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Late 1993
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Ford/Mazda
agreed on expanded cooperative relationship |
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June 1994
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Feasibility team formed
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August 1994
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Announced JV truck
manufacturing project in Thailand |
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July 1995
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Joint Venture feasibility
study submitted to BOI |
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August 1995
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Thai joint-venture
office formed in Hiroshima |
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October 1995
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BOI approved assembly
project |
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January 1996
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Temporary Bangkok administration
office opened |
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February 1996
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AAT's ground-breaking
ceremony at Eastern Seaboard Industrial Estate, Rayong Province |
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July 1996
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AAT's first trainee
group sent to Mazda Motor Corporation in Hiroshima, Japan First steel
column erected |
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February 1997
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Equipment installation
commenced |
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May 1997
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Administration office
opened |
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October 1997
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Final stages of installation
and start of pilot production |
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May 1998
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Production Job # 1 |
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July 1998
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Production start-up
ceremony |
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December 1998
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First export shipment
ceremony |
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July 1999
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First KD export ceremony |
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September 1999
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Received ISO 9002 certificate |
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January 2000
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Start of
car production |
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