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Thailand Automobile Manufacturing industry
is expanding rapidly. Manufacture of automobiles, trucks and pick ups
are now a significant proportion of Thailand's exports. It is not for me
to deal out the statistics but more to write about what is happening now
in 2006 and what I think is going to occur in the very near future.
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Making an automobiles, SUV, pick up truck is
not just about rolling out the new vehicle at the end of the production
line. There are all the components to consider that go into the
production and eventually the finished product. Then after the vehicle
leaves the factory they are delivered to the auto dealers spread around
Thailand or loaded onto ships for export all over the world.
As a product sourcing agent I visit factories and industrial estates all
over Thailand, most are situated pretty close to Bangkok. What I see is
expansion. Every time I visit a location I visited a few months earlier
a new factory has been built. I note down the factory and update the
company's details in The Ultimate Thailand Contact Database. Sometimes
we already have the company in the database, in which case it is a
simple operation to update the details and enter the new factory
location.
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Sometimes the company is new and
further research is needed. This year the majority of factories I spot
are automotive factories. Factories churning out the myriad of
components needed to make these vehicles.
I get many requests every day for product
sourcing. I also get many requests every week from foreign companies
looking to set up production facilities in Thailand. In the past few
months I have received almost identical requests from two major European
automobile manufacturers, Citroen and Volkswagen. Their requests are
help in setting up an automotive component supplier list. Their plan to
build automobile manufacturing facilities here in Thailand. Now read
that again automobile manufacturing facilities not automobile
assembly plants.
For a full list of Automobile and Automotive
products and lists of the companies and manufacturers involved in this
industry.
Thailand Automotive Companies, Thai
Automotive Manufacturers
For the first time in 2005, securing the
kingdom's claim to being the "Detroit of Southeast Asia." Thailand's
automobile production reached 1,125,316 units in 2005, of which 440,717
were exported, with a value of 5.2 billion dollars, up 36 per cent on
2004 figures, the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) disclosed.
Auto Industry Club spokesman Surpong Paisitpattanapong said altogether
the automotive industry earned 7.5 billion dollars from combined exports
of vehicles, engines and auto parts in 2005, an increase of 45 percent.
Production of vehicles for the domestic market reached 684,599 units, up
21.3 per cent. The vast majority of vehicles manufactured in Thailand
are one-ton pickups, amounting to 822,867 units in 2005 made for both
the domestic and export markets. For 2006, the FTI predicts Thailand
will produce 1,245,000 vehicles, including 723,000 units for the
domestic market and 522,000 for export
Car Production Target 2006
Thailand will produce more than 1 million units per year (with 700,000
from 1 ton pick up) and export more than 40% with production value more
than 500,000 million Baht
Auto Parts Production Target 2006
Thailand will produce high quality/high standard OEM and REM with the
export value of 200,000 million Baht.
http://it.reedtradex.co.th/atm06enews4/index.html
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Automobile Body & Panels
Manufacturer
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Automobile Brake
Components
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Automobile Suspension
Parts
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Automobile Electrical &
Electronics
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Automobile Upholstery
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Automobile Batteries
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Automobile Car Care
Products
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Automobile Parts
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Automobile Glass
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Automobile Accessories
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Automobile Plastic Parts
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Automobile Engines &
Engine Parts
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Automobile Tires & Rubber
Parts
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Automobile Air
Conditioning
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