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Bajaj Auto may set up assembly plant in Brazil

Bajaj Auto may set up assembly plant in Brazil

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Mumbai: Bajaj Auto is planning to set up an assembly plant in a free trade zone in Manaus in Brazil next fiscal.

“We are looking at setting up an assembly plant at a place called Manaus in Brazil in FY 11. It is a Free Trade Zone," Bajaj Auto Ltd’s vice chairman, Madhur Bajaj, told reporters here on Monday.

The company is in the process of studying the site and working out financial details, Bajaj said. He did not specify if the auto major was seeking a partner.

The country’s second-largest two-wheeler maker operates an assembly plant in Indonesia.

It has been mulling setting up of its plant in Brazil for over six-years now. Bajaj said, “One of our distributors has already set up a plant in Egypt. They are also looking to set up plants in Nigeria, Iran and Colombia."

The company may also take up expansion of its facility at Waluj near Aurangabad, where it manufactures the Kawasaki range of motorcycles and three-wheelers.

“We have a lot of land in Aurangabad, which has scope for very major expansion. It is likely that (production of) commercial vehicles would go there," Bajaj said.

Bajaj said expansion and upgradation, however, depended on how demand shaped up. “Demand has been going up but a lot also depends on government policies and whether banks ease the norms for two-wheeler financing," he said.

Bajaj Auto had reported a 14.62% increase in its motorcycle sales at 2,49,133 units in September. The company had sold 2,17,365 units in September last year.

This is significant as the auto major’s cumulative motorcycle sales during the first six months of this fiscal were down by 3.37% at 10,82,368 units.

The company currently exports to over 30 countries in Latin America, Africa, the Middle-East, South and South-East Asia.

Exports account for one-third of the company’s total production, Bajaj said.

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Published: 05 Oct 2009, 04:06 PM IST
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