Karachi, Dec, 2019: Faizan Mustafa of Indus Motor Company (IMC) has won “The Global CIO 200 Summit 2019 Award” in the category ‘Inspiring Business Transformation’.

The CIO 200 Awards celebrate digital transformation leaders and recognize their undeniable merit in leading the digital revolution.

The award ceremony was held on Dec 9-10, 2019 at DoubleTree by Hilton, RAK (Ras Al Khaimah), UAE. Overall, there were 3200 nominations from 15 countries for the coveted award and only 200 nominations were selected to participate in the Global event. Finally, 20 CIOs were awarded Global CIO Award under 10 different categories.

Congratulating Faizan Mustafa on winning the Global CIO Awards, Mr. Asghar Jamali, CEO, Indus Motor Co., said, “I am very encouraged and hopeful that the win would further motivate IMC IT team to deliver business value by creating a competitive advantage and optimizing processes, enabling growth and improving relationships with customers. It is certainly an honor that everyone at IMC can take pride in.”

Toyota Indus Motor anticipates that his endeavor will continue for making persistent efforts in digitally transforming Indus Motor Co. into a more customer-centric organization. – End

Karachi, Dec 27, 2019: Toyota Indus Motor Company has been honored with the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) Top 25 Performing Companies Awards for 2016 and 2018 for its dedication and excellent performance.  Mr Ali Asghar Jamali, CEO, Indus Motor Co received the awards from the Prime Minister of Pakistan Mr Imran Khan at the prestigious PSX Awards Ceremony, held at the Governor House, Karachi.

The PSX Top 25 Companies Awards acknowledges the performances of top companies in all industries every year on the basis of comprehensive criteria, which includes Dividend Payout, Capital Efficiency, Profitability, Free-Float of Shares, Corporate Governance and Investor Relation. IMC leads the segments of Passenger Cars and Light Commercial Vehicles in Pakistan automobile sector.

Expressing his delight at being honored, Ali Asghar Jamali said, “PSX Award is one of Pakistan’s premier corporate recognition awards and winning this accolade says a lot about the strength of the management team and corporate excellence. Being ranked in the prestigious list for 2016 and 2018, we are delighted and we believe it is a testimony to the hard work that Indus Motor Co puts into its work and an acknowledgment of the quality that we always strive to maintain in our philosophy. This milestone will give us further motivation to improve our standards, we realize it sets a benchmark which is our responsibility to maintain as one of the leading automobile manufacturers in the country.” – End –

Karachi, December 26, 2019:  Toyota Indus Motor Company (IMC) and the Saylani Welfare Trust have joined hands for taking forward the execution of IMC’s philanthropic activities at the underprivileged neighboring localities of IMC.

These two iconic activities are Weekly Medical Camps at three locations and Weekly Food Distribution, which are being run under IMC’s Community Uplifting Program since last 30 years.

So far, IMC has served around 2 million people through these two projects. Both of these two projects will now be run by Saylani under IMC’s support.

According to details, Mr. Muhammad Ghazzal, COO accompanied by Mr Rais Fatah, Trustee of Saylani Trust along with other delegates visited IMC for signing the MOUs.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Ali Asghar Jamali, CEO, IMC, said, “I am confident that our collaboration with the Saylani Welfare Trust will turn out to be a greatly fruitful initiative as we will now be able to extend our services to more people in our neighboring underprivileged communities. While community improvement has been a basic pillar of our initiatives from day one, it will now receive a greater fillip.”

Mr. Muhammad Ghazzal  thanked IMC and opined that serving to humanity with the support of reputed corporate, like Indus Motor Company, will not only boost our morale but will also impact in larger scale.

Toyota Indus Motor Company is honored as the Most Outstanding Company in the category of Automobile & Components during the year 2019 in Pakistan by the Asiamoney, an influential business publication.

Asiamoney, a specialized business publication with the Euromoney Group, traditionally holds a competition among Asian institutions. The award established by the business publication is one of the most revered awards in the region.

