Mitsubishi PH to increase local production, hires more workers

President Aquino tours the newly inaugurated factory of Mitsubishi Motors Philippines Corp.

Mitsubishi Motors Philippines Corp. (MMPC) is hiking its vehicle production capacity to 39,000 units annually in order to meet a growing domestic demand and the company’s requirements under a government-backed incentives program.

To support this 47-percent increase from the current production rate, MMPC also hired an additional 500 employees for a two-shift operation, which will start by November this year, at the company’s manufacturing plant in Sta. Rosa, Laguna. This facility  has a maximum production capacity of 50,000 units annually.

“Working on two-shift production operations will indeed be a challenge for MMPC since it has been more than two decades since it has operated a full-swing, two-shift production operations in its former plant in Cainta, Rizal,” the company said.

MMPC president and CEO Yoshiaki Kato assured employees: “Although we are facing a tremendous challenge that will push us out of our comfort zones, this is a huge opportunity for our future [since] it will show to our principal, Mitsubishi Motors Corp., and the rest of the world that MMPC is globally competitive, comprised of diligent and determined employees with a passion for excellence.”

MMPC has earlier also committed to invest an initial P4.3 billion to produce 200,000 units of the Mirage line over a six-year period under the government’s Comprehensive Automotive Resurgence Strategy (CARS) program. The program aims to incentivize manufacturers in order to increase their domestic production. Amy R. Remo