DSK Motowheels to invest Rs 400cr for Pune Manufacturing Facility

DSK Motowheels is one of the highly growing motorcycle manufacturers across the country. It is spreading its wings in India with the joint collaboration with two international brands. The DSK Motowheels is the sales and handling department of the DS Kulkarni Group, located in Pune, Maharashtra. The firm has been working along with an America based motorcycle maker, Hyosung and an Italian firm, named Benelli. After entering the Indian ground, they have become DSK Hyosung and DSK Benelli.

According to a recent announcement, the DSK Motowheels is planning to invest Rs 400 crore in order to set-up a whole new manufacturing facility in Pune. This would be the second manufacturing plant of the firm and the facility will be having a capacity to produce 1,20,000 units of motorcycles per annum. As of now, both the brands motorcycles are being manufactured at the DSK's existing facility, which is having an annual capacity of only 3000 units. And, after the introduction of the Benelli motorcycles in India, the annual capacity has been increased with 2000 units by having an extra shift.

Mr. Shivapada Ray, COO of DSK Motowheels says, "We are in the process of building a full new unit in Maharashtra, very close to our current plant in Pune. For a start, we are looking at 120,000 units per shift and will be ready for production in the next two years. We will open separate dealerships for Benelli and we don’t see any overlap with Hyosung. From DSK Hyosung stable, the company will launch new Hyosung GD 250N by March and 250R will also come around that time."

DSK has made a tie-up with Italian motorcycle manufacturer, Benelli Motorcycles, just a few months back. The international firm has showcased five of its products at the launching event and announced to enter the Indian two-wheeler market with a minimum of 250cc displaced engine motorcycle. The DSK Motowheels is widely spreading its wings in all the major cities such as Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Hubli, Coimbatore, Chandigarh and many more. The new manufacturing set-up will starts operating by the year 2017.