The Asia’s Outstanding Companies Poll was designed by Asiamoney to acknowledge the listed companies that have excelled in areas such as financial performance, management team excellence, Investor Relations activities and CSR initiatives. The awards were decided on the basis of votes each company received by fund managers, buy-side analysts, ratings agencies and bankers.

Expressing his views, Ali Asghar Jamali, CEO Indus Motor Company said, “We are proud to have received this award from one of the leading business publications in the world. It is a testimony of hard work that Indus Motor Company puts into its work and an acknowledgment of the quality that we always strive to maintain in our philosophy. This milestone will give us further motivation to improve on our standards and we realize that it sets a benchmark which is our responsibility to maintain as one of the leading automobile manufacturers in the country.”

IMC racked up the most votes in Pakistan, demonstrating the voters’ recognition of its steady business model, innovative approaches, emphasis on quality, superior customer service and most importantly its worthiness of recognition.

IMC has been awarded the Commendable Kaizen Award in the seventh cycle of Customer Satisfaction Kaizen Evolution (CSKE). The competition is hosted by Toyota Motor Asia Pacific (TMAP) every year and all affiliates from the Asia Pacific region take part in it to strive towards the common objective of providing an incredible customer service experience to customers.

This year IMC won the Best Kaizen Award in the category of Body & Paint. Commenting on the win, IMC Chief Executive Officer, Ali Asghar Jamali said, “I and all my colleagues here at IMC are delighted that our talent has outshined in an international competition. Through CSKE, we have taken numerous initiatives to create value for our customers. And we will keep on sustaining these standards to achieve the highest level of Customer Delight”.

Kaizen team leader, Asif Raza, who has made it all possible has been associated with IMC for 2 years and has been looking after the Nationwide Body & Paint Business. CSKE promotes a sense of healthy competition among distributors and is the most celebrated event of the year. The theme for CSKE 2019 was ‘Reduction in Body and Paint Process Lead Time’ at dealerships in Pakistan. The final presentation and award distribution ceremony was held recently in Singapore.

Karachi, November 22, 2019: Indus Motor Company (IMC) celebrated its 30th anniversary at an impressive ceremony which was held at the company’s Toyota plant in Port Qasim Industrial Area near Karachi.

The 30-year anniversary celebration of Indus Motor Co. was attended by Mr. Yoichi Miyazaki, Operating Officer, Toyota Motor Corporation and Mr. Ali Habib, Chairman, Indus Motor Company. Guests from Toyota Motor Corporation and Toyota Tsusho Corporation also attended the ceremony, along with dealers, suppliers and employees of IMC.

Speaking at the ceremony, Mr. Miyazaki said, “I would like to express my sincere congratulations on this memorable event to Mr. Ali Habib, Chairman of IMC and to everyone who contributed to this great achievement. We have had a great partnership for 30 years and during my visit I was truly convinced, how trusted and established Toyota brand is among Pakistani customers. This achievement is outcome of outstanding effort of IMC management and the members as well as dealers and suppliers.”

He further added, “The market will become increasingly tough due to new entrants; we expect to overcome the difficulty as one team. We as Toyota will try our best to introduce better models into the market and I would like to ask IMC to try best to deliver the quality vehicle to every single customer. Pakistan’s market has a great potential and we have high expectations for it. Although current automotive market is facing the crisis situation, we are more than confident that the market will strongly grow again in near future.”

In his remarks, Mr. Ali Habib, the Chairman of IMC said, “For me personally this 30 year journey has been a tremendous learning of The Toyota Way, it has been a true privilege and honor.  When Tatsuro Toyoda San inaugurated the facility here, he made a very important comment which has been true, and this was that Toyota’s investment in Indus Motor Company was not just an investment but it was an investment in Pakistan and that indeed is true by the transfer of technology not only here but throughout our network of dealers and suppliers.”

He added, “The localization achieved would not have been possible without the constant support and endeavors of our partners at Toyota Tsusho, so thank you TTC.  Ever since we started, we have maintained a market leadership in our category. We have the capacity but more importantly, the team has the passion and the heart.”

The company started its operations in 1989 as a joint venture between the House of Habib, Toyota Tsusho and Toyota Motor Corporation.

