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Thursday, February 4, 2010

Maruti focuses on R&D to be self sufficient by 2012

Maruti Suzuki the number of car maker in sales volume wants to focus on increasing its R&D capabilities in India with local talent. The company a JV between Suzuki and Maruti Udyog Ltd (Indian state owned) has been aided by the Japanese engineering for most of its product lines in India. Maruti Suzuki has enjoyed a robust 50% market share consistently in the last decade, however the recent launch of an array of small cars is expected to dent its market share.

Maruti is expected to invest around 1500 crores in next 3-4 years at its R&D facility in Rohtak that localize most its Product design and engineering activities to bring down the R&D costs that would play critical role in its cost competitiveness.

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