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Native name | บริษัท มิตซูบิชิ มอเตอร์ส (ประเทศไทย) |
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Formerly | MMC Sittipol Co., Ltd.[1] |
Company type | Subsidiary |
Founded | 1987 |
Headquarters | FYI Center, Thailand |
Key people | Inaba Ryoichi (President & CEO) |
Products | Automobile manufacturing |
Number of employees | c. 4,000 (2004) |
Parent | Mitsubishi Motors (100%) |
Subsidiaries | MMTh Engine Co., Ltd. (MEC) |
Website | www |
Mitsubishi Motors (Thailand) is the Thai operation of Mitsubishi Motors Corporation. It became the first Thai automobile manufacturer to export vehicles overseas in 1988, and has remained the country's largest exporter every year since.[2]
Mitsubishi Motors Thailand is currently the most productive of the parent corporation's four manufacturing facilities outside Japan, with 133,109 vehicles produced in 2006. It exported its one millionth pickup truck in October 2007.[3] In anticipation of a growth in the market for pickup trucks, Mitsubishi is investing 21 billion baht (¥1 billion) to increase local capacity to 200,000 units.[4] In November 2015, Mitsubishi Motors Thailand celebrated production of its four millionth vehicle.[5]
Mitsubishi Motors Thailand owns a subsidiary, MMTh Engine, located at Laem Chabang Industrial Estates, Tambon Thung Sukhla, Si Racha District, Chonburi Province, which produces auto components.[6]