The leading German auto giant Mercedes Benz is planning to invest as much as Rs 400 crore in its India based plant enhance the assembling capacity by up to 400 percent. With this additional investment, the total investment of this German auto German auto giant will surge over Rs 1,000-crore.
The company is set to add a series of new car models in their India portfolio including the likes of B Class, A Class, CLA Class and GLA Class. All of these models will be brought to the Indian market through the CKD route, and to cater their assembling operations the company will require to boost their assembling capacity to 25,000-30,000 per annum over the period of next 2-3 years, as compared to existing capacity of 10,000 units.
In a recent statement, Mercedes Benz India managing director & CEO Peter Honegg said, "We have just increased paint-shop capacity at Pune plant from 10,000 units per annum to 20,000 units at an investment of Rs 180-200 crore. With a little more investment and additional shifts, the capacity will go up to 30,000 and even 40,000 units per annum. Alongside, investment is required in creating new assembly lines,"
