Piaggio inaugurates new production centre in Indonesia
Piaggio has inaugurated a new factory with a 55,000 m2 facility in Indonesia. The company says it will make Vespa branded scooters there for the local market. The new plant is located in the Cikarang district, West Java.
With around five million two-wheelers sold each year and a population of over 276 million, Indonesia is the world's third largest market for scooters and motorcycles after India and China, with growth prospects of seeing over six million vehicles sold over the next three years - in line with the forecasts for double-digit growth in population and per capita GDP in Indonesia.
"The new plant in Indonesia allows the Piaggio Group to take a further leap forward in the strategic path of internationalisation that was started over a decade ago. This strategy has made Piaggio one of the main players, with a unique portfolio of brands - the pride of Italy around the world," declared Roberto Colaninno, Chairman and CEO of the Piaggio Group.
"The Piaggio Group's sales on the Indonesian market grew by +61% in 2021 and will continue to grow in the near future". The plant was inaugurated in the presence of the Indonesian authorities, including the Minister of Industry of the Republic of Indonesia, Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita, and the Italian Ambassador in Indonesia, HE Benedetto Latteri.
Piaggio now has eight plants worldwide, three of which are in Italy, including in Pontedera, in the province of Pisa, where Piaggio and Vespa vehicles are manufactured and where Piaggio has based its E-Mobility centre of excellence. The company additionally produces Aprilia motorcycles and scooters at Noale and Scorzè (Venice), with the Moto Guzzi site at Mandello del Lario (Lecco) currently undergoing a "conservative redevelopment project" without interruption of production.
Piaggio also has a production facility in Baramati, India; two more in Asia Pacific (in Vietnam at Vinh Phuc and at Foshan in China), and in Boston - the Piaggio Fast Forward plant where the focus is on robotics and future mobility - this is where Piaggio produces the Gita and Gitamini terrestrial drones with 'follow-me' technology.
The Piaggio Group is present in over 100 countries with a distribution network made up of over 4,000 points of sale (two-wheelers, commercial vehicles) and 800 Motoplexes worldwide. In Indonesia, in particular, the commercial network can currently count on over 50 dedicated points of sale, including the seven Motoplex recently inaugurated in Jakarta, Bali, Surabaya and Jogjakarta - flagship stores that showcase all four of the two-wheel brands in the Group - Aprilia, Moto Guzzi, Vespa and Piaggio.
