Toyota Motor has begun production at an engine plant in Indonesia.

The new plant can turn out 216,000 units a year and will take on 400 employess. The plant will produce 1.3 and 1.5 litre NR engines, some of which will be for export. The facility is located in Karawang, West Java. Toyota built a plant to make the Fortuner sport utility vehicle in Karawang back in 1998, adding a Vios plant there in 2013.

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Toyota's Senior Managing Officer Koei Saga said: "Toyota sees TMMIN as one of our core hubs for the production and supply of both vehicles and engines. Through our operations here, we hope to maintain and strengthen our position as part of the local community here in Indonesia."

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