| Sunday, January 07, 2007 |
| Daimler's India plant to roll out 5000 cars per shift |
One single shift at Daimler Chrysler’s India plant would roll outas many as 5000 cars, a ccording to a senior Daimler official. The car manufacturer’s India chief executive, Wilfried Aulbur, who was in Mumbai to sign a deal with the Maharashtra government to set up the plant said this/
The Gernam luxury car maker plans to set up the plant at Chakan, about 110 km east of Mumbai. However, the size of the investment has not been divulged. Analysts out the amount close to about Rs 2.5 billion.
Revealing that the first cars from the Chakan plant would roll out in January 2009, Daimler Chrysler’s senior officials added that in terms of growth perspective, India is one of the most impressive for the luxury car maker.
Further, the plant would also be used to make other brands like Chrysler and truck models. However no final decision has been taken on that yet. The auto giant is also said to be exploring the option of expanding its 160-strong research unit in Bangalore.
Daimler’s current cars numbering about 2,000 cars every year, come out of a leased facility owned by Tata Motors in Maharashtra. The performance of the auto major in India has been fairly good, with it selling 2,121 units in India in 2005. This was nearly double the sales as compared to the previous year. It sells its Mercedes-Benz S-Class, E-Class and C-Class sedans in India.Labels: Auto Industry |
| posted by a correspondent @ 10:01 AM |
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