General News of Friday, 22 March 2019Source: ghanaiantimes.com.ghSuzuki to set up production plant in GhanaPresident Akufo-Addo (middle) with Suzuki Automobile delegation at the Jubilee HouseThe Japanese Multinational automobile manufacturing company, Suzuki Motor Corporation has announced its intention to set up a production facility in Ghana and make the country the hub of its operations in sub-Saharan Africa. Mr Koichi Suzuki, Suzuki’s General Manager in-charge of Middle East and Africa disclosed this when he called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at the Jubilee House in Accra yesterday. The company joins four other automakers- Volkswagen, Nissan, Renault and China’s Sinotruck to establish assembly plants in Ghana. Suzuki plans to site its distribution and after-sales service centre in Ghana in partnership with Compagnie Française de l’Afrique Occidentale (CFAO). Suzuki produces annually 3.3 million affordable but reliable, safe and fuel-efficient vehicles, with engine capacities less than 1.6 litres via its production plant in India that churns almost half of its global production.

Source: GhanaWeb March 22, 2019 04:30 UTC