HMSI to build second motorcycle production plant in India

Published: 10-Mar-2010

Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (HMSI), Honda’s wholly-owned motorcycle production and sales subsidiary in India has announced its plans to build a second motorcycle production plant at Rajasthan in India.

To build the second plant, HMSI will acquire approximately 240,000 square meters of land within the Tapukara Industrial Area, Rajasthan, which is approximately 40 kilometer (km) from the existing plant and approximately 90km from New Delhi, the national Capital. The new plant is scheduled to become operational in the latter half of 2011 with annual production capacity of 600,000 units.

Further, HMSI is expanding annual production capacity of its existing plant from the current 1.25 million units to 1.55 million units by the end of this month, with a further expansion to 1.6 million units already scheduled for next year. As a result, HMSI’s total annual production capacity will be 2.2 million units, when the second plant becomes operational. The new plant will employ approximately 2,000 associates at initial stage of full capacity. The total investment will be approximately INR4.7 billion ($103 million).

It will also be more environmentally responsible plant by proactively reducing energy consumption during production and by employing other environmental measures such as water recycling.

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