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Plant)<br />
Taking Mitsubishi, Japan, <strong>as</strong> reference, Pro<strong>to</strong>n with 30.2<br />
units/employee lies third after Diamond Star Mo<strong>to</strong>rs, USA <strong>and</strong><br />
China Mo<strong>to</strong>rs Corporation, Taiwan. Taking a step further, on a<br />
globally competitive b<strong>as</strong>is, Pro<strong>to</strong>n still lag behind the American<br />
<strong>and</strong> European manufacturers in main plant characteristics (see<br />
Appendix 6). The local car industry, spearheaded by Pro<strong>to</strong>n, is<br />
still a long way from becoming a world cl<strong>as</strong>s car manufacturer.<br />
Against Mitsubishi <strong>and</strong> other Japanese au<strong>to</strong> firms, the current<br />
status of Pro<strong>to</strong>n <strong>and</strong> the Malaysian au<strong>to</strong>motive parts industry is<br />
<strong>as</strong> plotted in the scatter diagram in Figure 4 below.<br />
FIGURE 4<br />
Current Status of the Malaysian Au<strong>to</strong>motive Industry<br />
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