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Fiat to build diesel engine plant in China
Posted: 21 August 2008 1307 hrs

 
 
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SHANGHAI: Italian automaker Fiat has agreed to set up a light diesel engine plant with total investment of US$263 million in southwest China, the local government said.

The project, located in Chongqing city, will have an annual capacity of 100,000 units, with 70 per cent of the output expected to be exported, the Chongqing Development and Reform Commission said in a statement.

"Fiat will seek to start building the project at an early date and hopes to make Chongqing Fiat's largest overseas production base," it said.

The Italian company's truck division Iveco also has a joint venture with Shanghai-based SAIC Motor and Chongqing Heavy Vehicle Group in the city.

- AFP/yub

 

 



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