Honda Siel Cars India, leading manufacturer of premium cars in India, on Tuesday, inaugurated its new production facility at Greater Noida, with an enhanced capacity of 100,000 vehicles per annum.

The new facility, was inaugurated by Mr T Oyama, President & CEO, Asian Honda Motors Co, in the presence of a galaxy of senior Honda officials, stake holders and   Honda partners. With this enhancement of production capacity, HSCI has increased its capacity from 50,000 units to 100,000 units per annum.

The capacity expansion was necessitated due to the excellent performance of all the Honda models – Honda City, Honda Civic and Honda Accord, the company said in a statement issued here. Apart from doubling the capacity, several advanced manufacturing techniques and robots have been used in the plant to enhance quality and accuracy of operations.

This automation will speed up the manufacturing process and also increase efficiency on the line. With this investment, HSCI has invested a total of Rs 1,620 crore at the Greater Noida manufacturing facility since its establishment in 1997.