Royal Enfield, has started commercial production at its new manufacturing facility at Vallam Vadagal near Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Spread over 50 acres, the Vallam Vadagal plant will be Royal Enfield's third manufacturing facility, and will manufacture Royal Enfield motorcycles for India and international markets.
The facility starts with an installed production capacity of 3 lakh motorcycles per annum in the first phase.
Royal Enfield had acquired a 50-acre plot in Vallam Vadagal in October 2014 as the site for its third manufacturing facility. The construction of the facility started 15 months back and has been completed in record time. The new facility has been benchmarked to the highest level of quality and productivity. The capacity in this facility will enable the company to meet its next level of growth, a release said.
In FY 2017-18, the combined production capacity from all the three plants is planned to be 8.25 lakh units. In FY 2016-17, Royal Enfield produced and sold 6.67 lakh motorcycles, nearing its installed capacity.
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