Honda Motorcycle: Honda Motorcycle commissions 6.5 lakh additional production capacity at Gujarat plant | Ahmedabad News
Ahmedabad: Automobile major Honda Motorcycles and Scooters India (HMSI) Ltd on Monday announced that it has inaugurated the third assembly line at its fourth two-wheeler manufacturing plant, at Vithalapur, 79km from Ahmedabad.
The Vithalapur plant added manufacturing capacity of 6.5 lakh units, taking the plant’s annual capacity from 13.2 lakh units to 19.7 lakh.
Tsutsumu Otani, president, managing director and CEO, HMSI, said, “To serve customers more efficiently with speed, undertaking this capacity expansion plan will increase HMSI’s annual production volumes significantly. HMSI’s Gujarat plant produces scooter models for domestic and export markets and will help us to continue leading the scooterization trend not just in India but across the globe.”
Some of the best-selling models of HMSI’s gearless two-wheeler segment including the Honda Activa, Dio, Activa 125 and Dio 125 are manufactured at the Vithalapur plant.
The expansion will further add employment opportunities and the company said it plans to increase the number of women in its workforce.
The company is also actively working towards its goal of carbon neutrality by 2030 at the Gujarat plant. It currently uses 75% electrical power from renewable energy sources (wind and solar power), employs rainwater harvesting and is a zero-liquid discharge and zero waste to landfill facility.
The Vithalapur plant added manufacturing capacity of 6.5 lakh units, taking the plant’s annual capacity from 13.2 lakh units to 19.7 lakh.
Tsutsumu Otani, president, managing director and CEO, HMSI, said, “To serve customers more efficiently with speed, undertaking this capacity expansion plan will increase HMSI’s annual production volumes significantly. HMSI’s Gujarat plant produces scooter models for domestic and export markets and will help us to continue leading the scooterization trend not just in India but across the globe.”
Some of the best-selling models of HMSI’s gearless two-wheeler segment including the Honda Activa, Dio, Activa 125 and Dio 125 are manufactured at the Vithalapur plant.
The expansion will further add employment opportunities and the company said it plans to increase the number of women in its workforce.
The company is also actively working towards its goal of carbon neutrality by 2030 at the Gujarat plant. It currently uses 75% electrical power from renewable energy sources (wind and solar power), employs rainwater harvesting and is a zero-liquid discharge and zero waste to landfill facility.