unit will launch bumper production in 2006 for Toyota’s Corolla, Yaris and Avensis cars, Kyodi News reported.


Annual production capacity will reach some 250,000 units by 2012.

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