Aggressively investing to ‘Make in India’ for India and the world, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India has inaugurated its landmark fourth manufacturing plant at Vithalapur Ahmedabad district, Gujarat in India. Honda’s latest green factory has come up in a record time of 13 months.The historic ceremony was graced by chief guest Mrs. Anandiben Patel (Hon’ble Chief Minister of Gujarat),Mr. Noriake Abe(Operating Officer, Chief Operating Officer – Asia and Oceania Regional Operations, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.), Mr. Shinji Aoyama(Operating Officer and Director, Chief Operating Officer, Motorcycle Operations, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.) and Mr. Yadvinder Singh Guleria (Senior Vice President – Sales & Marketing, HMSI). Spread over 250 acres, Honda’s Fourth plant operations are scheduled in two phases.
The first production line of 6 lakh units’ annual production will soon be followed by the 2nd Line of additional 6 lakh units’ annual production in the middle of 2016. In total, Honda will manufacture 1.2 million automatic scooters annually from its fourth plant. The new Fourth plant will increase 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)