Maruti Suzuki's Kharkhoda Plant Construction on Track, Set to Be Operational by 2025.

Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL) has confirmed that construction at its Kharkhoda plant in Haryana is progressing smoothly, with the facility set to start operations in 2025. The first phase of the plant will have an annual production capacity of 250,000 units. Once fully operational, the plant will ramp up to a capacity of one million units per year.

Currently, Maruti Suzuki operates three manufacturing facilities: two in Haryana (Gurgaon and Manesar) and one in Gujarat (Hansalpur), with a combined annual production capability of 2.35 million units. In line with expectations of increasing demand for automobiles in India and internationally, the company aims to expand its total annual production capacity to four million units.

The company also revealed plans for another greenfield facility with an annual capacity of one million units, with efforts underway to identify a suitable location.

In a major achievement, Maruti Suzuki reached a milestone of two million vehicles produced in a calendar year for the first time in its history. This makes Maruti Suzuki the first manufacturer in India’s passenger vehicle segment to reach this mark. Additionally, it became the first among Suzuki Motor Corporation’s global manufacturing facilities to achieve this milestone. The two-millionth vehicle, an Ertiga, was rolled out from the company’s Manesar facility in Haryana.

Approximately 60% of the two million vehicles were produced in Haryana, with the remaining 40% manufactured in Gujarat. The top five models produced during the year include the Baleno, Fronx, Ertiga, WagonR, and Brezza.

Hisashi Takeuchi, Managing Director and CEO of MSIL, expressed pride in the achievement, saying, “This milestone reflects our commitment, alongside our supplier and dealer partners, to driving economic growth, supporting nation-building, and making India’s automobile industry self-reliant and globally competitive.”

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