Maruti Suzuki India has said that it will shift production from one plant at the Gurgaon factory in Haryana, to the factory at Manesar, 25 km to the south, also in the same State. The plant at the Gurgaon facility will be gradually changed to a base for engine assembly and machining, while the automobile assembly will be integrated at Manesar, according to a company press release.
The release said on Saturday that the Gurgaon Plant I was constructed in the early 1970s and refurbished and modified before Maruti Udyog (as the company was called before Suzuki Motor Corporation acquired a majority stake) began production in 1983. The almost 40-year-old building and equipment have been depreciated to a large extent. “It is necessary to reconstruct the building and modernise the production facilities,” the release said.
It said that since the land at the Gurgaon campus was fully used-up, the company decided “that facilities from Plant I in Gurgaon should be added and shifted to Manesar plant in a phased manner.” As the shifting of production facilities will result in increased production volumes at Manesar, the company has sought further support from the Haryana Government so that the railway siding at Manesar can be completed at the earliest.
Plant I has a capacity of over 2.50 lakh units a year and rolls out the Maruti 800, the Omni, the Versa, the Gypsy, the Ritz and the Alto. The Alto is made in all the three plants at Gurgaon, according to company sources.
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