Honda Cars India bets on components exports from India

The company exports forgings, transmissions, and other engine components from India to countries like Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia

Japanese car major Honda Cars India saw a 164 per cent jump in component exports from India last financial year when compared to 2013-14. 

Component exports from India have seen a steady growth as the company focused on using the country as a low-cost manufacturing base for quality components needed at Honda plants worldwide. 

Honda Cars India Senior Vice-President (marketing and sales) Jnaneswar Sen said that recently the company started exporting the 1.6-litre diesel engine made here to Thailand. "We have been exporting transmissions and other engine parts from our Tapukara facility in Rajasthan to a host of global operations. It has