Toyota Motor Kyushu will set up a JPY16 bn plant to make hybrid car parts in an industrial park straddling Kitakyushu and the adjacent town of Kanda in Fukuoka Prefecture.

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According to Kyodo News, the firm, part of the Toyota group, said the new plant, its third production facility, is due to come on stream next summer on a 340,000sq m site, employing about 150.

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