Hisashi Takuchi, Managing Director, Maruti Suzuki, commented on the sidelines of the Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony for the C-295 Cargo Aircraft Production Plant in Vadodara, Gujarat that the fast growing Indian market has immense business potential. “India is a growing market and has huge business potential. For most companies overseas, it is a good market to enter. Moving to India is a wise decision for any company,” Hisashi Takeuchi, MD, Maruti Suzuki on the Tata-Airbus project.
On the self-reliant India initiative taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Takeuchi said, “Two months ago in August, in Gujarat we completed 40 years of Suzuki Motor Corporation in India. A collaboration and match of Japanese working culture and Indian working culture. It’s perfect. I hope this kind of good matching will help the industry grow further.”
Speaking further on Suzuki’s future plans in India, he said, “We have expanded our Gujarat operations with EV production and battery factory in Gujarat. Also, we have already started our manufacturing in Kharkhoda, Haryana. New factory there.”
As India-Japan relations touch 70 years, Maruti Suzuki MD said, “We are celebrating 70 years of our cooperation. We have a long history of progress between the two countries. The combination of these two cultures is a good one. Mail is there and it will be strengthened. Further in the future.”
On the bullet train project in Gujarat, he said, “The bullet train project in Gujarat is a very important project. It is a national project and Japan is strongly supporting it. I hope it will be a great success.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday laid the foundation stone of the C-295 transport aircraft manufacturing facility in Vadodara, Gujarat. Earlier, praising the strong leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Japanese PM Fumio Kishida credited the success of Maruti Suzuki to the people and the Government of India.
Japanese PM Fumio Kishida Minister, Japanese PM Fumio Kishida attending an event in Gandhinagar, Gujarat to commemorate 40 years of Suzuki Motor Corporation in India, “We attribute the success of Maruti Suzuki to the support of the people and the Government of India. Recently The economic growth has further accelerated due to various support measures for the manufacturing sector guided by the strong leadership of the Indian PM Modi.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the success of Maruti-Suzuki is a sign of strong India-Japan partnership. PM Modi laid the foundation stone of Maruti Suzuki Vehicle Manufacturing Facility for Haryana and Suzuki EV Battery Plant for Hansalpur in Gujarat at an event held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat on Sunday.
Recalling former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s efforts to take India-Japan relations to another level, the Prime Minister said, “In the last eight years, this relationship between our two countries has reached new heights. ”
“Today from the bullet train in Gujarat-Maharashtra to the Rudraksh Kendra in Banaras, many development projects are examples of Indo-Japan friendship. And when it comes to this friendship, every Indian is definitely our friend, former Prime Minister Late Shinzo Abe. He expressed the hope that Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida would take forward relations between the two countries, continuing Abe’s legacy.
PM Modi said, “When Abe Shan came to Gujarat, the time spent here is remembered by the people of Gujarat. Today PM Kishida is taking forward the efforts made to bring our countries closer.”
PM Modi stressed that the relations between Gujarat and Japan have always been higher than mere diplomatic relations. “I remember when the Vibrant Gujarat Summit started in 2009, Japan has been associated as a partner country since then,” the Prime Minister said. “The success of Maruti-Suzuki is also a sign of the strong India-Japan partnership. Over the past eight years, these relations between our two countries have reached new heights,” he said.
The Prime Minister further spoke at length about the benefits of electric vehicles. “One of the great features of electric vehicles is that they are silent. Be it two-wheelers or four-wheelers, they do not make any noise. This silence is not just about its engineering, but it is also the beginning of the country. of a silent revolution.”
(with inputs from ANI)