MANILA -- The Philippines' auto industry appears to be coming into its own thanks to government support, with Toyota Motor and Mitsubishi Motors using a majority of locally supplied parts when assembling flagship models in the Southeast Asian nation.
When Mitsubishi Steel Manufacturing celebrated the opening of a mill near one of its car factories in the province of Laguna, south of Manila on Dec. 9, the industry marked a milestone. The factory, which begins full operations in mid-2020, will supply suspensions for use in the Mirage. The carmaker had previously procured them from a Thai factory of a different supplier.
