Pak Suzuki to set up second plant at Port Qasim

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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has welcomed Pak Suzuki Motor Company’s plan for to setting up its second assembly plant at Port Qasim, Karachi.
While talking to a delegation, led by Suzuki’s Global Chairman Osamu Suzuki on Tuesday, the premier said the government is committed towards supporting the development of private sector, promoting investment, improving ease of doing business and growth of manufacturing sector.

The delegation apprised the PM that the construction of second plant will increase company’s manufacturing capacity by additional 100,000 vehicles per year.
The delegation included Kinji Saito, Masafumi Harano, Shigeo Takezawa, Yusuke Katto and Shafiq A Shaikh. The members briefed the Prime Minister on the existing investment of Suzuki Motors and the company’s future investment plans.

Meanwhile, speaking at the Pak Suzuki’s ceremony held to mark the production of two million units in the country on Monday, Adviser to PM on Commerce, Textile, Investment, Industries and Production Abdul Razzak Dawood said that the company is planning to build its second assembly with an investment of $460 million.
The company has already acquired 80 acres right next to the existing plant at Port Qasim. As per market reports, the company is all set to roll out Alto 660cc in place of iconic Mehran 800cc which ruled the roads for 30 years.

Coca-Cola to invest $200m

In a separate meeting a delegation of Coca-Cola Company and bottling partners Coca-Cola Iecek Turkey, informed the prime minister regarding their short and long-term investment plans and shared that they have already invested over $500m in past five years and plan to invest another $200m in the coming years.
They said that this will create new jobs in the economy, support ancillary industries and help the government in earning incremental revenue through taxes. The delegation hoped that the company’s investment would encourage other international companies to invest in Pakistan.

Published in Dawn, November 28th, 2018

https://www.dawn.com/news/1448090/pak-suzuki-to-set-up-second-plant-at-port-qasim

پاک سوزوکی پاکستان میں نیا پلانٹ لگائے گی جس کے لیے 45 کروڑ ڈالرکی سرمایہ کاری کی جائے گی۔

وزارت خزانہ کے اعلامیے کے مطابق وزیر خزانہ اسد عمر سے پاک سوزوکی کے سربراہ مسافومی نے ملاقات کی اور پاکستان میں نیا پلانٹ لگانے کا اعلان کیا، جس سے 20 لاکھ گاڑیاں بنا ئی جا سکیں گی ۔

وزیر خزانہ اسد عمر نے کہا ہے کہ سوزوکی پاکستان میں 450ملین ڈالرز کی سرمایہ کاری کرے گی۔

اعلامیے کے مطابق دنیا کی سب سے بڑی انرجی کمپنی ایگزن موبل کے سربراہ نے بھی وزیرخزانہ سے ملاقات کی ، وزیرخزانہ اسد عمرنے کہا کہ ایگزن موبل 27 سال قبل پاکستان کو چھوڑ گئی تھی۔
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[eysonm]

Tell them to fix car quality and safety with price... warna kick them out and open international cars which can give us both quality, good car. they have already looted us alot since 1998 Mehran/Alto is same with lights change every year. i say kick them out and people who work their should open their own workshops as entrepreneur for imported cars

 

[imran_hosein_fan]

we dont need scrap suzuki cars, open gates for bmw, daimler, peugeot

 

[karachii]

we dont need scrap suzuki cars, open gates for bmw, daimler, peugeot

SORRY SIR,

BUT AT THIS POINT WE DONT HAVE QUALITY MANUFACTURERS TO SUPPLY THEM PARTS LOCALLY, THIS WAS AND STILL THE MAIN REASON EUROPEAN COMPANIES ARE HESITANT TO ENTER PAKISTANI MARKETS, EVEN IN INDIA THEY DONT BUILD HIGH GRADE MODELS OF EUROPEAN BRANDS THEY ARE SO STRICT ON QUALITY OF THEIR FINAL PRODUCT WORLDWIDE.