Royal Enfield on expansion mode; to set up third plant.

Revving up the throttle on its expansion plans following 'huge' demand, premium motorcycle manufacturer Royal Enfield is looking at ramping up production at its two facilities here besides setting up a third plant, a top official said.

The Eicher Motors' company has been witnessing huge demand for its products soon after launch of various models, including the 'Classic' range. To augment the expansion plans, the firm recently acquired land near here to set up another facility.

Royal Enfield currently has two manufacturing facilities one each at Tiruvottiyur and Oragadam near.

'Last year we produced just over 1.70 lakh motorcycles and this year (2014) we will be doing three lakh units. So we are talking about 70-75 per cent increase in capacity from last year to this year,' Eicher Motors MD and CEO Siddhartha Lal told PTI.

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