Suzuki Motor Gujarat

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Suzuki Motor Gujarat Pvt Ltd
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryAutomotive
Founded31 March 2014; 9 years ago (31 March 2014)
HeadquartersAhmedabad, Gujarat, India
Products
Production output
≈750,000 (2021)
Total equity126.8 billion rupee
OwnerSuzuki Motor Corporation (100%)
Number of employees
10,000

Suzuki Motor Gujarat Private Limited (SMGPL) is an automotive manufacturing plant owned by Suzuki Motor Corporation. Located in Hansalpur Becharaji village of Mandal Taluka in Ahmedabad District, it is the first and the only Suzuki automobile manufacturing plant in India that is wholly owned directly by Suzuki as a foreign company, as the other plants are owned by Maruti Suzuki.[1] The plant supplies vehicles to Maruti Suzuki in the domestic market and to overseas markets. The plant was opened on 1 February 2017 and has the total annual capacity of 750,000 units.[2][3] The plant has helped Suzuki achieve exports of 2 million units from India.[4]

Suzuki Motor Gujarat currently consists of four plants, the Plant A, opened in February 2017, has a total annual capacity of 250,000 and is currently assembling the Baleno. The Plant B was operational in January 2019 has a total vehicle producing capacity of 250,000 and it is currently assembling the Swift. Plant C started production in April 2021 with an annual capacity of 250,000 and is currently assembling the Dzire.[5] The powertrain plant has an annual capacity of producing 500,000 engines and 500,000 powertrains.[6]

The plant crossed 1 million production mark on 21 October 2020, just 3 years and 9 months since it started production in February 2017. It is the fastest production site of Suzuki to reach the milestone.[7] It crossed production mark of two million units on 20 August 2022. It has achieved this milestone in 5 years and 6 months after having started production in February 2017 and this is the fastest in any Suzuki production plant. The 2 millionth vehicles produced was a Baleno with South African specifications.

Current production

  • Plant A (February 2017–present) - Suzuki Baleno - 250,000 units/year
  • Plant B (January 2019–present) - Suzuki Swift - 250,000 units/year
  • Plant C (April 2021–present) - Suzuki Dzire - 250,000 units/year
  • Powertrain plant - K12 petrol engine family - 500,000 units/year, 5MT and AGS transmissions - 500,000 units/year [8]

References

  1. ^ Chauhan, Chanchal Pal (2014-01-29). "Maruti Suzuki gives up Gujarat plant to Suzuki subsidiary; says it will benefit financially". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  2. ^ PTI (2016-05-31). "Suzuki Motor Gujarat plant will be operational from 2017: Osamu Suzuki". Livemint. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  3. ^ India Today Web Desk (2017-01-31). "Production at Suzuki's Gujarat plant to begin from February 1 - Auto News". India Today. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
  4. ^ "Suzuki achieves accumulated automobile exports of 2 million units in India". Automotive World. 2021-03-01. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
  5. ^ Staff Writer (2021-04-03). "Suzuki Motor Gujarat starts production at third plant in Ahmedabad facility". mint. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
  6. ^ "Suzuki's Gujarat Plant C in India Starts Operation" (PDF). 2021-04-02. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
  7. ^ Staff Writer (2020-10-22). "Suzuki Motor Gujarat achieves 1 million production mark". mint. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
  8. ^ "Suzuki's Gujarat Plant C in India Starts Operation" (PDF). 2021-04-02. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
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