Indus Motor Co. is the authorized assembler and manufacturer of Toyota vehicles, auto parts and accessories in Pakistan.

Karachi, Nov 8, 2019: Indus Motor Company accelerates the million tree plantation drive. Over 150 employees from Indus Motor Company and Thal Boshoku Pakistan carried out the tree plantation activity on Nov 7, 2019 in front of Thal Boshuko, which is spread over 5 acres, situated in Port Qasim.

The activity is a part of IMC’s ‘Million Tree Drive’ in which they have so far planted more than 300,000 trees.

In his remarks on the company’s on-going tree plantation drive, the CEO of IMC, Ali Asghar Jamali said, “The Million Tree Drive represents IMC’s commitment to support the government’s Clean and Green Pakistan Movement. We strive to bring down CO2 emissions from factories to zero as part of Toyota Environmental Challenge 2050. In pursuance of this, we have pledged to plant one million trees across Pakistan.”

As an active signatory of the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), IMC has underscored its contribution towards achieving the UN sustainable development goals (SDGs).

The IMC’s ‘Million Tree Plantation’ project is also moving forward with the long-term aim of protecting the land against erosion, turning the country’s barren landscape into forests, enhancing rainfall prospects and helping mitigate the effects of climate change on ecosystems and biodiversity of the country.

Karachi, October 25, 2019: Indus Motor Company (IMC) has announced that there will be no layoff of employees despite slowdown in production.

IMC has resumed production to 50% capacity from October 1 after a closure over the last 15 days of September.

“The country is going through an economic slowdown and the overall market has remained volatile. This has indeed been a great struggle. The factors largely contributing to this include Rupee depreciation, reduction in car financing, increase in Federal excise duties (FED) and higher input costs,” said a spokesman of IMC.

“Over a 12-month period, the rupee depreciated over 31.6%. Additionally, the Government of Pakistan has imposed 7% ACD, 3% additional sales tax on all imports and 7.5% FED for vehicles of 2000cc and above. There is also a fresh Federal Excise Duty of 2.5% and 5% FED on locally manufactured vehicles. All this is having an adverse impact on the auto sector and has resulted in a major decline in sales. Of the total cost of a vehicle, 40% comprises the taxes and levies imposed by the government. It is a misconception that the rising rate of tax collection will not affect vehicle sales and total tax collection; in fact, the decline in sales will result in decline in tax collection from the auto sector,” he added.

“Yet, we have decided not to go for layoffs despite the hard times. We are absorbing this financial crunch,” he said.

A general perception exists in Pakistan that cars assembled locally have gradually become expensive without any value addition. The prices of cars have not increased but have been adjusted according to the depreciation of the Pakistani rupee against the dollar. Prices have, in fact, been reduced by the manufacturers but it seems as if they have increased since the PKR is depreciating in relation to the US dollar and the customer is paying more in rupee terms.

The spokesperson pointed out that with every model change; IMC has successfully incorporated more localization, increased specifications and reduced the dollarized cost by procuring local parts worth over PKR 200+ million every working day.

The spokesman added that in 1993, the price of Corolla was $19,630 with 15% GST and the PKR value was Rs.27 against the dollar. Now, in 2019, the same Corolla is available for $15,618 despite 17% sales tax and 5% FED while the PKR value against the dollar is Rs.160. This means better specifications at low price.

He said this clearly showed that over the years, IMC had localized more and sustained the burden of heavy taxation and PKR devaluation to keep providing quality vehicles at low prices to its valued customers.

Karachi, Sept 25, 2019: Indus Motor Company fully recognizes the importance of disclosing information concerning its approach to its triple bottom line responsibility. To this end, the Company has published its 4th Sustainability Report for the financial year 2019. The Report presents a holistic view of IMC’s contributions to sustainable development. It has been prepared according to the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards, which is the most widely recognized framework for sustainability reporting.

Over the years, Indus Motor Company has actively benchmarked its operations and has duly implemented the 10 principles of the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC). It also supports the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to achieve its strategic objectives in terms of sustainability.

