Honda discontinues CR-V, Civic as it shuts Greater Noida plant
The automaker said the decision to stop production at the plant, which came up in 1997, has been taken as part of realignment of manufacturing operations to improve business efficiency. Updated: December 23, 2020 11:36:16 pm
Employees carry out final visual inspections of Honda Motor Co. Mobilio vehicles on the production line at the Honda Cars India Ltd. plant in Greater Noida, India, on Tuesday, July 15, 2014. (Photographer: Udit Kulshrestha/Bloomberg)
Honda Cars India Ltd (HCIL) on Wednesday said it will discontinue its CR-V and Civic models in the country, as the automaker formally announced the closure of manufacturing operations at its Greater Noida facility in Uttar Pradesh. Both these models were being manufactured at the plant.
Honda To Stop Production At One Of Two India Plants The automaker has stopped producing cars at its plant in Greater Noida and will move all production to its second facility in Rajasthan.
Updated: December 23, 2020 7:00 pm IST
Honda Motor Co has halted production at one of its two car manufacturing plants in India, the carmaker said on Wednesday, a country where sales of its vehicles have been under pressure from competitors.
The Japanese automaker has stopped producing cars at its plant in Greater Noida and will move all production to its second facility in Rajasthan, the company said in a statement.
Synopsis
The company already had a major crunch in terms of market penetration and was operating only in the 70% of the market segment; with this it will further go down. Eventually, the company will have only four models in India - City, WR-V, Amaze and Jazz.
ET Bureau
DELHI: Japanese carmaker Honda Cars India (HCIL) on Wednesday said that it is consolidating operations in India to make it efficient and sustainable as its product line up shrinks to four models.
Confirming the ETAuto news break, Rajesh Goel, senior VP and director, HCIL said, “We are consolidating our all production to Tapukara plant and will stop production at the Greater Noida plant.”
Synopsis
The company has stopped the production in Greater Noida plant. However, all head office functions, India R&D Centre and spare parts operations (including warehouse) for automobiles, two-wheelers and power products’ business will continue to operate from Greater Noida.
Agencies
Honda Cars India has the capacity to produce 180,000 units per annum at the facility.
New Delhi/Mumbai: Japanese auto major Honda Cars India Wednesday said it has stopped production at its Greater Noida facility with immediate effect to improve business efficiency.
The company, which has been under pressure to grow sales amid a prolonged slowdown in the local market, said to maintain sustainability of operations by leveraging production and supply chain efficiencies, Honda Cars India Limited (HCIL) has decided to consolidate the manufacturing operations for vehicles and components at its Tapukara plant in Rajasthan for all domestic sales and exports.
Honda shuts production at Noida unit; to consolidate with plant in Tapukara
Gaku Nakanishi, President and CEO of Honda Cars said that despite an uptick in sales, the decision to shut down production at Greater Noida plant was taken as the current market conditions remain unpredictable due to the coronavirus pandemic
BusinessToday.In | December 23, 2020 | Updated 16:35 IST
Honda shuts production at Noida plant
Honda Cars India Ltd (HCIL) on Wednesday said that it will shut down production at its Greater Noida plant and consolidate manufacturing operations for vehicles and components at its Tapukara plant in Rajasthan. The Japanese major said that the move has been taken to realign its manufacturing operations with the goal of improving business efficiency. Honda Cars India Ltd. (HCIL) today announced realignment of its manufacturing operations with the goal of improving business efficiency. To maintain sustainability of operations by leveraging production & supply chain efficien