Piaggio Group Opens New Scooter Manufacturing Facility In Indonesia

On November 23, 2022, the Piaggio Group proudly introduced the official opening of its latest manufacturing facility. The 55,000 sq. meter website is situated within the Cikarang district of West Java, Indonesia, close to Jakarta. With over 5 million scooters and bikes offered in Indonesia yearly, the Southeast Asian nation is the third-largest two-wheeler market on the earth (behind India and China). 

What is going to Piaggio Group be making on this new facility? At the moment, the plan is all Vespa scooters for the native market, on a regular basis. The brand new Jakarta plant is the Piaggio Group’s eighth manufacturing facility worldwide, up to now. Right here’s a breakdown of the placement of every current Piaggio plant, in addition to what it produces: 

• Pontedera, Italy: Piaggio autos, Vespa scooters, Porter metropolis vans, E-mobility R&D division (which developed the Vespa Elettrica and Piaggio 1 
• Noale, Italy: Aprilia bikes and scooters 
• Scorzè, Italy: Aprilia bikes and scooters 
• Mandello del Lario, Italy: Moto Guzzi bikes 
• Baramati, India: Piaggio two- and three-wheeled autos for the Indian market 
• Vinh Phuc, Vietnam: Piaggio automobile and engine manufacturing and R&D for Southeast Asia 
• Foshan, China: Piaggio R&D for Asia 
• Boston, Massachussetts, U.S.: Residence of Piaggio Quick Ahead, the Group’s robotics firm, which produces the gita household of merchandise 

“The brand new plant in Indonesia sees the Piaggio Group take one other stride ahead within the strategic worldwide development program it started greater than ten years in the past, which has made it one of many trade’s main gamers, with a portfolio of distinctive manufacturers, a proud image of Italy around the globe,” Piaggio Group chairman and CEO Roberto Colaninno mentioned in an announcement. 

“Piaggio Group gross sales on the Indonesian market grew by 61% in 2021 and can proceed to rise within the close to future,” he added. 

Indonesia’s inhabitants presently consists of greater than 276 million folks. Each the nation’s inhabitants and GDP per capita are projected to develop within the double digits over the following three years, in line with Piaggio. Together with these projections, the already-high variety of two-wheelers offered may rise to 6 million per 12 months in the identical time interval. Vespa’s worldwide legacy solely continues to develop—and its standing as a world design icon is clearer than ever.