Tata's Sanand plant rides on Tiago, Tigor; looks to ramp up production

Having achieved rigorous cost-reduction targets and high-production standards, Tata Motors is working to develop Sanand as a centre of manufacturing excellence over the next two years

Tata Nano may have failed, but the Sanand factory that gave birth to the fabled small car is gearing up for second innings on the back of the success of Tiago and Tigor models.

Hitching a ride back on these models in India’s competitive passenger vehicle market, Tata Motors is looking to ramp up production at the facility by 25 per cent to 150,000 units per annum, even as it remains non-committal to the fate of Nano, which made Sanand transform into a flourishing auto cluster. 

Helped by manufacturing improvement and operational efficiency measures, the factory has been able to