Ford recently moved its passenger-car production line from AAT to its wholly owned manufacturing facility in Rayong. Its pickup truck line will remain at AAT.
Mazda last month officially kicked off its local Mazda2 eco-car production, with a combined investment of 12.6 billion baht.
Of that amount, 9.73 billion baht will go to make 158,000 eco-cars and 200,000 auto parts annually.
The other 2.87 billion baht will be invested in engine production, scheduled to kick off next month.