Maruti Suzuki’s Hansalpur plant hits 10 lakh capacity

Maruti Suzuki India has started production at its fourth plant in Hansalpur, Gujarat, raising the facility's annual capacity to 10 lakh units, the largest for any Suzuki passenger vehicle site globally. The company has invested Rs 25,288.7 crore cumulatively in the 640-acre Hansalpur facility, including about Rs 3,900 crore for the new Plant D. The plant will initially manufacture the company's flagship battery electric vehicle, the e-Vitara.

Maruti Suzuki's total manufacturing capacity across Haryana and Gujarat now stands at 29 lakh units per annum. MD and CEO Hisashi Takeuchi said Gujarat has become a manufacturing and export hub for the company. He added that the Hansalpur and upcoming Sanand facility will help achieve the long-term goal of producing 40 lakh units annually in India, supporting the 'Make in India, Make for the World' vision.