Friday, February 10, 2012, AutomotiveWorld.com
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06 February, 2012 The country’s largest car-maker Maruti Suzuki is yet to firm up the land requirement for its proposed new manufacturing plant in Gujarat.
“We do have plans to go to Gujarat and preliminary talks have been already held with the state government. But nothing has been decided on when and how much land will be acquired there,” Managing Executive Officer (Engineering) of Maruti Suzuki I V Rao told reporters here today.
He said that the idea behind the Gujarat plant was to serve export markets through the Mundra port.
"The matter has not been placed before the board for approval yet," Rao said at the launch of new Swift Dzire sedan here.
Rao said the Gujarat idea was floated in May, 2011, when the industry was growing at a healthy rate of 18 per cent.
But with the slowdown in car sales subsequently, no progress had been made in this regard, he said.
With SIAM predicting annual growth of 10 per cent in the automobile segment next few years, the Gurgaon and Manesar plants would suffice to meet the demand.
Post completion of the third plant at Manesar, Maruti’s annual production capacity would touch 1.75 million units.
He said that steps were also being taken to reduce the waiting period for diesel cars by increasing production.
By: Colin Whitbread, Friday, November 25, 2011, AutomotiveWorld.com
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09 November, 2011 Workers at Maruti Suzuki’s plant supplying engines for its best-selling models have deliberately slowed production to protest unsatisfactory resolution to the recent labour unrest, spelling further trouble for the country’s biggest carmaker.
Output has dropped to 60 percent at the company’s vendor Suzuki Powertrain India Ltd (SPIL), which is its sole supplier of diesel engines, since the 13-day strike ended on October 19. This means a further delay in delivery of models such as the diesel-driven Suzuki hatchback and the midsized Suzuki Dzire, the backlog for which already stretches over nine months.
The SPIL workers are peeved at the management’s failure to reinstate their three union functionaries and arrive at a final settlement to their due wage revision. SPIL is owned 70 percent by Japan’s Suzuki Motor Corp and the rest by Maruti Suzuki India.
“There have been no proactive steps from the SPIL management to speedily address workers’ issues and sort out the matter at the earliest,” Subey Singh Yadav, president of the workers’ union said.
Yadav said the pending inquiry against him and two of his colleagues is unlikely to foster trust between the management and the workers. “It’s a management-led process. Much cannot be expected in terms of transparency or impartial inquiry,” he said. The SPIL management refused to comment.
The workers say they had initially planned to continue their strike on demands of immediate reinstatement of Yadav and the others, but were swayed by management’s assurances of a lenient action. “All workers stand by the basic demand of getting back all their leaders.
The SPIL management has been apprised of the situation to settle all pending issues at the earliest,” Netra Pal Singh, who assembles engines on SPIL’s shop floor said, refusing to rule out strikes in future.
The workers at SPIL do not foresee a situation similar to Maruti Suzuki’s car plant in Manesar, where the entire team of 30 workers resigned and took severance package of at least Rs 16 lakh each last week.
The workers at the Manesar car plant had adopted a similar go-slow policy which led to a sharp decline in production to almost half, which prompted the company to enforce the Good Conduct Bond that led to the 33-day strike.
SPIL, with an annual capacity of three lakh engines and transmission, is critical to Maruti Suzuki because frequent petrol price hikes have led to a steep increase in demand for diesel-driven cars.
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21 October, 2011 The 14-day-long strike at Maruti Suzuki India’s Manesar plant has been called off this morning following a tripartite agreement between the management, workers and the Haryana Government.
As part of the agreement, the management has agreed to take back 64 permanent workers but another 30 will remain suspended. It has also been agreed that around 1,200 casual workers would also be reinstated, sources privy to the talks said.
Setting up of two committees for grievance rederssal and labour welfare was also agreed in order to provide a harmonious working environment at the plant. The agreement came at the end of several rounds of talks, since Wednesday in the presence of senior officials of the Haryana government.
Before reaching the agreement, it is understood that MSI management individually considered the cases of all employees against whom disciplinary action had been taken and evaluated the severity of indiscipline in each case.
Wherever the charges were not serious, the sources said, MSI management decided to take back the employees. The agreement provides that 64 employees will be taken back, they said. “However, in case of another 30 employees, the charges were found to be of serious nature. The agreement provides that these employees are suspended,” a source said.
As far as the casual workers are concerned, the MSI agreed to take them back to meet requirements of the ongoing expansion at the Manesar plant.
Workers at the plant have been on strike since October 7 demanding reinstatement of about 1,200 casual workers and 44 permenant workers who have been suspended following an agreement signed on October 1 to end a 33-day-long standoff, along with 50 workers who have been dismissed or suspended during the current stir. As per the agreement, workers will face no work, no pay for the duration of the strike.
The agreement also provides for the setting up of a ‘Labour Welfare Committee’ to promote measures for good relations between the management and workers. The committee will comprise members from the management as well as workers. It is understood that the company has also agreed to arrange for transport services for workers in line with shift timings.
Workers at Suzuki Powertrain India Ltd (SPIL) and Suzuki Motorcycle India Pvt Ltd (SMIPL) who had also gone on strike from October 7 in support of their colleagues at Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) have also agreed to call off their strike. The company said it produced 1,997 vehicles at the Gurgaon and Manesar facilities on Thursday with the Manesar plant rolling out 200 cars with 600 workers on duty.
