Amara Raja to build new unit; to hire 1,300 in Chittoor district
The first phase of the plant will have a capacity of 5 million units.
TIRUPATI: Hyderabad-based Amara Raja Batteries on Tuesday commissioned the first phase of its Rs 700-crore two-wheeler battery manufacturing facility in Chittoor district, making it the largest such facility in the country with 17 million units annual output. The first phase of the plant will have a capacity of 5 million units and which will touch 17 million on completion of the entire project, taking the total capacity for two-wheeler batteries to 29 million units per annum, the company said on Tuesday.
The facility, which will employ 1,300 workforce on its optimum capacity, has also set up a 2.7-mw roof top solar power plant which generates 4.5 million kWh of energy, the statement said. It supplies batteries to Ashok Leyland, Ford India, Honda, Hyundai, Mahindra, Maruti Suzuki, and Tata Motors.