Monday, 1 December 2014

Hero Moto to set up plants in Brazil and Argentina

Hero MotoCorp ltd. formerly Hero Honda, is an Indian Motorcycle and scooter manufacturing based in New Delhi, India. The company is the largest two-wheeler manufacturer in the world. It has a market share of 46% in India. Recently, the company plans to set up manufacturing units in Brazil and Argentina. It is also opening its plant in Colombia to help widen its reach in the region.
Plant in Colombia will be a good hub for supply to other markets in Central and Latin America. Company will manufacture in Brazil. Argentina wants Hero MotoCorp to manufacture within the country. Company will enter Brazil market along with the Rio Olympics 2016. Hero MotoCorp launched six of its best selling bikes here as part of its target to clock 1.2 Billion unit sales from global business by 2020.

The two wheelers rolled out include the 100 cc bikes- Splendor iSmart, Eco Deluxe and Passion Pro, the 125 cc Glamour, the 150 cc Hunk, and the 225 cc Karizma ZMR. The bikes will be sold in 120 outlets spread across the country. This year, the company formed a wholly-owned subsidiary in Colombia and commenced construction of a state of the art manufacturing plant in the country.

In the first phase, the company is planning to manufacture 75,000 to 80,000 units and in the next phase, the company is planning to manufacture 150,000 units. The Delhi headquartered Hero MotoCorp will be the first Indian two-wheeler company to have a manufacturing plant in Latin America. The plant in Colombia is expected to go on stream by middle of 2015. By 2020, the company aims to be in over 50 countries with 20 plus assembly facilities globally. 

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