KTM Asia Motorcycle Manufacturing Inc. (KAMMI) is nearing its 30,000 motorcycle production milestone in just four years of operation.
The company is also expanding its exports to other countries in Asean.
In 2017, KAMMI started with just four models — 200 Duke, 390 Duke, RC 200 and RC 390 and has since expanded its manufacturing line to a total of 13 models from the KTM group.
KAMMI is a joint-venture between AC Industrial Technology Holdings, Inc. (AC Industrials) and KTM AG.
Over the past year of the pandemic, KAMMI has also started producing higher displacement 790cc motorcycles, as well as a new brand within the KTM stable — Husqvarna Motorcycles.
For both domestic and export markets, eight of these new models were first manufactured in 2020 alone. For the Adventure line, these are the KTM 390 Adventure, 790 Adventure and 790 Adventure R. For the Street line, these are the KTM 790 Duke and the new generation 200 Duke, as well as Husqvarna Motorcycles’ Svartpilen 200, Svartpilen 401 and Vitpilen 401. With this expanded line, KAMMI has produced more than 29,000 units since inception, 7,000 of which were manufactured solely in 2020. In 2021, production growth is expected to continue, with close to 12,000 units by year end.
“The growing demand from both local and export markets has now driven KAMMI to expand its current Laguna facility and build additional assembly lines, including one dedicated for KTM engine Assembly,” said Arthur Tan, Group president and chief executive officer (CEO) of AC Industrials and concurrently, CEO of KAMMI.
KAMMI is now exporting over 65 percent of its production to the China and Asean markets.
Apart from China, Thailand and Vietnam, KAMMI is also expanding its export market to Malaysia, and Cambodia.
