Racing to Catch up to Thailand
Logistics and infrastructure costs are making it hard for Indonesia to become ASEAN's largest automobile production base.
Tempo
May 6, 2014
APPARENTLY unperturbed by all the fuss surrounding the general election, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indonesia stayed focused on its two major tasks: driving the first foundation pile to its engine factory and its Vios sedan exports to the Middle East. Both happened during February and March.
When Tempo saw the construction work on the engine factory at the end of March, earthmoving equipment could be seen leveling the site. A series of roads enc
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