Bajaj Motorcycles production - two wheeler manufacturing in India
Bajaj Auto is a leading manufacturer of motorcycles and three-wheelers in India. The Bajaj Plant is located in Chakan about 30km outside Pune City. It was opened in 1999 and produces all models of the Pulsar lineup (except the 135LS), the Avenger cruiser and six models of the KTM including the Duke 125 which is produced only for export purposes. During the course of the visit we also learned that in the next three years all the KTM models on sale globally would be produced at the plant. The plant is spread out over a large area and has six production lines, engine assembly line, paint shop, testing facility that includes a race track (on which we saw some secret prototypes doing high speed runs).
It has the capacity to produce 4,000 units a day but works on a demand basis and so on the day of our visit was expected to produce 3,000 units. It employs close to 5,000 people across all facilities located on site and runs two shifts a day for all the Bajaj lines and one shift for the KTM production line.
