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...Toyota, the Japanese carmaker, builds vehicles at Burnaston, just outside the city, while Canada’s Bombardier has its UK trainmaking factory in the area....
...This is encouraging the big Japanese makers, such as Toyota Motor, Honda Motor and others, who plan to take up incentives offered by the Thai government to hybrid vehicle makers to add manufacturing capacity...
...In the middle of last year, Mr Robson began pitching it to the world’s top auto component and carmakers, including General Motors, Volkswagen and Toyota. About a dozen said they were interested....
...Korean companies such as Samsung and Hyundai have all but caught up with Panasonic, Toyota and the like in the quality of their products – in part because they have mimicked Japanese manufacturing techniques...
...Among the most vulnerable companies are those with a sizeable exposure to General Motors and Ford....
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