Honda Project Report

HONDA MOTORS INDIA

Honda Siel Cars India Limited (HSCI) is a joint venture between the Honda Motor Company of Japan and Siel Limited, a Siddharth Shriram Groupcompany. It currently is the 7th largest car maker in India after Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai, Tata, Mahindra, Chevrolet and Ford. It was begun in December 1995. The venture was begun with the aim of delivering Honda's passenger car models and technologies to the Indian market. The total investment made by the company in India till date is over Rs. 800 crores.

Mr. Masahiro Takadegawa is the current President and CEO of HSCI. He took over this post in August 2005.

HSCI's manufacturing unit was set up in 1997 at Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh with an investment of Rs. 450 crore. The green-field project is spread across 150 acres (0.61 km2) of land (over 6,00,000 sq. m.). The second manufacturing plant is set up in Bhiwadi, Rajasthan.

The initial installed capacity of the plant was 30,000 cars per annum, which was thereafter increased to 50,000 cars on a two-shift basis. The capacity has further been enhanced to 1,00,000 units annually in February 2008 . The capacity expansion was necessitated by the excellent performance of all the Honda models, particularly the growing demand for City in India. Several modifications were done by the company with the objective of offering higher quality products to its customers, faster and quicker. The expansion process also included expansion of the covered area in the plant, from 1,07,000 m². to 1,31,794 m².

HSCI currently produces the newly launched Honda Jazz, City, Civic and Accord models in India and the premium SUV, CR-V is sold as a fully imported unit from Japan.The company operates under the stringent standards of ISO 9001 for quality management and ISO 14001 for environment management.

Manufactured Locally

2nd Generation Honda Jazz

The 5th Generation Honda City

8th Generation Honda Civic

8th Generation Honda Accord

1. Honda City (Launched 1996)...