Innoson going robotic, plans another manufacturing plant in Naze, Owerri
Blossoming indigenous auto giant, Innoson Vehicles Manufacturing (IVM) has concluded plans to build another manufacturing plant in Owerri, Imo State.
Chairman, Innoson Group, Chief Innocent Chukwuma, made the disclosure when he received members of the Correspondents’ Chapel, on a facility tour of his plant in Nnewi, Anambra recently.
According to him, the current expansion effort was to actualise the group’s mission to become a giant in vehicle manufacturing in Africa by serving the country’s and continent’s vehicle needs.
Chief Chukwuma averred that “The Innoson factory expansion will be situated at Naze Owerri in Imo state. We have already acquired about 150,000sqm land for this project and construction works are ongoing.”
Besides, Head, Corporate Communications, Innoson Group, Mr Cornel Osigwe, who led the group round the facility, said the company was currently migrating from manual production to a fully automated production plant.
“The manual production plant has the capacity to produce about 10,000 vehicles annually but at the completion of the migration to a fully automated production plant, it will have the capacity to produce about 60,000 annually,” he said.
He further expressed excitement over Gov. Charles Soludo’s endorsement of Innoson vehicle as the official vehicle for Anambra state.
Osigwe said that the endorsement by Gov. Soludo showed the durability and capacity of the made in Nigeria vehicle.
“Gov. Soludo is the first governor to use Innoson vehicles as official vehicle and we are hopeful that such endorsement will increase patronage from other state governments, corporate organisations and other well-meaning Nigerians.
“Presently, IVM is producing vehicles for about five countries in Africa including Sierra Leone, Mali, Congo, and Côte d’Ivoire,” he said.
