Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Friday said it has inked a pact with the Haryana government to set up second Japan-India Institute for Manufacturing (JIM) in the state. The new institute would come up at Kansala in Rohtak, Haryana and will be operational next year. Spread over five acres, the existing ITI Kansala will be upgraded to a JIM with an investment of 5.8 crore, the auto major said in a statement. The Haryana government has provided the land and building for the JIM, Kansala, while the company will provide equipment, training modules, trained teachers, and will manage this institute for 15 years, it added. "The Indian passenger vehicle industry is now world's third largest and growing. It is our responsibility to prepare human capacity corresponding to manufacturing capacity to meet this growth," MSI Executive Director Corporate Affairs Rahul Bharti stated. Skilling youth with industry ready skills will help in realising the vision of an Atmanirbhar Bharat, he added. MSI ..
Maruti will also join the EV bandwagon with its first born-electric SUV, the eVX, which is slated to be launched in India towards the end of 2024
While Maruti Suzuki retains a dominant market share in the petrol-powered affordable cars segment, given the size and range of the vehicle, the eVX is unlikely to be as affordable as Tata's Tiago EV
Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Wednesday said its Gujarat-based unit has crossed 30 lakh cumulative production milestone. Suzuki Motor Gujarat (SMG) has surpassed the milestone within a span of around 6 years and 11 months since commencing operations in February 2017, MSI said in a statement. SMG has an annual production capacity of 7.5 lakh units and the vehicles manufactured at the plant are sold in both domestic as well as export markets. "With the acquisition of Suzuki Motor Gujarat, we are further enhancing our production flexibility. The production of our battery electric vehicles will also be undertaken at the Gujarat plant and is expected to start in FY 2024-25," MSI MD and CEO Hisashi Takeuchi stated. Currently, the facility rolls out some of the popular models like Swift, Baleno, Dzire and Fronx. Around 50 per cent of the vehicles manufactured at SMG in 2022-23, were exported to global markets, Takeuchi noted. MSI board recently approved the acquisition of SMG from Suzuki
Maruti Suzuki, India's largest carmaker, did not mention the quantum of price hike
The board of Maruti Suzuki approved the allotment of 12,322,514 equity shares to Suzuki having a face value of Rs 5 each at a price of Rs 10,420.85 per equity share
Suzuki has continued with its four-cylinder engines at a time when most carmakers have shifted to three-cylinder units
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Utility vehicle sales for the company stood at 59,147 units in October 2023 which was almost double the 30,971 units sold in October 2022
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The company sold 5,52,055 vehicles during the quarter as compared to 5,17,395 units in the second quarter of last year
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Hatchbacks still constitute 30 per cent of the passenger vehicle market. The top three cars in India are still small cars: Swift, Baleno and WagonR. Incidentally, all three are Maruti models
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Maruti Suzuki reported its best-ever exports which reached 259,333 units for the financial year 2022-23
The country's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India has signed an initial pact with IDBI Bank to offer financing solutions for dealers. The new alliance will empower over 4,000 Maruti Suzuki sales outlets across the country with comprehensive inventory funding options for their working capital needs, the automaker said in a statement on Tuesday. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed with IDBI Bank in this regard. "We have worked closely with IDBI Bank in developing curated products and end-to-end working capital solutions for our dealer partners across the country," Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) Senior Executive Officer (Marketing & Sales) Shashank Srivastava said. Dealer partners are the backbone of the company's business and the automaker is committed to supporting them in enhancing their capabilities to address the growing Indian passenger vehicle market, he added. "IDBI Bank's supply chain finance will provide easy access to working capital finance to the dealers of
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MSIL operates with a total production capacity of 2.25 million units annually, with the Gujarat plant contributing about 750,000 units per annum to this figure