The nine-month-old labour agitation at Everest Industries Ltd's plant in Nashik took a violent turn on Friday as three management officials of the company were stabbed.
Maruti Suzuki India, country's largest carmaker on Thursday reported 3.7 per cent rise in total sales in September.
The move is prompted by the disruption in the car usage pattern caused by the app-based ride-hailing companies such Ola and Uber
Hit by recurrent labour unrest at its Manesar unit in Haryana, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (MSIL) on Thursday said the company would introspect on whether an affiliated union with a pro-business approach and mature leadership would benefit the company.
For a contiguous plot, the company may need to pay almost three times more for 40 acres at Hansalpur.
In a filing to the BSE on Monday, Maruti Suzuki India said Suzuki Motor Corporation's stake in MSI has increased to 56.2 per cent from 54.2 per cent due to a share swap agreement with the domestic car market leader to acquire Suzuki Powertrain India Ltd.
The new SX4 comes with many features including an all new touch-screen audio with integrated navigation with Bluetooth.
The decision to add capacity comes at a time when most auto majors have been resorting to production cuts.
Indian arm has cash reserves of Rs 7,000 crore, which might come in handy to set up plants around the world.
The violence at Maruti Suzuki India's Manesar plant in July was not instigated from outside but was due to internal issues between management and workers, according to the chargesheet filed by the special investigation team (SIT) formed to probe it.
Car wil be available in two variants, with base version priced at Rs 6.52 lakh, top end at Rs 7.30 lakh
There is enough blame to go around for Maruti violence.
The list clearly shows the dominance of Maruti and Hyundai in the Indian passenger vehicle market.
The violence on August 18, 2012 broke out over wage issues when a group of employees allegedly torched a section of MSIL facility which claimed the life of Dev, a resident of South Delhi's Malviya Nagar.
Wants to cut inventory due to slowing sales.
Gujarat has caught the fancy of a large number of corporate heavyweights.
According to estimates available with industry experts, the wage bill of Maruti Suzuki, the country's largest car maker, is expected to increase by Rs 65-70 crore (Rs 650-700 million) after the increments.
It is looking out for new markets to increase exports.
Maruti was allotted around 640 acres of land at Hansalpur which lies nestled between Mehsana district and the Sanand-Viramgam area.
MSI expects the royalty paid to parent Suzuki Motor Corp to come down starting with its upcoming compact SUV as its engineers enhance their role in the joint development of future products.
Following the July 18 violence, in which a senior company official was killed and 100 others injured, Maruti Suzuki India had decided to do away with contract workers at its production line.
Addressing shareholders at the 31st annual general meeting, which started after observing a minute's silence in memory of slain general manager Awanish Kumar Dev, Maruti Suzuki India chairman R C Bhargava said that security cover at Manesar plant will continue till its staff feels secure.
Chairman of Japan's Suzuki Motor Corporation Osamu Suzuki on Monday visited the violence-hit Manesar plant of the company's Indian arm Maruti Suzuki.
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (MSIL), which on Thursday said it would resume partial production at its locked-out Manesar unit next week, is looking to launch its much-awaited small car as scheduled during the festival season this year.
HMSI has increased the monthly salary of its permanent workers by Rs 14,770 a month.
According to sources in the know, nearly 25,000 workers from Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India, Suzuki Powertrain India, Gurgaon-based Maruti Udyog Kamgar Union, Suzuki Motorcycle India, Sona Koyo Steering Systems, etc, filed a memorandum before Deputy Commissioner P C Meena.
Maruti's transformation -- if not descent -- to the 'low road' of labour practices stems from growing competitive pressures in the marketplace since the late 1990s.
Under a new industrial relations deal, the worker's basic right to a living wage and decent working conditions, as well as the right of association and collective bargaining, must be respected and made effective.
The latest round of violence in Manesar brings into sharp focus how Maruti could have done better in terms of industrial relations management.
The workers resorted to a strike when five of them were suspended for 'allegedly assaulting a supervisor' on Wednesday.
Shinzo Nakanishi, the 65-year-old managing director and chief executive officer (CEO) of Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (MSIL), spent the better part of last week visiting and apologising to injured colleagues across half a dozen hospitals in Gurgaon, Haryana.
The Haryana government has agreed to appoint a special prosecutor, K T S Tulsi, to frame charges against those identified in connection with the incident.
The numbers are in sharp contrast to the demand the company's premium hatchback Maruti Suzuki Swift had seen.
Auto makers step up efforts export cars and offset adverse impact of foreign exchange fluctuations.
Country's largest car maker draws nearly half of its sales from exchange programmes, rural focus.
According to sources close to the development, the newly formed body -- Maruti Suzuki Workers' Union -- has submitted a list of about 20 demands to the management for consideration while finalising the three-year wage settlement agreement.
It expects 6-7 per cent sales growth in 2013-14.
The country's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India on Tuesday reached a wage settlement agreement with its workers at its Gurgaon plant, under which the employees will get an average salary hike of Rs 18,000 per month spread over three years.
Shinzo Nakanishi had a total pay package of Rs 2.8 crore (Rs 28 million) last fiscal ended March 31, 2012, slightly higher than Rs 2.4 crore (Rs 24 million) in the previous year, as per Maruti Suzuki's latest annual report for 2011-12.
MSI had around 3,300 workers at the Manesar plant before the July 18 violence, in which one executive was killed and 100 injured.
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