Toyoda Gosei Safety Systems Indonesia (TGSSI), a subsidiary of Toyoda Gosei in Japan, said it would spend IDR80bn (JPY800m; US$8m) to expand its plant and install new production equipment, greatly increasing capacity.

By 2016, TGSSI plans to increase annual production of airbags to about 1.5m units and of steering wheels to 800,000, about five and 1.5 times the current level respectively.

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The supplier is adding about 130 people to increase headcount to 220 by 2016.

“This is to respond to the increasing demand for airbags as the ASEAN NCAP2, targeted at ASEAN countries, has been introduced in Indonesia,” the company said in a statement.

TGSSI also recently marked its 10th anniversary with a commemorative ceremony.

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