Suzuki Motor Gujarat completes construction of plant C

New Delhi: Suzuki Motor Gujarat (SMG), a 100 per cent subsidiary of Suzuki Motor Corporation, has completed construction of the plant C and started production. Suzuki established SMG in March 2014 to secure production ability in preparation for the automobile market growth in India as well as for expansion of exports from India.

The plant A started operating in February 2017 and the plant B and powertrain plant in January 2019. In October 2020, SMG became the fastest production site of Suzuki to achieve accumulated automobile production of one million units.

With production starting at the plant C which has an annual production ability of 250,000 units together with plant A and plant B, the total ability of SMG will be 750,000 units.

Together with Maruti Suzuki’s production ability of 1.5 million units, Suzuki’s production ability of automobiles in India will be 2.25 million units. All automobiles produced in SMG will be supplied to Maruti Suzuki.

Suzuki will continuously meet the automobile market demand in India which is estimated to grow further, and also encourage exportation to the global market, thus contributing to the ‘Make in India initiative promoted by the government.