CEDA Vision Series, sponsored by OPPEUS. Guest speaker Mr Max Yasuda, President of Toyota Australia

November 14, 2008

On Friday November 14, OPPEUS was pleased to host the fourth and last of the Vision Series Luncheons for 2008.

Our guest speaker was Mr Max Yasuda, President & CEO of Toyota Australia who spoke at length about the Sustainability plans for Toyota Australia and the automotive industry worldwide.

He outlined Toyota's successful targets for emissions reductions and the development of sustainable mobility. He attributed Toyotas future success with the assistance of the Federal Governments "Green Car Innovation Fund" which will see Toyota receive a grant from the $6.2B fund to initiate production of the Hybrid Prius in 2010.

Click here to view full coverage by The Age (link opens in new window).

Click here to read Mr Yasuda's speech in full (PDF 50KB).

[Image] Nicholas Varigos, Managing Director of OPPEUS speaking at CEDA [Image] Peter Fitzgerald (CEDA State Director), Max Yasuda & Nicholas Varigos

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