Royal Enfield Begins Production At New Chennai Facility
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Aug 28, 2017, 02:25 PM
Key Highlights
- New manufacturing facility is at Vallam Vadagal near Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- Royal Enfield's third manufacturing facility is spread across 50 acres
- Royal Enfield will produce motorcycles for India and global markets
Royal Enfield, a division of Eicher Motors, on Sunday started commercial production from its new manufacturing facility at Vallam Vadagal near Chennai in Tamil Nadu. Spread over 50 acres, the Vallam Vadagal plant will be Royal Enfield's third manufacturing facility, and will manufacture Royal Enfield motorcycles for India and international markets.
Also Read: Fuel-Injected Royal Enfield Himalayan Spotted In DealershipAccording to the statement, the facility starts with an installed production capacity of 300,000 motorcycles per annum in the first phase.
In 2017-18, the combined production capacity from all the three plants is planned to be 825,000 units. In 2016-17, Royal Enfield produced and sold 667,135 motorcycles, nearing its installed capacity.
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Royal Enfield acquired a 50-acre plot in Vallam Vadagal in October 2014 as the site for its third manufacturing facility. The construction of the facility started 15 months back and has been completed in record time, it said.
The capacity in this facility will enable the company to meet its next level of growth.
In 2017-18, the company plans to invest Rs 800 crore, largely towards capacity expansion at Vallam Vadagal, new products and platforms, and technical Centres in Leicester, UK and Chennai, India. This investment will be funded through internal accruals, it added.
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