Suzuki builds training hub

Suzuki Philippines has started building a ₱900 million hub in Calamba, Laguna that will combine parts storage, technician training and office operations in one site. (auto.suzuki.com.ph) The project sits in Carmelray Industrial Park 1 beside Suzuki Philippines’ existing facilities and factory. The company said construction starts in May 2026 and the site is targeted to begin operating in August 2027. (auto.suzuki.com.ph) Suzuki Philippines president Koichiro Hirao said the facility is meant to strengthen aftersales operations, dealer support and internal coordination. The company said the site will serve its automobile, motorcycle and marine businesses. (tribune.net.ph) The warehouse piece matters because parts supply is the slowest part of many repair jobs. Suzuki said the new site will centralize parts warehousing and distribution, with the goal of improving inventory management and parts availability for dealers nationwide. (tribune.net.ph) The training-center piece matters because dealers need technicians who can diagnose and fix newer vehicles to the same standard across the network. Suzuki said the building will house technical training on-site instead of treating training as a separate function. (portcalls.com) That fits Suzuki Philippines’ recent push to tighten operations in Laguna. On April 10, 2026, the company said it had expanded its pre-delivery inspection facility there to improve vehicle throughput and speed deliveries while keeping Suzuki’s global quality checks in place. (auto.suzuki.com.ph) Suzuki Philippines is a wholly owned unit of Suzuki Motor Corporation of Japan. It manufactures motorcycles locally and serves as the exclusive Philippine distributor for Suzuki automobiles, outboard motors and genuine parts. (suzuki.com.ph) The company’s Laguna base has been central to that business for decades. Suzuki’s global corporate history says it began motorcycle production in the Philippines in 1975, renamed the company Suzuki Philippines in 1985, started automobile sales in 1999 and added outboard-motor sales in 2016. (globalsuzuki.com) If Suzuki meets its August 2027 target, the company will have turned its Calamba site into a single base for moving parts, training service staff and running back-office work. That is a long build, but the company is already using Laguna as the center of its next round of expansion. (auto.suzuki.com.ph)