Yamaha Building Motorcycle Plant In Pakistan

[Edevelop]

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Yamaha Motor Co. will build a motorcycle plant in Pakistan with the aim of starting production in 2015, in an attempt to expand its business in an untapped emerging market, company President Hiroyuki Yanagi said Friday in an interview with Kyodo News.

Yamaha will first invest 1.3 billion yen in the Pakistani plant before increasing the amount to a total of 10 billion yen by 2020 to raise its production capacity to 400,000 units a year.

"Motorcycles sold now in Pakistan are mainly Chinese-made, but they are very old," Yanagi said. "We'd like to stimulate the market by introducing new models."

Yamaha has set its initial production target at 40,000 units per year.

The motorcycle market in Pakistan is expected to double to 3 million units in 2020 from the 2013 level of 1.5 million, according to the Japanese manufacturer.

Yamaha Building Motorcycle Plant In Pakistan

 

[aks18]

great news hope they setup this plant in near future

 

[darkinsky]

lol 1,3 billion yen, OMG sounds almost 1.3 billion dollars

 

[American Pakistani]

lol 1,3 billion yen, OMG sounds almost 1.3 billion dollars

1.3billion Yen is nothing but atleast something.

It's equal to 1.36billion PKR.

 

[Donatello]

Not more motorcycles on the road.

 

[Subho]

 

[danger007]

Are they getting these bykes??

 

[force1]

now yamaha r15 cost how much in pakistan?

 

[Bhai Zakir]

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Yamaha Motor Co. will build a motorcycle plant in Pakistan with the aim of starting production in 2015, in an attempt to expand its business in an untapped emerging market, company President Hiroyuki Yanagi said Friday in an interview with Kyodo News.

Yamaha will first invest 1.3 billion yen in the Pakistani plant before increasing the amount to a total of 10 billion yen by 2020 to raise its production capacity to 400,000 units a year.

"Motorcycles sold now in Pakistan are mainly Chinese-made, but they are very old," Yanagi said. "We'd like to stimulate the market by introducing new models."

Yamaha has set its initial production target at 40,000 units per year.

The motorcycle market in Pakistan is expected to double to 3 million units in 2020 from the 2013 level of 1.5 million, according to the Japanese manufacturer.

Yamaha Building Motorcycle Plant In Pakistan

pakistanis needs to get over with the chinese junk they should go for quality Motorcycle from world's largest Motorcycle Manufacturer.

 

[imperialmen]

Yamaha makes top notch motorcycles. Their R15 is awesome. If it was 200cc, it would easily beat Pulsar NS, CBR250 etc

 

[Xracer]

Not more motorcycles on the road.

LOL Bro at least we will have Good Bikes not doodh wala bikes

 

[Karachiite]

I think it's going to be set up somewhere around Karachi.

 

[Yogi]

1.3 billion is around $13-15 million, so i think it should be another assembly plant, even the max investment they r planning is also around $100 million (10 billion yen) only....

But Yamaha is a good company n they have some really nice bikes specially considering the current scenario of Pakistani market....

 

[Tehmasib]

in 1990s a Yamaha factory was in near Rawat. Why they closed?? still there is famous chok named "" YAMA Chok""

 

[virgosa2]

Great news for Yamaha lovers.....