OREANDA-NEWS. Toyota Tsusho Corporation (headquarters: Nagoya City; president: Jun Karube) announced that it held a ceremony today to commemorate the opening of the TTK Traffic Safety Education and Training Center (TPRO) in Ban Pho City, Chachoengsao Province, Thailand. ?

The ceremony was attended by Yasuhisa Fukuda, president of Senko Co., Ltd., which participated in the project from the planning stages; Yukio Kimura, president of Kimura-Unity Co. Ltd., a partner in the logistics venture that owns the TPRO facility; Jun Karube, president of Toyota Tsusho Corporation, and many other honored guests. 

In a speech to the guests, President Karube commented: “As a company that supports the development of the automobile industry, Toyota Tsusho’s social responsibilities naturally include contributing to the promotion of a safe driving culture in Thailand.” ??

Toyota Tsusho operates TTK Asia Transport (Thailand) Co., Ltd., one of the largest truck transport companies in Thailand. In January 2012, Toyota Tsusho opened TPRO in Chachoengsao Province to strengthen training for professional truck drivers by providing practical safe-driving instruction. TPRO was designed to conform with the Thai Ministry of Transport’s overland transport vehicle training curriculum. With a total land area of approximately 41,500 m2, the facility has a high-speed training circuit with a maximum bank angle of 16 degrees as well as an eco-drive circuit to teach fuel-saving driving techniques. These features allow the facility to offer a wide variety of training course for drivers of large-sized trucks, forklifts, and other vehicles.