Karachi: Suzuki Motor Corp plans to increase production in its Pakistani factory Pak-Suzuki from 110,000 vehicles to 170,000 vehicles in fiscal year 2009.
Suzuki -- which is also ramping up production in India and Hungary -- said it would invest 60 billion yen (520 million yen) to build the factory in central Shizuoka prefecture, with construction to begin this fall.
The plant will begin operating at the end of 2008, with annual production capacity of 240,000 compact vehicles.
"We had a large back-order situation overseas, with countries in Europe, North and Central America, and Southeast Asia demanding to increase production for our Swift and SX4-Grand Vitala," said Suzuki Motor chairman Osamu Suzuki.
The chairman of Japan's mini-vehicle giant said it was difficult to choose the site for the factory but said there were advantages to building close to existing Suzuki plants in Shizuoka.
Japanese automakers have cashed in handsomely on the global trend to fuel-efficient cars as oil prices keep rising.