Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt Ltd inaugurated the second assembly line of its fourth manufacturing plant at Vithalapur (Mandal taluk, Ahmedabad district) in the western state of Gujarat.
Adding an additional 6 lakh units annual production capacity, the fourth plant’s total capacity has now reached 1.2 million units annually. The second assembly line inaugurated is an exclusive scooter assembly line and will produce India’s largest selling two-wheeler Activa.
This expansion increases HMSI’s total annual production capacity to 5.8 million units, including 1.6 million units at first plant (Haryana), 1.2 million units at second plant (Rajasthan), 1.8 million units at third plant (Karnataka) and another 1.2 million units at the fourth plant (Gujarat).
Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India is also planning to add a new line at its Karnataka facility with an investment of around Rs 600 crore. The new line can produce another 600,000 units to the existing 1.8 million units.
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