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Wednesday 17 February 2016

Honda inaugurates its 4th two-wheeler plant in India

Aggressively investing to ‘Make in India’ for India and the world, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt. Ltd. (HMSI) today 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 (Chief Minister of Gujarat),Mr. Noriake Abe (Operating Officer, COO - 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.), Mr. Toshiyuki Shimabara, (Operating Officer, Executive Incharge of Motorcycle Production, Motorcycle operations, Honda Motor Co., Ltd), Mr. Keita Muramatsu (President & CEO – Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt. Ltd), Mr. Toshinobu Motai (Chief Production Officer, HMSI), Mr. V Sridhar (Senior Vice President & Director – Corporate Office Production, HMSI), Mr. Anupam Mohindroo (Senior Vice President & Director – Purchase Head office, HMSI) 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 lac units’ annual production will soon be followed by the 2nd Line of additional 6 lac units’ annual production in the middle of 2016. In total, Honda will manufacture 1.2 million automatic scooters annually from its fourth plant.

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