It expects 6-7 per cent sales growth in 2013-14.
Top HR minds in India, including Santrupt Misra of Aditya Birla Group, Satish Pradhan of Tata Sons, P Dwarakanath of Max India, Aquil Busrai (ex-IBM India) and Price Augustine of Mahindra & Mahindra and Pankaj Bansal of People Strong were among those who brainstormed with Maruti Suzuki India chief operating officer (administration) S Y Siddiqui last week.
The new body -- Maruti Suzuki Workers' Union -- has received its registration number from the Haryana Labour Department this week and the company has also decided to recognise it for any future negotiations at the plant.
In what seems to be a softening of stance, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (MSIL) has decided not to take any immediate steps to de-recognise the newly instituted Maruti Suzuki Workers' Union (MSWU) of the Manesar unit.
Worried over the large scale violence on Wednesday that claimed the life of a senior official, Maruti Suzuki India may be considering a lockout as one of the options for now.
Leaders of Maruti Suzuki Workers Union could not be contacted for their comments on future course of action.
The company has in the meantime said the plant will remain closed.
One person was killed and at least 40 were injured on Wednesday in a clash between workers and the managerial staff at the Maruti Suzuki India's Manesar plant in Gurgaon, forcing stoppage of work.
Production has not started yet, but there are indications that it will resume today with alternate arrangements like contract workers and hiring technicians.
The companies continue to see heavy demand in utility cars.
After the July 18 violence at the Manesar plant in which one senior executive was killed, the company had fired 546 workers.
General Motors, Nissan Motor India and Volkswagen managed to ride the tide with new launches.
The domestic car market leader said there will be no cash outflow from MSI as the merger is proposed to be effected through a share swap agreement.
Suzuki Motor Corporation's Indian subsidiary, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (MSIL), is going to play an increasingly important role in designing and developing global vehicles for the Japanese auto company in the coming years.
Toyota is working on developing six subcompact cars as part of its global strategy to increase volumes in emerging markets over the next four years.
Toyota is working on developing six subcompact cars as part of its global strategy to increase volumes in emerging markets over the next four years.
There is the range of new launches during this year's festive season.
Going all out to market the all new Alto 800, pricing the base variant of the new car lower than the outgoing model, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (MSIL), today said it will start exporting the car from Gujarat's Mundra port from December this year. The first export market is likely to be Chile in South America.
The company sells a range of models starting with the small car M800 to the luxury sedan Kizashi, which are priced between Rs 204,000 and Rs 17.5 lakh or Rs 1.75 million (ex-showroom Delhi).
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (MSIL) is planning to offer low-cost houses to its 5,000 employees, as it tries to walk the extra mile to improve relations with workers.
Maruti Suzuki, India's biggest carmaker, reported a 36 per cent rise in third-quarter net profit, matching estimates, as favourable foreign exchange movement and cost reduction efforts offset falling sales.
The country's largest car maker, Maruti Suzuki India (MSI), is looking to regain lost ground in the small car segment with the launch of a completely new version of its erstwhile best- selling model Alto.
Sources close to Maruti management said the company has agreed to reinstate the 11 workers whose services were terminated for instigating the strike.
Leading carmakers Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai and Tata Motors reported robust dispatches to dealers in May on the back of strong demand for passenger vehicles across regions, even as the global semiconductor shortage continued to impact production. Mahindra & Mahindra, Kia India, Toyota Kirloskar Motor, Honda Cars and Skoda also witnessed strong demand for their models last month. The month of May also witnessed Tata Motors race ahead of Hyundai in terms of domestic wholesales.
Maruti Suzuki along with Dun & Bradstreet announced the launch of Colors of Youth 2011, a national level talent search competition for students pursuing professional courses in the country. Read on for details.
As expected, land prices in the region have shot through the roof in the last three to four months, rising about 12 times compared to prices a couple of years earlier.
Maruti Suzuki India has launched its latest campaign, Come Alive, to create a buzz in the A2 segment for its tall-boy hatchback, the Zen Estilo.
Still recovering from the impact of workers' violence in July at the Manesar plant, the company also said it is looking at 10 per cent increase in overall production this fiscal.
After a year of industrial unrest, the big boys of the automobile industry in the Gurgaon-Manesar belt are set to initiate negotiations to settle wage agreements.
The company will restart the production at the unit under heavy police presence.
The 14-day-long strike at Maruti Suzuki India's Manesar's plant has been called off this morning following a tripartite agreement between the management, workers and the Haryana government.
Workers at Suzuki Powertrain India Ltd and Suzuki Motorcycle India Pvt Ltd, who have also gone on strike in support of their colleagues at MSI, are continuing their stir.
After rolling out five compressed natural gas models last year, India's largest passenger car maker, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, is mulling a CNG platform for all its makes.
The department had also said it would initiate action to derecognise the unions of SPIL and SMIPL.
Workers across Suzuki Motor Corporation's three subsidiaries in the country are standing firm on their decision to continue an indefinite sit-in strike at the company's Manesar facility.
The company has been hit hard, not only by strike of its own workers, but also due to the supply shortage of engines and transmissions from Suzuki Powertrain India Ltd.
A group of casual workers have been sitting in front of the Manesar plant, asking the company to let them rejoin work.
Car maker Maruti is hoping to improve margins.
Labour Minister Shiv Charan Lal Sharma visited Gurgaon on Wednesday to meet senior department officials to decide on the likely course of negotiations.
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