Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) has inaugurated a new manufacturing plant in Indonesia following a 65 billion yen ($565 million) investment in a state-of-the-art facility that will employ 3,000 workers and produce 160,000 units a year at full capacity.

The plant, located in the new GIIC Industrial Estate in Bekasi Prefecture, was completed following a two-year construction project backed by Mitsubishi Motors Krama Yudha Indonesia (MMKI), MMC's manufacturing joint venture with Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) and its Indonesian partner PT Krama Yudha (KY).

The manufacturing plant will begin producing MMC's popular sports utility vehicle, the Pajero Sport, which will be followed by an all-new seven-seater multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) and the COLT L300 light commercial vehicle.

The opening of the Bekasi plant forms part of MMC's expansion strategy in the ASEAN region, where it also assembles vehicles in Thailand and the Philippines. The company's growth plan is supported by Nissan, which acquired a 34% stake in the automotive group in 2016 when MMC became a member, of the global Renault-Nissan Alliance.

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