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Ventures Africa | Toyota South Africa Opens $44m Mega Warehouse

27 Апр 2015 | Author: dima | No comments yet »

Toyota South Africa $44m Mega Warehouse

AFRICA – Africa’s largest manufacturer, exporter and retailer, South Africa Motors has opened a 363 million rand million) new parts distribution in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, South

The warehouse was built to serve the Southern African Toyota, and Hino dealer network daily deliveries including fifty seven international where proudly South Toyota vehicles are exported to.

Johan van Zyl, President and CEO of SA Motors and a Managing Officer of Motor Corporation, said, investments lay the foundation for a mid-term that will further the local automotive industry as by the Automotive Production and Development (APDP). It will also South Africa’s position as a manufacturing hub with its ability to support any locally manufactured regardless of its destination.”

“The facility itself more than 2.2 million pieces worth more 350 million rand ($42 and that supports 268 local I am sure you see how important it is in light of plans to develop the local supplier industry,” he said.

The new has 39 000m2 of storage space and a 3000m2 of office space. area hosts the company’s Service and Logistic Support Toyota has future plans to of the warehouse at the largest of its kind on the continent by adding a 38 000m2 to it. He second phase will be by 2015.

Toyota South Africa had early this year it would develop the newly facility and a local assembly for its taxi .

“It is fortuitous that our new is opened on the eve of the introduction of the new Automotive and Development Programme (APDP). We that this programme create an environment in which and the automotive industry can further its operations, in turn benefiting the component industry,” Van Zyl said.

Toyota subsequently made commitment to invest billions of (millions of Dollars) into the Africa economy in the next of years.

Toyota’s five 8 billion rand ($960 Motor Industry Development (MIDP) is set to conclude at the end of this and will replaced by the Automotive and Development Programme (APDP) will kick off next Although the company does not to confirm the total investment for the coming five-year period, van Zyl that it will be a multi-billion project.