Mazda has started mass production of automatic transmissions at its new plant, Mazda Powertrain Manufacturing (Thailand) (MPMT) in the Chonburi prefecture.
Annual production capacity of automatic transmissions at MPMT is around 400,000 units and, in combination with Hofu Plant in Japan, the new factory will raise Mazda’s capacity to approximately 1,540,000 units globally. Transmissions produced at MPMT will be supplied to global production facilities including Auto Alliance (Thailand) to be used in the 2 (Demio), 3 (Axela) and CX-5.
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MPMT President and CEO Hidenori Kawakami said: “We’ve made great efforts to ensure the manufacture of high quality units at MPMT including sending more than 30 engineers and managers to plants in Hiroshima and Hofu. Start of mass production here means that Mazda has succeeded in establishing a global production structure capable of supplying Skyactiv-Drive automatic transmissions of the same high quality of those we make in Japan.”
The establishment of a global production footprint was one of the key measures of Mazda’s Structural Reform Plan announced in February 2012.
