Yamaha Motor Research & Development India has announced the establishment of its second R&D Centre in India, which is located in the premises of India Yamaha’s plant in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu. The new Centre has been established to ensure optimum utilization of resources at both the locations and focus towards the enhancement of the capability and the capacity. An investment of Rs. 66 crores has been made to set-up the centre and it is part of the Rs. 1,500 crore investment that Yamaha has already committed to ‘Make in India’ by 2018.
The company’s long-term plan is to develop products which fit the Indian and Global customer requirements, but at the same time, carry the brand DNA of Performance, Innovation, Design, Style and Sportiness. The Centre is intended to increase Yamaha’s manufacturing competitiveness in the country. It aims to develop not only higher specification, but also low cost with good balance for the India market. For this purpose, India R&D would ‘develop’, ‘purchase’ and do ‘cost innovation’. The new R&D Centre has state-of-the-art facilities including prototype testing & validation and a test track with simulation of Indian Road condition.