Honda’s motorbike manufacturing and gross sales subsidiary in India, Honda Bike & Scooter India (HMSI), says it should construct a fourth manufacturing line at its fourth plant – Vithalapur, Ahmedabad district, Gujarat.
Deliberate to start operation in 2027, the brand new line may have an annual manufacturing capability of 650,000 items, bringing the overall capability of the fourth plant to 2.61 million items, making it Honda’s largest meeting plant for Honda bikes on the earth.
HMSI at present has 4 manufacturing vegetation in India with a complete annual manufacturing capability of 6.14 million items. As well as, the cumulative manufacturing quantity reached 70 million items in April of this 12 months, after 25 years since begin of manufacturing in 2001.
The fourth plant began operation in February 2016 with an annual manufacturing capability of 600,000 items, and in June of the identical 12 months, the corporate expanded its capability to 1.2 million items with the beginning of its second line. Moreover, the third line began operation in January 2024, taking annual manufacturing capability to 1.96 million items.
Honda might be investing roughly 9.2 billion rupees (1 rupee = 1.75 yen, and roughly 16.1 billion Japanese yen) to assemble a fourth line able to producing 650,000 items of 125 cc class bikes per 12 months on the premises of the fourth plant.
This may carry 1800 new jobs and improve the overall manufacturing capability of the fourth plant to 2.61 million items, making it considered one of Honda’s largest meeting vegetation for bikes on the earth.
Along with the fourth manufacturing line on the fourth plant, HMSI’s whole annual manufacturing capability is anticipated to extend from the present 6.14 million items to roughly 7 million items in 2027 by means of additional enlargement of manufacturing capability deliberate for different vegetation in India.
Tsutsumu Otani, HMSI president and CEO, says: “Honda has lengthy been investing and increasing its manufacturing capability in India, the world’s largest motorbike market, to carry pleasure to its clients. 25 years on, with a lot help, HMSI has reached the milestone of 70 million items of cumulative manufacturing.
“With the extra funding in our fourth plant, Honda will proceed to ship engaging services to its clients all over the world who’ve increased expectations and belief within the firm, and additional solidify its Indian motorbike enterprise.”
