Tuesday 11 October 2011

Perodua invests in Melaka


Datuk Aminar Rashid Salleh, Chairman of Perodua Sales
Sdn Bhd signing the agreement with Puan Hajjah Zaleha Bujang,
Board Member of Yayasan Melaka  witnessed by YBhg.
Datuk Tahir Hassan, Vice President of
Yayasan Melaka and Encik Sharabuddin Kudus,
 General Manager of Yayasan Melaka


 Perodua inked a deal which will see it invest between RM17 and RM22 million in an extensive new regional office, training centre, stockyard, service centre and sales outlet.

The national car company acquired a 1.77 hectare land at Kota Hang Tuah Jaya in Ayer Keroh for this purpose.

The purchase price of the property is about RM7.7 million and Perodua will design the new facility to incorporate the culture, tradition and history of Melaka, Perodua Managing Director Datuk Aminar Rashid Salleh said at the signing ceremony with Yayasan Melaka.



Perodua Sales Sdn Bhd exchanging
the documents with Yayasan Melaka
YB Datuk Tahir Bin Haji Hassan who is the Vice President of Yayasan Melaka signed on behalf of the foundation.

The new 3S service centre will have 25 service bays which will cater about 2,500 service intake per month. In addition the B&P centre will have 30 bays.

Construction of this new the outlet is expected to begin in the third quarter 2012 and completed before the end of 2013.

 Perodua currently operates 2 branches and also have 5 dealers in Melaka employing some 220 staff.
A deposit cheque also being
presented by Perodua Sales
Sdn Bhd to Yayasan Melaka
 Aminar said Melaka is an important market for Perodua in terms of sales with an average 550 units monthly and 35% market share over the last five years. Last year Perodua sold about 6,400 units in Melaka of which the ViVa was the top selling model.

On after sales, Aminar said the total intake for Perodua Melaka service workshops was 42,700 in 2010 up 4% from the 41,200 intake achieved in 2009.

He said the proposed 3s centre is strategically located to cope with the growing demand for Perodua’s products and services in the state. He said the state government has also targeted the surrounding areas for further development.

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