Royal Enfield
CORPORATE/AUTO - BIKES Royal Enfield prepares for its next level of global growth: Commences commercial production from the Oragadam manufacturing facility Royal Enfield’s capacity for 2013 to be 175,000 motorcycles Royal Enfield today started commercial production from its new manufacturing facility at Oragadam, Tamil Nadu. Spread over 50 acres, the Oragadam plant starts with an installed production capacity of 150,000 units in the first phase. An initial investment of Rs 150 crores has been made towards construction of this facility that will produce the full range of Royal Enfield motorcycles. Rolling out the first motorcycle from the Oragadam facility , Mr Siddhartha Lal, MD & CEO, Eicher Motors Ltd. said , “At Royal Enfield we have recorded a major milestone today with this plant at Oragadam becoming operational. Royal Enfield has witnessed a huge surge in demand in the recent past, recording a growth of over 50% for each of the...