Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt. Ltd. (HMSI), the Honda motorcycle production and sales subsidiary in India, will add a third production line to its second plant in India. The company expects the new line to become operational in 2028, with an annual production capacity of 670,000 units.
The second plant of HMSI began motorcycle production in July 2011, with an initial production capacity of 600,000 units, which was doubled to 1.2 million units in March 2012. Since 2023, the second plant has introduced new technologies in stages to automate machining processes and further increase the overall production efficiency.
In order to accommodate the continuous growth and diversification of motorcycle demand in India, HMSI will invest approximately $161 million to acquire 74,000 m² of land adjacent to its second plant to build a third production line. It will design the new line to produce a total of 670,000 units of 125cc and 160cc scooters and light motorcycles.
HMSI expects the project to create 2,000 new jobs and increase the total production capacity of the second plant to 2.01 million units.
HMSI also plans to further increase the production capacity of other HMSI plants. Once completed, the company expects the overall annual production capacity to increase to 8 million units by 2028.
