Maruti aims to nearly double its production capacity to 4 million units per annum.

Maruti Suzuki has set up a new assembly line at its Manesar plant, expanding the factory’s annual production capacity by 1 lakh units.

The new vehicle assembly line has been added to Plant-A, which is one of three manufacturing plants located at the Manesar site. With this, the total capacity of the plant has increased to 9 lakh units per annum.

The new assembly line at Plant-A will enhance the company’s overall capacity to 2.35 million units per annum. Maruti aims to nearly double its production capacity to 4 million units per annum over the next 7-8 years.

Maruti’s Manesar plant became operational in February 2007. Plant-B and Plant-C were set up in 2011 and 2013, respectively. Models like the Brezza, Ertiga, XL6, WagonR, Dzire, S-Presso, Ciaz and Celerio are manufactured at this facility.

A video showing the new entry process installed at Maruti's Manesar plant due to the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic has surfaced online.

A worker's attendance is marked and his ID card is checked at the entry point. Then a security guard takes his body temperature reading with an infrared thermometer. The worker is then sent to what appears to be a hand-sanitizer dispenser. After this, the worker has to pass through a disinfecting tunnel.

In April 2020, Maruti received permission to begin production of vehicles at its Manesar plant.

The Maruti Suzuki Workers Union (MSWU) handed over a sum of Rs. 71.5 lakh to families of 13 former employees who were convicted for the violence at the Manesar plant in 2012.

Workers from Maruti's Manesar plant donated Rs. 5,000 each from their salaries to support the families of the convicts who are reportedly from a poor section of the society. Leaders and members of MSWU and Maruti Udyog Kamgar Union handed over Rs. 5.5 lakh to each family on Saturday.

Earlier, the Maruti Udyog Kamgar Union had handed over Rs. 50,000 each to 36 affected families. Sunbeam Auto Company had also donated Rs. 75,000 each to 13 families. 

One person was killed and 85 others were injured when clashes broke out between workers and managers at Maruti Suzuki's Manesar plant in July 2012. 

The court had found 31 employees guilty of murder, attempt to murder, rioting among other offences and sentenced 13 of them to life imprisonment, while 4 were sentenced for 5 years. The remaining 14 accused were let off after serving their sentence.

Source: Economic Times

Maruti Suzuki India Ltd has preponed its plant maintenance schedule by around three weeks. Earlier scheduled from June 27 to July 2, 2016 both plants of the automaker (in Gurgaon and Manesar) will now remain closed from June 6 to June 11, 2016 for the company’s bi-annual maintenance drives.

The company has officially commented that this advancement of maintenance schedule will help Maruti Suzuki to utilize the time window for arranging supply of components, especially AC compressors. The company's manufacturing facilities are currently facing shortage of supply of AC compressor units, after a massive fire broke out at M/s Subros Ltd., which is Maruti's chief vendor of compressors. This fire has already resulted in a production loss of four shifts at both Maruti Suzuki factories.

The company expects to get better production volumes once the plant maintenance and component supply issues are taken care of.

Two days ago, Maruti Suzuki had to shut down manufacturing operations at both of its plants in Manesar and Gurgaon after a fire broke out at the production facility of one of its component suppliers. But, the Japanese automaker has now officially confirmed that it will be resuming production at the Gurgaon plant from the second half of June 1, 2016.

Maruti suspended production at both its plants in Manesar and Gurgaon after its AC compressor supplier M/s Subros Ltd, suffered a huge fire at its Manesar plant on the night of May 29.

Regarding the Manesar production facility, Maruti has claimed that certain operations including casting and transmission manufacturing will resume from the second half of June 1, though full operations will be resumed at a later date.

Maruti's official statement further suggested that the automaker is working with Subros to arrange an alternate component supply route from other manufacturing plants, so that normal operations can be resumed at the earliest.

Maruti Suzuki has temporarily suspended production at its Manesar and Gurgaon plants. This production halt is a result of a massive fire that broke out at Subros Limited, which is responsible for manufacturing AC compressors for Maruti Suzuki cars. The fire has disrupted supply of components from the plant, forcing Maruti Suzuki to suspend production from the second half of May 30.

The fire was first noticed at 02:00 PM on Sunday, May 29. Flames soon started spreading across the factory complex, as multiple AC compressors exploded due to increasing heat levels. There hasn't been any official word from Subros Limited yet, but the fire is said to have damaged crores worth of property. One person was left injured due to the aforementioned fire, while there have been no casualities recorded.

Maruti Suzuki has officially commented that it will jointly assess the extent of damage with Subros Limited. The automaker is also looking out for alternate options to supply components, so that production can be resumed as soon as possible.

The wait for your new Maruti car might just get longer. In an official statement released by Maruti Suzuki, production of vehicles at both - the Manesar facility as well as the Gurgaon plant, has been temporarily suspended.

Due to the agitations in Rohtak and other areas of Haryana, supply of components has been disrupted. As a result, Maruti Suzuki has temporarily discontinued production of cars starting February 20, 2016.

Operations are likely to resume once the supply of components is streamlined. Together, these plants produce 5,000 vehicles every day.

India's largest car maker - Maruti Suzuki, rolled out the 2.5 millionth car from its plant in Manesar - a Glistening Grey Swift Zxi. The plant achieved this 25 lakh production milestone in 7 years and 8 months which is the fastest for any car manufacturer in the country. Presently, the Manesar plant manufactures the Swift, DZire and the Celerio.

The Manesar facility is spread over 600 acres, housing 3 plants, with an annual production capacity of 800,000 units. The Manesar campus also accommodates the diesel engine plant and a suppliers park.

Interestingly, the company has installed a 1 MW Solar Power Plant inside the Manesar facility to offset CO2 emissions by upto 1200 tonnes annually.