Car Manufacturing Booms in Thailand
11/21/2013
Thailand Racing to Supply SE Asia’s Demand for Vehicles
Hello, and welcome back.
I’m Jim Tedder in Washington.
On today’s program…they get you to the store quickly and quietly, they take you into the countryside for a nice weekend. But they also cost a lot of money to buy and to keep in good shape. And the cost of fuel? Forget about it!
Today’s show is all about cars, and we will travel to Thailand and to the West Coast of the United States to hear what is going on.
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A Booming Car Industry in Thailand
The automobile industry in Thailand is booming. In other words, it’s doing very well! The industry is now the world’s third-largest maker of commercial vehicles. Only the United States and China are ahead of it. Many foreign automakers are producing vehicles in Rayong for Southeast Asia’s growing middle class.
Matt Bradley is regional president of Ford. He praised Thailand as a highly successful example for manufacturing.
“Thailand, I think, has made a concerted effort from government policy in the last 15 years to plan to support the automotive industry. Ford has been in Thailand about 17 years and just since 2007 we’ve invested over a billion dollars in our manufacturing and product cycle plant footprint in Thailand.”
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