Nano numbers to cross 2 lakh by 2010-11

08 Oct 2009 Evaluate

Tata Motors is expected to produce around 40,000 Nanos this fiscal though numbers will increase four-fold to over 1.7 lakh units during 2010-11. The company has been compelled to use the interim plant in Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, for a large part of this year where it is difficult to ramp up volumes. This is the facility where the Ace pickup is also produced.

 

It is only from December 2009 that monthly production at Pantnagar will be enhanced to 5,000 units (from nearly 4,000 in October and November) and will stay at this level for the whole of 2010-11. The new plant at Sanand in Gujarat would start rolling out small numbers of the Nano in February 2010. This is expected to go up to 1,200 units in March.

 

Effectively, there will be nearly 40,000 cars produced from the two plants this fiscal with Pantnagar accounting for a lion’s share. Sanand will come into its own from 2010-11. Hence, while numbers at Pantnagar will stay steady at 5,000 cars per month through 2010-11, output at Sanand will be gradually ramped up to 5,000 units in May and twice as much from September 2010. November, December and January will see this further increase to 12,000 cars, going up to 15,000 units in February and March 2011.

 

It is clear, therefore, that 2010-11 will be a critical year for the Nano in terms of building its brand and planning bigger numbers for the coming years. By the end of March 2011, there would be over two lakh cars on the roads, which will translate into greater visibility on the roads and generate demand for the future.

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