INLAY Army Car of the Myanmar

09 Maret 2020

INLAY process manufacturing (all photos : Dambiev, cincds)

Kachin State Automobile Assembly Plant's Tatmadaw Heavy Industry of Myanmar's Ministry of Industry, has launched the production of INLAY army vehicles of national design.

Tatmadaw Heavy Industry in Htonbo - Kachin, Myanmar held production of necessary parts for vehicles, assembling of vehicles, and machine parts in the line of engine production in Machine Shop and Diesel Engine Manufacturing Plant. 

Tatmadaw Heavy Industry (Htonbo) under the Ministry of Industry 2 in the past manufactured Mazada Jeep, B-600 and T-2000. In 2016, Tatmadaw took over the Heavy Industry and now continues assembling and manufacturing autos.

During this fiscal year of 2019, 200 INLAY Jeeps will be manufactured. Plans are underway to keep on manufacturing up to 1,000 autos every year.

The old machines made in Japan from 1964 to 1978 used in the industry—OSAKA KOSAKUSHO, HITACHI SEIKI, MITSUBISHI, OKUMA, SHOUN, OKK, SEIKOSHA, ROKU ROKU SANGVO, YOSHIDA, TOKUSHU KOKI SEISA KUSHO, TSOGAMI and TOYOKOGVO— were overhauled to produce of autos, engines and spare parts, aimed to substitute import for the country and reduce the expenditure of foreign currency.

In Februari 2019 Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing inspected the factory. The Senior General stressed the need to uplift the prestige of the industry by manufacturing the quality vehicles through collaboration of experienced workers with the use of existing machines and modern technologies.

(DambievCINCDS)