Mr Ali Asghar Jamali, CEO IMC, in commenting on release of IMC’s 4th Sustainability Report, said, “We consider this integral to achieving our corporate goals by adhering to the highest standards of ethics, integrity and compliance”. He added, “We now intend to set more aggressive goals in sustainability practices and will more forcefully pursue innovation, as this will help improve the sustainability of industry as a whole”.

The women employees of Indus Motor Company (IMC) planted trees to contribute to the company’s ‘Million Tree Drive’.

More than 80 women employees of IMC have planted trees to mark their participation in the company’s environment initiative.

It is to be noted that IMC launched its ‘Million Tree Campaign’ last year as its commitment towards supporting the government’s Clean and Green Pakistan movement.

“More than 175,000 plants have been planted across Pakistan till now. The purpose of this campaign is to engage IMC employees and senior management in a collective effort to stimulate a positive impact on their surroundings,” said CEO IMC Ali Asghar Jamali.

He added their inspiration comes from the government’s vision for a greener Pakistan and they are hopeful that their efforts would serve as an example for other individuals and businesses to emulate.

With the ambition to reduce its carbon footprint and support Toyota’s pledge to zero CO2 emissions from factories by 2050, the company aims to plant one million trees across the city over the next few years.

As an active signatory of the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), the company underscored its contribution in achieving sustainable development goals, particularly goal number 13 regarding climate action.

The ‘Million Tree Plantation’ project has a long-term aim to protect the land against erosion, turn the country’s barren landscape into forests, enhance rainfall prospects and help mitigate the effects of climate change on ecosystems and biodiversity of the country.

Karachi, September, 2019: Indus Motor Company (IMC) has pledged to serve as the official Women Leaders’ Partner in the upcoming Youth Leadership Conference, Markhor 2019, to be held from October 2 to 6, 2019 at Makra Peak Base, Shogran.

The five-day conference will be held under the theme ‘Innovate for Impact’. It will bring together around 100 participants from Pakistan and other countries in South Asia on a rigorous training platform, focused on instilling the Markhor Spirit amongst the youth. The Markhor Spirit signifies the ability to go beyond one’s limits and achieve the unachievable.

Expressing his views, Mr. Ali Asghar Jamali, CEO, IMC said, “We are delighted to collaborate with the Youth Impact for yet another Markhor Conference this year with the ambition to encourage Women Empowerment and Leadership. This time we are supporting the students of our ‘Toyota – Goth Education Program’ being run under our iconic Neighboring Communities Uplifting Activities.”

The conference is being organized by Youth Impact (YI), a non-profit organization committed to develop leadership potential in the youth, with the support of several corporate sponsors.

10 female delegates in the conference will be fully sponsored by IMC to encourage female participation in this leadership conference and facilitate women empowerment. The females, aged between 17 and 24, hail from Lyari, Jacocabad and neighboring villages around IMC facility.

Karachi, August 27, 2019: The Board of Directors of Indus Motor Company (IMC) Ltd. met on August 27, 2019 to review the company’s financial and operating performance for the year ended June 30, 2019.

The company posted net sales revenue of Rs. 157.9 billion, up by 13% as compared to Rs. 139.7billion last year, while profit after tax declined by 13% to 13.7 billion from Rs. 15.8 billion posted last year and profit before tax declined by 17% from Rs. 22.9 billion last year to Rs. 18.9 billion in the year ended.

The decline in the automobile industry is attributed to an overall economic slowdown, rising interest rates, and escalating vehicle prices on the back of the plunging Pakistani rupee against the US dollar and sky-rocketing inflation. The recent restriction on the import of used vehicles into the country is a positive step to promote local manufacturing in Pakistan.

Application of 10% FED in Oct 2018 on vehicles above 1700cc negatively impacted on luxury vehicle segment during last 9 months of FY 2018-2019. FED application for all types of passenger vehicles and has introduced three slabs of 2.5% – 7.5%, along with increase in rates of additional customs duty from 2% to up-to 7% on inputs to manufacture vehicles. Industry-wide production capacities surpass total market demand and the vehicles are now readily available while new products offer wider customer choices. 

