Jatco announced it will expand capacity in the next year of its recently completed US$200m automatic transmission plant in Thailand’s Chonburi province.

The plant began pre-production in July 2013 with a capacity of 500,000 CVT transmission systems per year. Deliveries to customers are expected to start this month.

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The factory currently employs 740 workers, but this is expected to rise to 1,300 next year, when capacity will be expanded to 700,000 units per year.

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