Monday, 10 February 2014

Maruti Suzuki to build stockyards in Bengal, Gujarat: Report

Maruti Suzuki India, country’s largest car maker is reportedly planning to build two massive vehicle stockyards, one each in Gujarat and West Bengal. These new stockyards will help the company to reduce delivery period from seven days to one day in Gujarat and West Bengal. Earlier, the company used to transport cars from Gurgoan against orders, which would take at least six to seven days for delivery to the customers.

Currently, the company has two stockyards in India. Of which one is located near Bangalore, which caters to the southern market, and the other in Nagpur, which takes care of the western market. The company is also planning to build its own car crash testing site in Rohtak, Haryana, along with its R&D centre there.

Maruti Suzuki has reported 11.06% fall in its production to 109,342 units in January 2014 as compared to 122,936 units in same month last year. Of total, the company has manufactured a 44,411 vehicles under mini segment (including Alto, A Star, Wagon R), down by 22.21%, as against 57,095 vehicles manufactured in corresponding month previous year.

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