The company, despite an economic slowdown, operated its manufacturing facilities beyond capacity working daily in overtime hours and off Saturdays and has achieved the highest ever production record of 65,346 units, up by 3.91% compared to 62,886 units last year.

Ali Asghar Jamali, CEO Indus Motor Company said, “We are committed to the Pakistani market and to our loyal customers who have shown great trust in our products year on year. The combined impact of tax increases and PKR devaluation has increased cost of inputs and ultimately result in further price increases. For sustained growth, consumer confidence is necessary. We urge the government to introduce policies that will restore market confidence and accelerate economic activities across the board.”

The combined sales of Toyota CKD and CBU vehicles stood at 66,211 units, up by 3.5% compared to 64,000 units in the previous year. The market share stood at 22% of locally manufactured PC and LCV vehicles for the period.

The Company introduced a minor improvement in Toyota Corolla during this period along with the introduction of the first of its kind application, Toyota Connect. The Company with the launch of Toyota Corolla XLI AT, further strengthened its Automatic transmission lineup. The sales for Toyota Corolla stood at 56,720 units for the period, up by 10.3%, compared to 51,412 units last year.

Toyota Hilux celebrated a legacy of unstoppable adventure on its 50th global anniversary in FY19. The Company launched minor improvement model of Hilux lineup- Hilux Revo in February 2019. The combined sales of Hilux LCVs decreased by 18.7% to 6,070 units compared to 7,470 units sold during the same period last year.

Fortuner Model Improvement was also launched in early 2019, building on its futuristic aesthetics; it has been equipped with Dual Front Powered Seats as well. The combined sales of decreased by 37.6% to 2,609 units compared to 4,186 units sold during the same period last year.

Based on the results, the Board of Directors announced a final dividend of PKR 27.5 per share, making the annual dividend for the year PKR 115 per share. During the year, the Company contributed a sum of Rs. 56 billion to the national exchequer, which amounts to about 1% of the total revenue collection by the Government of Pakistan for the year.

Karachi, August 2019: Toyota Central Motors (TCM) becomes Pakistan’s first dealership to clear the Asia Pacific-Eco Dealership audit and Toyota Service Management’s Fix-It-Right (TSM-FIR) evaluations. These were conducted by international representatives of Toyota Motors Asia Pacific, Singapore. TCM acquired both benchmark certifications on the same day.

Fix-It-Right is a part of Toyota Global After Sales Service standards that ensures the fixing of vehicle issues accurately at the first service, thereby delivering the best customer service experience for Toyota customers.

Commenting on the success, the CEO of Indus Toyota Motor Co., Mr. Asghar Jamali said, “I congratulate Central Motors on becoming Pakistan’s first Toyota dealership to clear the Asia Pacific-Eco Dealership audit and Toyota Service Management’s Fix-It-Right evaluations. This is because of the spirit of positive competitiveness that pervades the entire Toyota-IMC network.  It enables us to focus on the task at hand with more enthusiasm and more confidence because we are willing to accept challenges at every step.”

TCM’s Eco Dealership program is focused on the reduction of waste and CO₂ emissions, along with the preservation of key resources such as water and electricity. This is in line with Toyota’s Environmental Vision 2050 – to save resources for tomorrow. Toyota believes that all individuals share a responsibility to protect the environment and, therefore, prioritizes sustainability throughout its dealership network.

All Toyota-IMC dealerships currently monitor their natural resource usage and waste disposal and are further encouraged to take action on reducing their carbon footprint. Toyota-IMC’s dealerships take one step further in the fight for environmental preservation by holding activities to raise customer awareness.

Indus Motor Company plans to certify 100% of its dealership network as Eco dealers by the year 2020.

Karachi, August 26, 2019: Indus Motor Company (IMC) held its 26^th Annual Quality Control Circle (QCC) Convention under the theme “Workplace Development & Employee Motivation – Way to Standardized Work” in Karachi recently.

