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Hyundai to ramp up production by 12%

Source: PTI
August 06, 2010 12:22 IST
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HyundaiHyundai Motor India said on Friday it will increase production capacity by about 12 per cent to 670,000 units per annum at its Chennai facility.

The company, which is India's largest car exporter, has planned to reduce overseas shipments by 8 per cent this year at 250,000 units in order to meet domestic demand.

"We are making minor investment to increase our production capacity to up to 670,000 units per annum," Hyundai Motor India Ltd managing director H W Park told reporters. He, however, declined to share details about how much investment the company is planning to put in for enhancing the production capacity.

HMIL has capacity to produce 600,000 units per annum at its Chennai facility.

Asked about its sales target in the overseas markets, Park said: "We have fixed the export for this year at 250,000 units, slightly less than last year, as we are focusing to meet our domestic demand."

The company had exported 271,000 units during last year. He said the company is expecting to sell 340,000 units in the domestic market this year compared to 290,000 units in last year.

Asked if the company is planning to introduce its flagship models, such as Santro and i10, with smaller engines, Park said: "There will be no small engine for i10 or Santro."

Earlier this week, the country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India launched a 1,000cc variant of its best seller Alto, mainly to lure customers opting for Santro, i10 and General Motors' Spark.

It, however, decided to continue with the 800cc Alto to offer more choices.

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