Honda Siel Cars India sells 2334 units in May 2011
Published On Jun 02, 2011 11:35 AM By Ritesh
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Honda Siel Cars India (HSCI), leading manufacturer of premium cars in India reported sales of 2,334 units during the month of May 2011 as against 2,012 units sold during April 2011 recording a growth of 16%. HSCI is currently operating on 50% of its planned production volume in the wake of the shortage of components from Japan. As the parts supply situation is improving in Japan, HSCI is likely to resume normal production from the festival season.
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Honda Siel Cars India Ltd., (HSCI) leading manufacturer of passenger cars in India was established in December 1995 as a joint venture between Honda Motor Co. Ltd (Japan) and Siel Limited with a commitment to provide Honda’s latest passenger car models and technologies, to the Indian customers. HSCI’s first state-of-the-art manufacturing unit was set up at Greater Noida, U.P in 1997 with an investment of Rs. 450 crore. The total investment made by the company in India till date is Rs. 1620 crores. At present, the company has a capacity of manufacturing 100,000 cars.
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HSCI’s second manufacturing facility is in Tapukara, Rajasthan. This facility is spread over 600 acres and will have an initial production capacity of 60,000 units per annum, with an investment of about Rs 1,000 crore. The first phase of this facility was inaugurated in September 2008. Plant has been awarded with "National Energy Conservation Award" for their efforts in energy conservation in automobile manufacturing sector for the year 2010. The company’s product range includes Honda Jazz, Honda City, Honda Civic and Honda Accord which are produced at the Greater Noida facility with an indigenization level of 77%, 76%, 74% and 28% respectively. The CR-V is imported from Japan as Completely Built Units.
