Toyota announces transfer of headquarters of its regional division to Argentina – Telam

President Mauricio Macri received this morning the owner of the Toyota Motor Corporation, Takeshi Uchiyamada, who announced that the company would move from Japan to Argentina the activities of its Latin America and Caribbean Division (LACD) and create new jobs. in the country.

The leaders conveyed this decision to Macri during a meeting with the head of state and the Minister of Production and Labor, Dante Sica, at the presidential residence of Olivos.

The CEO of the company for Latin America and the Caribbean, Masahiro Inoue, and the owner of Toyota Argentina, Daniel Herrero, also participated in the meeting.

The new Argentina-based Toyota office will coordinate the operations of 37 independent distributors that the company owns in 36 countries in the region, as officially stated.

The decision to transfer certain functions from Tokyo to its plant in Zárate, Buenos Aires province, will allow the incorporation of more staff and encourage the development of Argentinian professionals.

Uchiyamada highlighted President Macri's "strong leadership" for the measures taken by the government in favor of wider trade openness and thanked him for the incentive policies applied to the development of endowed vehicles new technologies.

Toyota has been present in the Latin America and Caribbean region for 66 years and is present in 39 countries. and it has four vehicle production plants, two auto parts factories and a training center.

Traveling to Mar del Plata

Macri will travel to Mar del Plata in the afternoon when, at 4:15 pm, he will travel with the head of the Mar del Plata air base, Commodore Héctor Biasutti, for the restructuring and enlargement of the pbadenger terminal of Astor Piazzolla airport.

At the airport, technological improvements have been made to enhance the safety of operations, particularly in situations of reduced visibility due to fog or thunderstorms.

At 4:45 pm, the president will visit the extension of the coastal pipeline network in order to improve the gas service for Mar del Plata, which will benefit more than 85,000 users of Miramar, Balcarce, before the end of l & # 39; year. Mar Chiquita, Las Armas, San Clemente, Villa Gesell, among other localities in the area.