Yamaha's Chennai plant to begin operations in November

• Yamaha Motor India is ramping up its production facility in India, with its new production facility in Chennai which is expected to commence operations next month, and the commercial production expected to start in early 2015. Currently, the company’s sole operating plant is at Surajpur in Uttar Pradesh.

• With growing demand and increase in production, Yamaha Motor India is aiming to double its two-wheeler market share to 10 per cent in India within the next couple of years. The Japanese two-wheeler maker is targeting to sell around 6 lakh units in the domestic market and export about 2 lakh units in the current calendar year.
• Speaking to reporters, Asano Masaki, CEO and Managing Director, Yamaha Motor India Sales Pvt Ltd, revealed that initially the Chennai plant will produce scooters and will have an annual production capacity of 4 lakh to 4.4 lakh units. This will boost Yamaha’s total two-wheeler production capacity in India to close to 14 lakh units. Yamaha's scooter rnge in India includes Yamaha Ray, Yamaha Ray Z and Yamaha Alpha.

• Apart from ramping up its distribution network, the company is also planning to increase the number of Yamaha Training Academies from six to 10 units. In this program Yamaha Motor India trains youngsters in two-wheeler mechanics and absorbs most of them at its dealer-end.
• Recently, the company felicitated Meenakshi Sundaram Subramanian, a mechanic at Yamaha dealership, who stood first in the Yamaha World Technician Grand Prix 2014 held in Japan.