India’s leading car manufacturer Maruti Suzuki is planning to setup a new factory in western Gujarat state in India, as the firm looks to boost production by up to two million units a year.
The firm was exploring the possibility of a new plant over 500 acres (202 hectares) in the state, where Tata Motors’ low-cost Nano model is already built. Company chairman R.C. Bhargava and managing director Shinzo Nakanishi met Gujarat’s chief minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday to inform him of their interest
According to media Modi was positive about this project but while Gujarat “seems to be a high probability state for us,” nothing was finalized.
“It is too early to say anything about the location of the proposed plant, as we have not yet decided anything about it,” Bhargava was quoted as saying.
“The state government has shown us a few locations and it will take two to three months to finalize.”
Maruti Suzuki, which already has a manufacturing unit in Gurgaon Haryana, wants to expand its capacity by a million cars a year, the chairman added.
