Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (HMSI) has initiated the manufacturing at the second assembly line of Karnataka plant with the introduction of its popular gearless scooter Activa. With this initiative, the company will significantly increase its cumulative annual production capacity by 64% in just one fiscal - from 28 lakh units in FY 2013 to 46 lakh units in FY 2014.
The company had also started production of 110 cc mass motorcycle Dream Yuga at the first line of the manufacturing facility located at Narsapura in June. The Karnataka plant has an initial production capacity of 12 lakh units and an additional increase of 6 lakh units will take annual capacity of third plant to 18 lakh units by the end of this fiscal.
