New Delhi: The country's biggest car maker Maruti Suzuki India on Saturday said it would shift some of its car production from its Gurgaon plant to the new facility at Manesar in a phased manner.
"The Gurgaon plant will be gradually changed to a base
for engine assembly and machining, while automobile assembly
will be integrated at Manesar plant," the company said in a
statement.
It, however did not specify production of which of the
models would be shifted from the plant.
The Gurgaon plant produces mainly M800, Omni, Versa
and Gypsy. The company has a production capacity of 6.2 lakh
units at its three plants in Gurgaon producing other models,
including Alto, Wagon R, Estilo, Ritz, and Gypsy.
The Manesar facility of the company, which manufactures
A-Star, SX4, Swift and Swift DZiRE, has a capacity of three
lakh units a year.
The decision to shift production was taken during Suzuki
Motor Corp's Chairman and Suzuki's CEO visit to India to
attend MSI's annual general meeting, it said.
MSI had scaled up its overall production capacity to one
million units this year from the two facilities at Gurgaon and
Manesar.
The Gurgaon Plant was constructed in early 1970’s and
had been refurbished and modified before Maruti Udyog began
production in 1983.
Bureau Report
First Published: Saturday, September 05, 2009, 17:27