Wednesday 27 July 2016

Yamaha establishes its second R&D Centre in India

The new centre is located in the premises of India Yamaha Motor’s plant in Kanchipuram district, Tamil Nadu.

Yamaha Motor Research & Development India Pvt. Ltd. (YMRI) announced the establishment of its second R&D Centre in India today. The new Centre is located in the premises of India Yamaha Motor’s plant in Kanchipuram district, Tamil Nadu. The new Centre has been established to ensure optimum utilization of resources at both the locations and focus towards the enhancement of the capability and the capacity. An investment of Rs. 66 crores has been made to set-up the center and it is part of the Rs. 1,500 crore investment that Yamaha has already committed to ‘Make in India’ by 2018.
 
On this occasion, Yasuo Ishihara, Managing Director, YMRI, said, “The objective of the new Centre is to develop models for India and eventually, the Global market. The Chennai Centre shall be the second main pillar for YMRI. By collaboration with the current development power in Surajpur center, we aim to strengthen more of the cost reduction and attractive product development in the Chennai center. The key role of this India Integrated Development Center is to develop optimized specifications for the Indian market.”

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