Honda to invest ~¥25bn in a third line at its Tapukara, India motorcycle plant
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Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India will invest about ¥25bn (approx. INR 15 billion / Rs 1,500 crore) to add a third production line at its second plant in Tapukara, Alwar district, Rajasthan, on newly acquired adjacent land of about 74,000 sqm. The line will build 125cc and 160cc scooters and light motorcycles with annual capacity of 670,000 units - lifting the plant's total capacity to about 2.01 million units - create roughly 2,000 jobs, and start operation in 2028.
Iino Kaiun completed construction of the 93,000 cubic meter LPG/ammonia Very Large Gas Carrier LUMI AURORA at Hanwha Ocean's Okpo shipyard in South Korea. The LPG dual-fuel vessel is the company's third of its kind and is designed to reduce CO2 emissions while supporting winter navigation in the Baltic Sea.
Suzuki Motor Corporation held the opening ceremony for its Indian subsidiary Maruti Suzuki India's newly built four-wheel vehicle plant in Kharkoda, Haryana. The facility currently has annual production capacity of 500,000 vehicles and is planned for expansion to approximately 1 million vehicles; the opening notice documents a completed manufacturing capex project.
Toyota Kirloskar Motor plans a total investment of ¥128.9 billion in production equipment and related facilities at its Bangalore, India site. The disclosure does not specify the construction schedule or added production capacity.
Toyota Motor Europe plans to invest in production equipment at its Brussels, Belgium facility. The securities report lists a total planned investment of ¥107.5 billion, funded with the company's own funds; no construction schedule or capacity increase is disclosed.
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada plans to invest in production equipment and related assets at its Cambridge, Ontario facility. The disclosure reports a total planned investment of ¥70.8 billion, funded internally; no construction schedule or capacity increase is provided.