Eicher Motors, a two-wheeler manufacturer, has been allotted 50 acres of land at Oragadam SIPCOT Industrial Park, near Chennai by the Tamil Nadu Government. The company has been allotted the land for its proposed expansion plans. The TN chief minister Jayalalithaa presented a letter in this regard to the company's managing director.
Considering the infrastructure facilities and conducive business atmosphere, Eicher Motors decided to set up its operations in the state of TN. The company had proposed to expand operations at a cost of Rs 350 crore and increase annual production from 50,000 units to 1.5 lakh units per year and was looking for suitable land to set up unit. Before entering to TN, Eicher was mulling to start operations in a neighbouring state and the latest venture from the company will ensure 900 direct and indirect employment opportunities.
Chennai is all set to emerge as one of the top five global clusters with more automobile majors evincing interest in having presence here in the state and the TN Government vision is to make the city world's largest auto cluster.
Earlier on February this year, Eicher Motors was planning to invest Rs 500 crore in the next three years to expand its capacity for trucks and buses to 100,000 units per year from current 48,000 units. The company would finance the expansion plans at its Madhya Pradesh plant through internal cash flow.
Eicher Motors is engaged in manufacturing of commercial vehicles, motorcycles and engineering components. In 1986, the company introduced its first product ‘Canter’. It is one of the leading manufacturers of commercial vehicle. It has manufacturing facilities located in Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, and Haryana.
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