Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt. Ltd has announced that it will expand the annual production capacity of its 4th two-wheeler production plant. Honda 2Wheeler’s fourth production plant is located at Vithalapur area in the western state of Gujarat near Ahmedabad. Inaugurated in February 2016 with a production capacity of 0.6 million units initially, the factory was expanded to 1.2 million capacity in June 2016.
Honda 2Wheelers will additionally invest Rs 63 crore to build a new production line within the existing plant site. The new production line will add 0.6 million units and increase the total annual production capacity of scooters only facility at Vithalapur to 1.8 million units by the year 2020.
This expansion will increase Honda 2Wheeler India’s overall annual production capacity to 7 million units by year 2020.
Minoru Kato, President & CEO - Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt. Ltd. said, “Over the years, Honda has been investing and expanding its capacity to enhance customer’s joy in the largest 2Wheeler market of the world. The additional capacity at our 4th factory reinforces our commitment to serve our customers faster, who have reposed their trust in brand Honda.”
1st plant
Manesar
Haryana
ATSC + MC
2nd plant
Tapukara
Rajasthan
3rd plant
Narsapura
Karnataka
4th Plant
Vithalapur
Gujarat
ATSC ONLY
Cumulative Annual production capacity
Product mix
ATSC only
Till FY’2010-11
1.6M units
--
FY’2011-12
1.2M units
2.8M units
FY’2013-14
1.8M units
4.6M units
FY’15-16
0.6M units
5.4M units
FY’16-17
5.8M units
FY’17-18
2.4M units
6.4M units
FY’ 20-21
7.0M units
* ATSC – Automatic scooters, MC – motorcycles
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