BMW begins SKD exports to Vietnam for native meeting

Truong Hai Auto (Thaco) will assemble the autos from semi-knockdown (SKD) kits at its Chu Lai meeting plant in Quang Nam province. The containerised kits are being imported from BMW’s globao manufacturing community.

BMW re-entered the market in Vietnam 5 years in the past and since then has be importing completed autos from completely different areas. Over that point Thaco has been working because the carmaker’s official importer within the nation.

These completed automobile imports have additionally included containers. In 2019, CFR Rinkens received a contract to ship autos in containers from Europe to Vietnam. Container shipments to Vietnam are extra common, whereas ro-ro deliveries are topic to transhipment factors and irregular schedules (learn extra).

Completed variations of the BMW 3 and 5 Sequence sedans had been additionally being delivered to Vietnam from native meeting in Malaysia. 

Lars Nielsen, managing director, BMW Group Asia, mentioned Thaco’s dedication to the model had been confirmed and would assist assist long-term development potential in Vietnam with native manufacturing. 

Thaco has greater than 20 years’ expertise manufacturing and buying and selling passenger and industrial autos for a variety of worldwide manufacturers, in response to its chairman, Trần Bá Dương. Thaco manages imports to Vietnam for Kia, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Peugeot and Mitsubishi Foton

“We’re excited and honoured to have the chance to now embody BMW autos as a part of our manufacturing enterprise in Chu Lai, Quang Nam province and are dedicated to offering high-quality autos that BMW prospects count on from the model.”