The convention was aimed at recognizing the spirit of Kaizen (Continuous Improvement), one of the two core pillars at IMC and its business partners. Raheel Asghar, Senior Director Technical IMC welcomed the participants and attendees at the QCC Convention. He highlighted Kaizen as the essence of IMC’s business operations.

Speaking on the occasion, Chief Guest, Barrister Murtaza Wahab, Adviser to Chief Minister of Sindh on Law, Environment, Climate Change, Coastal Development and Spokesperson for Sindh Government, said “Engaging the employees for continuous improvement as practiced by IMC is absolutely essential element for our national progress. I would also like to adopt this approach by engaging citizens for our campaigns on Tree Plantation and Say No to Plastic. We would only be able to achieve positive results if we have a strong government- citizen partnership.” He further added, “If I would abbreviate QCC for me it would be, Quality, Care and Control. If all of us try to focus on quality, taking care of our surroundings and then controlling the situation; so I feel a very positive partnership between the government and the citizens.”

Expressing his views, Ali Asghar Jamali, CEO IMC, said, “As one of the leading companies in the country, we take our responsibilities regarding quality checks very seriously. One of our core pillars is to continuously improve our standards while adhering to the global qualitative benchmarks. It gives us immense pride to host our 26^th QCC Annual Convention and we look forward to hosting it for many more years to come.” He added, “We would like to support the government and would like to pledge a workforce of 1,000 people for the cleanup drive. We have pledged to plant 1 million plants across the country, out of which we have already planted 150,000 plants and we ensure our full support to the government for the Tree Plantation campaign.  ”

A total of 15 teams, including 10 from IMC, 2 from its network of vendors and 3 teams from the network of dealerships, presented their Kaizen efforts in improving quality within their respective business areas.

The coveted Gold Medal was won by the Quality Assurance and Quality Control Department, which will represent IMC at a Global Quality competition in Japan later this year. The ‘Jig Shop’ bagged the Bronze Medal whereas the Silver Medal was presented to the ‘Weld Shop.’ Product Development Commercial department won the non-manufacturing category, Atlas battery won the supplier category and Toyota Lyallpur Motors won the dealership category. Over 500 attendees convened at the event comprising IMC suppliers, dealerships, senior management from IMC and House of Habib (HoH). Eminent business personalities and distinguished officials from the automobile and engineering industry, educational institutions, and the government were also present at the event.

Owing to the increasing trend of selling national flags made of paper and plastic, people enthusiastically buy such flags with a sense of national pride to celebrate national days, but sadly we find these flags trampled upon the roads.

Indus Motor Company initiated a drive and collected fallen flags after Independence Day celebrations under “Clean Pakistan Drive” to pay respect to beloved country.

A large number of employees of IMC voluntarily participated in the drive and cruised through a fleet of five vehicles across the major arteries of Karachi city, that include Steel town, North Karachi, Super Highway, National Highway, Landhi, Korangi, Malir and Clifton. Volunteers picked up the flags and showed their respect and unity for the celebration of Independence Day.

“It is always good to celebrate our national day in exuberant way but we should not forget the dignity and respect which our national symbols like National Anthem and National Flag deserve. Clean Pakistan Drive shows IMC’s continued efforts  and its commitment with our country that IMC will always be on the forefront in serving Pakistan in all times.” said IMC CEO Ali Asghar Jamali.

Indus Motor Company (IMC) has again won the 16^th Annual Environment Excellence Award (AEEA) at the Annual Conference on Environment 2019 held in Karachi recently.

The conference was organized by the National Forum for Environment and Health (NFEH), a non-profit organization focused on creating public awareness on environmental, healthcare and educational issues in Pakistan.

Recognized among the top 10 organizations of Pakistan for leading efforts to protect the environment, the award secured by IMC underlined the company’s vision, contribution to environment conservation, as well as its robust corporate social responsibility program.

Expressing his views, CEO IMC, Ali Asghar Jamali said, “It is a moment of joy for us to be recognized again by NFEH. This honor that has been bestowed on us again goes a long way to show the commitment we have for our environment and society. We take pride at Toyota Indus Motors in our CSR initiatives and have always strived to set an example as a leader in corporate social responsibility.” He further added, “IMC reaffirms its commitment to the people of Pakistan and will always do everything possible to improve our environment.” The awards were presented after the assessment and unanimous agreement of a panel of esteemed judges including government officials and corporate dignitaries.

