Mercedes-Benz Doubles India Car Capacity
June 11 2015 - 7:27AM
Dow Jones News
By Santanu Choudhury
NEW DELHI--Daimler AG's Mercedes-Benz unit said on Thursday that
it has doubled production capacity at its luxury car-assembly plant
in India to 20,000 vehicles a year to meet growing demand for its
products.
The German auto maker also began assembling its sixth model in
India--the GLA compact sport-utility vehicle--in the plant at
Chakan in the western Indian state of Maharashtra.
Mercedes-Benz India has invested more than 10 billion rupees
($156 million) in the facility since 2009, it said in a statement.
The Indian unit sold 11,213 vehicles in the fiscal year ended March
31, a 17.5% increase.
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