Small cars are definitely the need of an hour in the Indian context. The world’s largest car maker by volumes, Toyota Motor Corporation is all set to launch a small car in the country by 2011, resulting in creation of jobs. The company said it would hire 2,000 more people in India.

Toyota Motor Corp and the Kirloskar Group, work on a joint venture -Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM). This group handles the operations in India. TKM has an existing facility in Bangalore. The plant has annual installed capacity of 80, 000 units, which employees about 4, 000 people including the staff from the sales and marketing division.

The second manufacturing plant with an investment of 3,200 crore is coming up at its Bangalore facility. The initial annual production capacity of the plant would be 70, 000 units, which could be expanded up to two lakh units. TKM is also planning to shift some of its current employees to the upcoming plant.

“We will require a strong manpower to give a shape to the idea, which will require an additional 2, 000 people in the second plant which is currently under construction,” said Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) Managing Director Hiroshi Nakagawa. He also said that the company has already started the recruitment process and intends to complete it by the time the plant is set for launch.

Source:

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/jobs/Toyota-to-hire-2000-workers-in-India/articleshow/5148871.cms

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