KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 20): Perodua has allocated RM200.5 million for capital expenditure this year, which includes building its new flagship 3S centres, its managing director Datuk Aminar Rashid Salleh said on Friday.
He said Perodua would invest RM30 million to RM40 million for the centre at Section 19, Petaling Jaya, as a model of its future sales and service centre nationwide.
"The reason why we are building this new flagship centre is because we want to have a strong brand and image as we want our partner to have confidence in us.
"But the most important is, this is the beginning of our decentralisation process and we will be applying a value analysis and value engineering method into our new store to try bring down our costs and relook at the design," he told a media briefing on Perodua's 2011 performance.
He said CONSTRUCTION [] for the new six-storey building would start in April and was expected to commence operations in the second half of 2013.
The store would feature its new corporate image and brand; new standard; centre of reference and decentralisation of operations, he said.
Meanwhile, updating on the Electronic Automatic Transmission (E-AT) production plant project, Aminar Rashid said Perodua will be a minority shareholder.
"The majority shareholders will come from our partner, either Daihatsu Motor Company of Japan or its subsidiaries. We are still discussing with them on the equity stake," he said.
He said the plant is expected to be completed by end-2013. He, however, declined to reveal the plant's location.
He said Perodua aims to produce 130,000 EAT vehicles a year for a start and will gradually increase the number to 200,000 units, both for domestic and export markets. - Bernama
He said Perodua would invest RM30 million to RM40 million for the centre at Section 19, Petaling Jaya, as a model of its future sales and service centre nationwide.
"The reason why we are building this new flagship centre is because we want to have a strong brand and image as we want our partner to have confidence in us.
"But the most important is, this is the beginning of our decentralisation process and we will be applying a value analysis and value engineering method into our new store to try bring down our costs and relook at the design," he told a media briefing on Perodua's 2011 performance.
He said CONSTRUCTION [] for the new six-storey building would start in April and was expected to commence operations in the second half of 2013.
The store would feature its new corporate image and brand; new standard; centre of reference and decentralisation of operations, he said.
Meanwhile, updating on the Electronic Automatic Transmission (E-AT) production plant project, Aminar Rashid said Perodua will be a minority shareholder.
"The majority shareholders will come from our partner, either Daihatsu Motor Company of Japan or its subsidiaries. We are still discussing with them on the equity stake," he said.
He said the plant is expected to be completed by end-2013. He, however, declined to reveal the plant's location.
He said Perodua aims to produce 130,000 EAT vehicles a year for a start and will gradually increase the number to 200,000 units, both for domestic and export markets. - Bernama
