Maruti Suzuki India (NSE:MARUTI, BOM:532500) has begun commercial production at the 250,000 units per annum capacity second plant of its manufacturing facility at Kharkhoda in Haryana, India, according to a Monday filing to the Indian stock exchanges.
In February, the car manufacturer started commercial production at the Kharkhoda unit's first plant with a capacity of 250,000 units per annum. Maruti Suzuki currently manufactures the compact sports utility vehicle (SUV) Brezza and mid-SUV Victoris at the facility.
With the increase of Kharkhoda unit's capacity to 500,000, the company's total annual production capacity has increased to 2.65 million units.
Once fully operational, the Kharkhoda facility is estimated to have a production capacity of around 1 million vehicles per annum.
The company's shares were down nearly 2% in recent trade.