Honda's Rajasthan plant to start work by 2011

Honda Motorcycle & Scooters (I) (HMSI) today said Phase-I of its Rajasthan manufacturing facility will be operational by H2, FY'11. "Our new Rajasthan facility will be operational in the second half of 2011," HMSI President and Chief Executive Officer Shinji Aoyama told reporters on the sidelines of the launch of the new CB Unicorn dazzler motorcycle here today. The facility would be set-up at a capital outlay of Rs 500 crore, he said. It would have a manufacturing capacity of six lakh units in the first phase, he said. The two-wheeler plant is being set up in the Tapukara Industrial Area of Alwar district under a Memorandum of Understanding between HMSI and the Rajasthan government.
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