Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indonesia (TMMIN), Toyota Motor Corporation's vehicle production subsidiary in Indonesia, recently completed construction of a new engine plant, with production beginning from the end of February.

Built with an investment of approximately 2.3 trillion rupiah, the Karawang Engine Plant, located in West Java, has the capacity to produce 216,000 engines per year and will take on approximately 400 new employees. The plant will produce 1.3 and 1.5 liter NR engines, some of which will be for export.

With the goal of achieving sustainable growth, Toyota is creating plants with a focus on competitiveness, which is a significant shift from the previous focus on high-volume production. Toyota aims to build plants that are safer and more environmentally-friendly, whilst also incorporating innovative production technologies.

This corresponds to Toyota's overarching goal of building simple, slim, and flexible plants around the world. As a result, Toyota's new plant in Indonesia―while compact―is able to effectively handle fluctuations in demand and to house all aspects of the engine manufacturing process under one roof.