Hosted by Toyota Global, an annual competition for Toyota Technicians, the Asia Pacific Skill Contest 2019 was held in Thailand. There were 121 participants in the contest belonging to 12 Toyota affiliated companies from 8 countries of the Asia Pacific region.

The Indus Motor’s technicians from various categories participated in the Contest and had an opportunity to display their skills and talent on the international platform. They bagged five medals this year. The winners were:

Three Silver Medals: In Paint category Ather Mirza, Team Member, in Assembly category Yasir Ahmed, Team Leader and in Quality category Ghadeer Abbas, Team Member.

Two Bronze Medals: In Press category Asif Khan, Team Leader and in Quality category Haris Moin, Team Member. The IMC CEO, Mr. Ali Asghar Jamali welcomed the success of the IMC team with great enthusiasm. He said, “The IMC technicians have the talents and skills of international standards. They have an excellent understanding of the scope of their specific skill levels and their training is of the highest level. They really made us proud because it is through their efforts that IMC has become an outstanding name in the Toyota world. This encourages us to offer our customers even higher standards of service and unmatched quality in our products.”

Karachi: Toyota-IMC held its annual Customer Satisfaction Kaizen Evolution Cup (CSKE) event recently with great fanfare. The CSKE celebration was attended by all qualifying dealerships and their principals, guests from Toyota Motor Asia Pacific, and IMC top management. The theme of this year’s CSKE was “1 Million Interactions”, which is part of the Vision 2020 to serve and engage over a million Toyota-IMC customers.

The event marked the culmination of the 4^th cycle of the year-long CSKE activities held by IMC every year to cultivate and sustain the Kaizen philosophy and mindset across its dealerships nationwide. The CSKE is held by Toyota affiliates across Asia Pacific and focuses on developing human resources and training dealer staff in the concepts of the Toyota Way, Toyota Business Practices, and Kaizen Culture Development.

Speaking on the occasion, CEO IMC, Ali Asghar Jamali said, “We take great pride in our customer relationships and it was memorable to be part of this activity again. At IMC, we believe in growing together and this event signifies that philosophy. We aim to build on this and with the help of our ever-supporting customers, take this initiative to even greater heights.”

The event revealed the decision to merge the CSKE with the Quality Control Circle (QCC) – a global Toyota Motor Corporation activity that inculcates the concept of Kaizen, or continuous improvement, across all Toyota employees and practices. The three finalists of the CSKE will now be competing in the QCC Convention for the title of “Best of the Best”. The three best performing dealerships to win the Key to QCC were Toyota Islamabad Motors, Toyota Lyallpur Motors, and Toyota Central Motors.

We congratulate our dealerships on their victory and are excited for IMC customers who will experience an even greater standard of customer satisfaction.

Indus Motors Company (IMC) will support Saadi Abbas Jalbani, local karate athlete, and Zainab Barkat, national wheelchair table tennis champion, to represent Pakistan in the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020

“This is a part of the company’s global ‘Start Your Impossible’ initiative that reflects the Olympic and Paralympics spirit of encouragement, challenge and progress,” said CEO IMC Ali Asghar Jamali during a press conference at a local hotel here on Thursday.

He added that this global initiative highlights the company’s mission of creating a barrier-free society and reinforces its values of humility, hard work, overcoming challenges, and never giving up.

“IMC has supported athletes to keep Pakistani flag high in international events. We believe that Saadi Abbas and Zainab Barkat will achieve marvelous success in their journey towards Olympic Games and Paralympics Games Tokyo 2020” said Ali.   

Briefing the media, President Pakistan Olympics Association, Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Syed Arif Hasan HI(M), said “There is a dire need of corporate sector coming up to support local athletes and IMC’s job in this regard is commendable. This does not only motivate local talent but help project the softer image of Pakistan globally. Pakistan Olympics Association is striving diligently to bridge resource gap for Olympics participation,” he added.

