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India Plant Leads Suzuki's Drive for Green Manufacturing

31 Oct, 2008

Suzuki's two Indian plants are leading the company's drive for green manufacturing.

New figures released by Suzuki have revealed that since the start of the decade, green manufacturing initiatives have resulted in total energy consumption by both plants dropping 26 per cent.

Water consumption levels have dropped 61 per cent in the same period, while C02 emissions per vehicle produced have been reduced nearly 40 per cent.

This result has been achieved while increasing production levels from 400,000 units per year to more than 900,000.

In addition, the plants have been recognised for their quality, with Suzuki vehicles rated first in customer satisfaction for the past eight years in the prestigious J D Power's Surveys by Indian customers.

India's largest car manufacturer, Suzuki has plants located at Manesar - which will produce the new Alto sub-light car for export to Europe, Asia and Australia - and Gurgaon.

Like all plants in the Suzuki world, the Maruti Suzuki facilities have achieved ISO14001 certification, meeting strict environmental management system protocols.

The facility in Gurgaon houses three fully integrated plants. While the three plants began with a total installed capacity of 350,000 cars per year, productivity improvements have enabled the company to increase production to nearly 650,000.

The Manesar car assembly plant was last year ranked among the top two Japanese subsidiaries overseas.

It received the prestigious Nikkei Award, which recognises Japanese companies across diverse fields including manufacturing, electronics, mining etc., in Japan as well as their overseas subsidiaries.