25 Feb, 2021 - 01:49 PM IST | By indiantelevision.com Team
In a development that comes as a testament to gender parity across workplaces, MG Motor India has manufactured its 50,000th MG Hector with an all-women crew in Gujarat’s Vadodara. The initiative has created a new benchmark while celebrating ‘Diversity’ – one of the core pillars of the automaker – as women led the end-to-end production. In this first-of-its-kind development, women-only teams were involved in panel-pressing of sheet metal and welding to painting jobs as well as carrying out post-production test runs.
MG Motor India has its state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Gujarat’s Halol (Panchmahal district). The British legacy automaker features an industry-leading 33% share of women in its workforce, wherein female professionals work shoulder to shoulder with their male counterparts across all business functions.
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50,000th Hector made in Gujarat’s Vadodara.
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New Delhi: MG Motor India has manufactured its 50,000th Hector with an all-women crew in Gujarat’s Vadodara.
The initiative has created a new benchmark while celebrating ‘Diversity’ – one of the core pillars of the automaker – as women led the end-to-end production. In this first-of-its-kind development, women-only teams were involved in panel-pressing of sheet metal and welding to painting jobs as well as carrying out post-production test runs, the company said in a statement.
MG Motors said that it aims to achieve 50% gender diversity in its organization in the future and pave the way for a balanced workforce. Since 2018, MG has hired many female associates in its manufacturing facility. MG’s Halol manufacturing facility is further equipped with Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV) and Robotic Process Automation (RPA) for various workshops. RPA is used by the automake