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11 AutoData | July 2018 ce environment with the federal and state governments that we are having. With this done, we have the ambition to bring innovative vehicles to Fiat and Jeep and even think of something more. For Fiat innovation will be in terms of new vehicles, with three new commer- cial models, a deep range renovation, rationalization of the productive chain in Betim, growing in production volume up to 650 thousand units/year in 2022, attracting suppliers for technological innovations. In Pernambuco we must expand capacity: if federal and regional convergence of economic and political environment occurs, we plan to increa- se capacity up to 350 thousand a year, consolidating our presence in SUVs. For this we will need more suppliers installed in Goiana, and we are already talking with some about this. Why do you need to take new suppliers to Pernambuco? There is no industry like ours, very inten- se in terms of investment, which is not based on location. If you do not produce locally you invest in factory capacity and still spend money on logistics inefficien- cies. We must have local production. When you come to a place you have to come for everything, as the Brazilians say. In other words: come with the full package, with everything, skilled labor, technology, resources, innovation and suppliers. There is no local production in this industry: without this, it is equivalent to spending money twice. What is the location rate of FCA facto- ries in Brazil today? 70% in Pernambuco and 95% in Betim. And how many suppliers are installed in the factory? In Pernambuco we have seventeen su- ppliers installed in the complex, which account for half of these 70%. The ideal, of course, is to reach 100%, but it is not