Maruti Adds New Assembly Line At Manesar Plant With Additional 1 Lakh Units Capacity
Maruti Suzuki India, Indian passenger vehicle manufacturer, has commissioned another vehicle assembly line at its Manesar facility today. This assembly line has been added to the existing Plant-A of the 3 manufacturing plants at Manesar. The new vehicle assembly line has the capability to manufacture 1,00,000 units per annum. With this additional assembly line, the total manufacturing capability at Manesar stands at 9,00,000 vehicles per annum.
Cumulatively, the Manesar facility has contributed over 95 lakh units in Maruti Suzuki’s 3 Crore production milestone. Several models like Brezza, Ertiga, XL6, Wagon R, Dzire, S-Presso, Ciaz and Celerio are manufactured at this facility.
Speaking at the commissioning of the new assembly line, Hisashi Takeuchi, Managing Director & CEO of Maruti Suzuki India, said, “We aim to nearly double our capacity to 4 million vehicles per annum over the next 7-8 years and this capacity addition of 1,00,000 vehicles per year is a step towards this goal. It will help us serve our customers faster and enhance our overall capability to manufacture up to 23.5 lakh units per annum.”
Maruti Suzuki Manesar facility was inaugurated in February 2007 with the start of Plant A. As customer demand increased, the Company added Plant-B in 2011 and Plant-C in 2013.
