CKD manufacture for UD’s Croner truck

By Colin Windell

 

 

 

Malaysia is the first market in the world to assemble the Croner by UD Trucks from a complete knocked down (CKD) kit.

UD Trucks and Tan Chong Industrial Equipment Sdn Bhd (TCIE), an importer and distributor in Malaysia, recently celebrated the milestone  that will help service the growing cross-border and long distance traffic.

Malaysia’s high-speed road network is expanding, and cross-border and long-distance freight traffic is vigorous. This is leading to changing customer needs and a demand for trucks that combine high reliability, safety and productivity.

UD Trucks and TCIE will produce the Croner PKE and LKE.  The Croner PKE is fitted with a high output engine for regional and long haul, while the Croner LKE is a multi-purpose model for efficient in-city and city-to-city distribution.

UD Trucks and TCIE have had a solid and highly successful 40-year partnership, together achieving total sales of 45 000 trucks in Malaysia during that period. Since 2016 it has invested 1,5-million Malaysia Ringit in SKD (semi knock-down) production of the heavy-duty Quester and has now shifted to CKD production.

The production assembly is carried out at its Tan Chong Motor Assemblies Sdn Bhd (TCMA), where it has recently invested a further 4,5-million Malaysia Ringit.

Tan Keng Meng, TCIE’s Executive Director, says: “Our locally-assembled Croner trucks will not only represent the hallmarks of what UD Trucks stands for, but also give logistics operators all that are needed to work efficiently and effectively at a competitive price. This is very important especially in a competitive market like Malaysia. This is what we want to aim for our customers, as their satisfaction and trust in us remain our top priorities.”