Maruti Suzuki has announced that the company is planning is to build a new manufacturing plant in Maneser near New Delhi with intended production kick off by 2013. The new plant will have the capacity to produce 2,50,000 units per annum.
Maruti Suzuki is already constructing an assembly plant in the same locality from 2007 onwards with targeted capacity to produce 3,00 000 units per annum. However, it is expected that this plant will come out only after 2012 spring. Due to over-demand, the company schedules the third plant's launch before the launch of its second plant.
Currently, Maruti is manufacturing units 20 percent beyond its current capacity. Still, the demand's trend remains up and almost all Maruti car models are under waiting list..
In the third, new plant, the company plans to produce its small cars like Wagon R and Alto. The expansion of this new plant in India will increase company’s annual output to 1.7 million vehicles, taking it beyond its capacity in Japan.
