Maruti Suzuki India to invest another Rs 1,900 crore on Rohtak centre in 2 years

The country’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) is investing another Rs 1,900 crore till March 2019 on enhancing the R&D centre here for cutting time of new product development and to expand infrastructure for evaluating vehicles’ safety. The company has already invested around Rs 1,900 crore on the first phase of development at the R&D centre that houses various facilities, including vehicle testing and evaluation labs. “In the second phase we will have facilities dedicated for transmissions, engines, emissions controls among others. These will come up at the centre over the next few years,” MSI Executive Director R&D, C V Raman said. The company had completed the first phase of development at Rohtak centre in November 2015. The centre, which is spread over 600 acres, is already playing a significant role in Maruti’s endeavour to be compliant with new safety regulations that will come in by October this year.