MSI board will be meeting on October 29 to consider among other things, a proposal for setting up of a new plant in Gujarat.
Friday, October 21, 2011, AutomotiveWorld.com
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Friday, October 21, 2011, AutomotiveWorld.com
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Friday, September 23, 2011, AutomotiveWorld.com
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26 August, 2011 The alliance plant of Renault-Nissan automotive manufacturing facility in Oragadam, near Chennai, has crossed a milestone achievement of rolling out one lakh units.
Nissan and Renault signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Tamil Nadu state government to set up a greenfield plant in 2008 with a combined investment of Rs 4500 crore. The plant now employs 4000 persons.
“We started production in May last year. Between then and now we have rolled out one lakh cars from the Oragadam facility ,” Kou Kimura, CEO and MD of Renault Nissan Automotive India said. The plant has achieved this milestone in 13 months. “This is the fastest roll out of one lakh cars in India.”
The facility, only of its kind, which makes vehicles for both Nissan and Renault makes Nissan Micra, a hatchback and assembles Renault’s Fluence, a sedan.
Work on the third shift began a couple of weeks ago. “At current levels we can make 2 lakh cars a year, which we will double and work for which will start sooner as we will reach saturation levels of our existing capacity,” Kimura said.
Renault has announced plans to launch 5 cars over the next 18 months, while Nissan has just launched its sedan Sunny and has announced making its light commercial vehicle as well from the Oragadam plant.
Friday, August 26, 2011, AutomotiveWorld.com
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Friday, August 26, 2011, AutomotiveWorld.com
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Thursday, August 04, 2011, AutomotiveWorld.com
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13 July, 2011 Indonesia on Tuesday said auto giant Tata Motors was considering using the country as a base to manufacture its low-cost Nano car.
The company has been carrying out feasibility studies in Indonesia over the past year, surveying the country’s auto market as well as possible plant locations, Industry Ministry transportation chief Budi Darmadi told AFP.
“They have met with us. They say Indonesia has a stable economy, plenty of skilled workers and they see a good future here,” he said. “They’re still exploring. So far, there’s no confirmation if they will produce the Nano cars here,” he added.
Darmadi said an investment by Tata would help develop Indonesia’s auto industry and create jobs in the rapidly developing country of 240 million people.
The government is currently designing a regulation on tax incentives for production of low-cost and green cars and “fiscal incentives will surely be given to companies with beneficial projects”, he added.
Darmadi was unable to confirm reports that Tata decided to shelve its expansion plan in Thailand as Indonesia offered more attractive incentives, or that the company was planning to produce 50,000 Nanos a year at a plant in Jakarta from 2013.
Tata Motors, known for producing lower-cost commercial vehicles, declined to comment, saying it “continuously explores both what could be relevant markets and within them relevant business opportunities.”
It added that its no-frills Nano, which recently went on sale in Sri Lanka and Nepal, will be launched in other “appropriate” countries in time. The Nano generated worldwide interest when it was launched in 2008 at a cost of about $3,000, with Tata touting it as the world’s cheapest car.
In May, Tata reported a nearly fourfold increase in annual profit, boosted by booming sales and strong demand for British brands Jaguar and Land Rover, which it bought three years ago.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011, AutomotiveWorld.com
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07 July, 2011 Toyota Kirloskar Motors will expand the capacity of its second plant in Karnataka, which manufactures models like the Etios and Liva, a company official said.
The capacity of the second plant would be increased from 70,000 units per annum to 1.20 lakh units per annum, Toyota Kirloskar Motors VP (Sales) S Shetty said.
The investment required for the expansion would be Rs 215 crore and it would be completed by the second quarter of next year, he said.
Launching the Liva (the hatchback version of the Etios) here today, Shetty said that the company has sold 21,000 units of the Etios so far. The expected combined sales of Etios and Liva this year would be around 60,000, he told reporters.
Toyota Kirloskar Motors’ dealership network would also be expanded to 175 by the year-end from 150 at present, he said.
Friday, August 05, 2011, AutomotiveWorld.com
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Friday, June 24, 2011, AutomotiveWorld.com
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24 June, 2011 The Karnataka government on Thursday extended tax concessions to the Japanese auto joint venture Toyota-Kirloskar Motor Ltd (TKML) for its second car plant at Bidadi in the state.
“The cabinet has decided to give Rs 9 crore tax relief to the Toyota joint venture on import of tools and machinery valued at Rs 450 crore. With this, cumulative tax concessions extended to the company during the last two years will be Rs 89 crore,” state cabinet minister V.S. Acharya told reporters in Bangalore.
The state government granted Rs 80 crore tax concession in 2009 when Toyota started constructing its second plant to roll out luxury cars for the Indian market.
“Toyota has committed to invest Rs 4,043 crore in its second plant to manufacture Etios car in hatchback and sedan versions, with an installed capacity of 70,000 units per annum,” Acharya said.
The company, which rolled out Etios sedan in December 2010, is scheduled to launch its hatchback version Etios Liva June 27 in New Delhi.
In the first plant that was set up in 1998 with an installed capacity of 80,000 units per annum, the world’s largest automaker manufactures the multi-utility vehicle Innova, sports utility vehicle Fortuner and sedan Corolla Altis.
Toyota’s Indian subsidiary also imports Camry, Prado, Prius and Land Cruiser in the form of completely built units.
Thursday, June 02, 2011, AutomotiveWorld.com
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