Talking to media on the occasion, Saadi Abbas Jalbani said “I will put in all my efforts to make my country proud. I am thankful to everyone who supported me and I appreciate Toyota’s role in this regard. It’s great that Toyota is also supporting other Pakistani talent in fulfilling their dreams and aspirations”.

Zainab Barkat said, “My dream will come true if I get to represent Pakistan in various Paralympic games through this support. My mission is to motivate other PWDs (persons with disabilities) so that they start believing in themselves and fulfil their dreams.”

“Other organizations should also come forward like Toyota to support national athletes as it will give hope to athletes of the country to achieve their best in respective domains,” she added.

It is to be noted that Saadi Abbas Jalbani hailing from a small town, Lyari, has risen sharply to become the first South Asian to win Asian Karatedo Championship. Some of his achievements include gold medal in 4th South Asian Karate Championship 2017 Colombo Sri Lanka; silver medal in 4th Islamic Games 2017 BAKU Azerbaijan; gold medal in 7^th Commonwealth Karate Championship 2014, Montreal, Canada and many more.

Being a local hero athlete, Saadi aims to bulid community support through training Karate to underprivileged children. He aims to teach and motivate the younger generation through these trainings. IMC will also help Saadi in this great initiative by renovating the facility of “National Institute of Karate Do Pakistan” in Lyari. This initiative will provide a platform to the young athletes to practice Karate and represent Pakistan on various international platforms.

Similarly, Zainab Barkat is a prominent wheelchair Table Tennis player who has shown incredible performance in national events. She started her Ping-Pong career on February 2, 2005 and striving since with a dream to win Paralympics gold medal for Pakistan.

 The National awards of The 13^th Toyota Dream Car Art Contest was held today to announce the nine winners who competed in the World Contest in Japan.

The Toyota Dream Car Art contest is a global initiative organized annually by Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC), Japan and one of the biggest drawing competitions in the world reaching out to children across more than 80 countries. It welcomes children under 16 years of age who are encouraged to use their imagination to create the car of their dreams in the form of art.

Previously, Pakistan has had two World Contest Winners. This year Pakistan has two World Winners in two age categories i.e. 8 to 11 Years and 12 to 15 years.  10 year old girl, Palwasha Azeem from Rahim Yar Khan for her “Lantern Car” and 13 year old boy Ibrahim Kureshy from Lahore for his “Car of Invisibility”

Children are broadly divided into 3 age categories. Additionally, the contest has a special “Royal” category to entertain differently-abled children as well. This category has seen active participation from differently abled children, growing by 41% with 1600 drawing submissions this year against 1100 in 2018.

CEO Indus Motor Company Ali Asghar Jamali said, “Pakistani children are immensely gifted. It is unfortunate that we don’t have proper platform to nurture their talent. The Toyota Dream Car Art Contest is focused to facilitate untapped potential of our youth and providing them avenues to show their talents to the world.”

“It’s been an interesting journey for the Dream Car since it revved up its engine in 2011 with the 5^th Toyota Dream Car Art Contest. It all started with a humble 10,500 artwork submissions from just 250 schools nationally and over the years has grown exponentially, with 2019 – 13^th Toyota Dream Car Art Contest – receiving a record 48,500 artworks from 1,550 schools across the country, making Pakistan the 3^rd nation globally to have received the highest number of artwork submissions,” he added.

The national winners of the first category (children under 8 years) were

Gold: Fatima Hassan, Silver: Ahmad, Bronze: Imran Mirza.

The national winners of the second category (children aged 8 to 11) were

Gold: Muhammad Asmad Yaqoob, Silver: Muhammad Shazam Yaqoob, Bronze: Palwasha Azeem.

The national winners of the third category (children aged 12 to 15) were

Gold: Ibrahim Ahmad Qureshy, Silver: M. SUFIYAN SALMAN, Bronze: EMAN ASIF

The national winners in “Royal” category were

Gold: Maryam Junaid, Silver: Maaz Ali Baqrani, Bronze: Ahmad