Toyota Daihatsu Engineering & Manufacturing emerges as renamed entity

In the past, Thailand has served as one of the global production and supply hubs for Toyota, mainly for the emerging-market-commercial vehicle under the IMV (Innovative International Multi-purpose Vehicle) program, with support from the Thai government.
TMAP-EM, which was established in 2007, also served as the local R&D, purchasing and preparation function for the IMV project.
In recent years, the region has been facing significant demand shift in the market from commercial vehicles to passenger vehicles, according to Toyota. To better address these changes and continue contributing to the Thai, Asia and global market and industries, TDEM decided to add on new operations to the existing operations to pursue the development of the country and region to become the global production and supply hub of compact vehicles for emerging markets, with support from Daihatsu Motor Co Ltd.
TDEM president Tatsuro Takami said: “This year, we celebrate the 10th anniversary since TMAP-EM was established back in 2007. With the market situation becoming all tougher, we have decided to take on a new challenge in order to continue serving 'ever-better cars' which is welcomed by Thai, Asian and global customers for the following decades. 
“We would like to learn and receive technical assistance from Daihatsu on making good quality vehicles at affordable prices and also on developing human resources who have both the knowledge of Toyota and Daihatsu car-making.”

Outline of TDEM:
Company name: Toyota Daihatsu Engineering & Manufacturing (TDEM)
Start of business: April 1, 2007
‒ As TMAP-EM: April 3, 2017 
‒ As TDEM
Location: Samut Prakan province
Space: 480,000 square metres
Capital fund: Bt1.3 billion 
Investment ration TMC 100%
Management chairman: Shinya Kotera / president: Tatsuro Takami
Employee number: About 2,550 (as of March 2017)