Maruti Suzuki India to add 7.5 lakh units capacity in Gujarat by 2020
Deccan ChronicleMehsana: The country's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India plans to add another 7.5 lakh units manufacturing capacity from three production lines in Gujarat plant by 2020, taking the total capacity to over 22.5 lakh units a year, a top company official said on Wednesday. The company, which already has a market share of over 50 per cent in the domestic passenger vehicle segment, is also initiating process to study ways to further expand production capacity beyond 22.5 lakh units per annum after 2020. The second production line with similar 2.5 lakh production capacity, is expected to be complete by this year-end, MSI Managing Director and CEO Kenichi Ayukawa told reporters here. MSI already has a production capacity of 15 lakh units per annum across its two plants at Gurgaon and Manesar.