OREANDA-NEWS. At the Toyota plant in St. Petersburg it was held a ceremony times to the beginning of a new production of the Toyota Camry and the launch of new shops of stamping of body parts and production of plastic parts. Recall that the first new Toyota Camry went off the assembly line on November 5th, 2014.

As noted, Toyota Camry is Toyota's flagship of model range in Russia - this model provides 21% of total sales of Toyota in Russia. Toyota Camry - is also unchanged leader of segment D / E in the Russian market. The new Camry is a deep restyling of the seventh generation model, production of which began in 2011. Seventh Generation - is the second successive generation produced at the Toyota plant in St. Petersburg.

With the launch of new shops to the production processes of the enterprise, including welding, painting and assembly, it was added the stamping of body parts and the production of plastic parts. The level of localization of production enterprises has reached 30%.

Future plans for the Toyota plant in St. Petersburg include doubling of the design production capacity from 50 to 100 thousand cars per year by the end of 2015 and to start the production of the second model Toyota RAV4 in 2016. Investments in the Toyota plant in St. Petersburg in 2016 will be about 16 billion Rubles. The plant will create about 800 new jobs.

"Our intentions confirm the strategic importance of the Russian market for the company. Our efforts are focused on Russian clients, the development of production in Russia, as well as the development of the regional and the Russian economy", - said the president and CEO of the company, "Toyota Motor Europe", Didier Leroy.