Suzuki to increase production capacity in India
- Suzuki, with its Maruti brand, is the leading automotive manufacturer in India, in terms of production and sales. In 2016, the Japanese OEM produced 1,513 million vehicles at two different locations (Manesar and Gurgaon) and sold 1.395 million vehicles in this market. In 2016, Suzuki had a production capacity of 1.5 million vehicles a year in India.
- The third plant that Suzuki built last year in Gujarat began operations in early 2017. This plant has an initial production capacity of 250,000 vehicles per year, and manufactures the Suzuki Baleno for India and for export.
- Encouraged by the rise of the Indian market as a whole in the first quarter of 2017 (almost 10% increase over the period), and by the steady increase in its market share in India (from 30% in 2012 To 38% in 2016), the Japanese manufacturer has recently decided to double this production capacity by 2019, three years earlier than originally planned. In two years, Suzuki will thus have a production capacity of 2 million vehicles per year, which is close to the manufacturer's sales target in this market (2 million vehicles in 2020).
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