کراچی: گاڑیاں بنانے والی کمپنی پاک سوزوکی نے مقامی سطح پر اپنے کامیاب ترین ماڈل مہران 800 سی سی کو 2018 تک سوزوکی آلٹو 660 سی سی سے تبدیل کرنے کا اعلان کردیا۔
پاک سوزوکی موٹر کمپنی لمیٹڈ کے پلانٹ کا دورہ کرنے والی سینیٹ کی قائمہ کمیٹی برائے صنعت و پیداوار کو اس بارے میں آگاہ کیا گیا۔
سینیٹ کمیٹی نے اس موقع پر ہدایت کی کہ کمپنی نئے ماڈلز میں عالمی معیار کے مطابق حفاظتی فیچرز متعارف کرائے۔
سینیٹ کمیٹی کے وفد کی قیادت سینیٹر ہدایت اللہ کررہے تھے جبکہ خالدہ پروین، کلثوم پروین اور چوہدری تنویر خان بھی اس میں شامل تھے۔
اس کے علاوہ وفد میں ایڈیشنل سیکریٹری وزارت صنعت و پیداوار شیر ایوب خان اور انجینئرنگ ڈویلپمنٹ بورڈ کے سی ای او طارق اعجاز چوہدری بھی شامل تھے۔
ذرائع کا کہنا ہے کہ کمپنی نے مقامی دکانداروں کے ساتھ مل کر نئی 660 سی سی گاڑیوں کے لیے پارٹس کے حصول کا عمل بھی شروع کردیا ہے۔
کمپنی نے سینیٹ کمیٹی کے وفد کو اپنے مستقبل کے منصوبوں سے آگاہ کرتے ہوئے بتایا کہ وہ مارچ 2017 تک اپنے ماڈل کلٹس کی جگہ سیلیریو Celerio 1000 سی سی متعارف کرانے کا بھی ارادہ رکھتی ہے۔
سوزوکی نے سن 2000 میں اپنے ماڈل خیبر کی جگہ کلٹس متعارف کرائی تھی جو خاصی کامیاب رہی تھی۔
ذرائع کا کہنا ہے کہ کمپنی 2017 میں درآمد شدہ سوزوکی گرینڈ ویٹارا ایس یو وی اور 1300 سی سی کی سیڈان سیاز بھی متعارف کرانے کا ارادہ رکھتی ہے۔
اگر یہ ماڈلز پاکستان میں کامیاب رہے تو کمپنی ان کی مقامی سطح پر اسمبلنگ پر بھی غور کرے گی۔
واضح رہے کہ سوزوکی نے 1988 میں اپنے ایف ایکس 800 سی سی ماڈل کی جگہ مہران متعارف کرائی تھی جس کی فروخت ہمیشہ ہی اچھی رہی اور 660 سے 1000 سی سی کی درآمد شدہ گاڑیوں کے استعمال میں اضافے کے رجحان کے باوجود اس کی طلب میں کوئی فرق نہیں آیا۔
ذرائع کا کہنا ہے کہ قائمہ کمیٹی نے اس بات کی نشاندہی کی کہ مقامی دکاندار سوزوکی مہران کو ختم کرنے کے حق میں نہیں ہیں کیوں کہ اس کے پرزوں اور دیگر سامان کی فروخت بہت زیادہ ہوتی ہے۔
پاک سوزوکی کی انتظامیہ نے کمیٹی کو بتایا کہ کمپنی کے موجودہ پلاںٹ پر اب تک 15 ارب روپے کی سرمایہ کاری کی جاچکی ہے۔
سینیٹ کی قائمہ کمیٹی نے بعد ازاں انڈس موٹر کمپنی کا بھی دورہ کیا اور اس موقع پر وفد کو کمپنی کی پیداواری صلاحیت، لوکلائزیشن پروسیس اور آٹو انڈسٹری کے پاکستان کی معیشت پر پڑنے والے اثرات سے آگاہ کیا گیا۔
یہ خبر 22 اکتوبر 2016 کو ڈان اخبار میں شائع ہوئی
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Automotive giant Suzuki has disclosed its plan to replace its iconic Mehran 800cc with locally manufactured Suzuki Alto 660cc by 2018.[/FONT]
[FONT=&]The information was shared with Senate Standing Committee on Industries and Production during its visit to companys production area.
[/FONT] [FONT=&]The Senate delegation was led by Senator Hidayatullah and included Khalida Parveen, Kalsoom Perveen and Chaudhry Tanvir Khan. Additional Secretary, Ministry of Industries and Production, Sher Ayub Khan and Engineering Development Board CEO, Tariq Ejaz Chaudhry also accompanied the delegation.[/FONT] [FONT=&]Sources privy to the development confirmed that the firm has already started the process of localisation of parts for the new 660cc car.[/FONT] [FONT=&]Moreover, the company also unveiled its plans of replacing Suzuki Cultus with Suzuki Celerio 1,000cc by March 2017.
Pak Suzuki had discontinued Suzuki FX 800cc in 1988 with the introduction of Suzuki Mehran. The firm kept earning a huge revenue due to the same model despite heavy influx of imported vehicles in the country.
Suzuki should stop distributing third class TIN made cars for huge money. They must provide now better quality cars for that Pakistani public actually pays. Pakistan must consider import of chinese cars, which are half in price and better quality.
Suzuki should stop distributing third class TIN made cars for huge money. They must provide now better quality cars for that Pakistani public actually pays. Pakistan must consider import of chinese cars, which are half in price and better quality.
Suzuki should stop distributing third class TIN made cars for huge money. They must provide now better quality cars for that Pakistani public actually pays. Pakistan must consider import of chinese cars, which are half in price and better quality.
There is no quality of the car. They are using third class material in the manufacturing of the car.The senate standing committee should recommend to the govt to allow other Car's company in the country for quality car production. There is no competitor in the market and they are bagging the whole of the profit.Let the country open to all international manufacturer.
Pakistan Suzuki Motor Company (PSMC) – the largest car maker in Pakistan – will not launch any new model in the next two years, a spokesman of the company said, adding that the investment, if any, was contingent on the government offering the same incentives it was offering to new entrants in the Automotive Development Policy 2016-21.
“We have neither given a launch date nor have any plan for our vendors to localise parts for models,” a Pak-Suzuki spokesperson told The Express Tribune. The spokesperson made the statement after a media report quoted officials of the Senate Standing Committee on Industries and Production saying that Suzuki had, in its presentation to the delegation, unveiled its future plans. The report said that the company had announced its plan to start localising production of its 660cc engine Suzuki Alto by 2018, the model that would replace the 800cc, and worn out, Suzuki Mehran. It is pertinent to mention here that The Express Tribune announced the company’s intention to launch ‘the mentioned’ two new variants in the local market last year; the announcement was made by the Suzuki Global Head during a meeting with the Minister for Industries. In 2015, the company also revealed details that the two new models would take up around $110 million of the total investment of $430 million, planned by the company. The rest would be spent in setting up the manufacturing plant for spare parts. However, at the time, the company had specifically stated that the investment was conditioned on incentives. “There is no change in our official policy. We are still waiting for a reply from the government on the written proposal we submitted to it a few months ago,” added the official. Meanwhile, replying to a question over stock market participants having already ‘factored in’ the launch of the new model, taking its price higher, he said it was quite “impossible to launch Suzuki Celerio by March 2017”. Suzuki, listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange as PSMC, was trading at Rs390.97 per share at the start of July. It has now gone up to Rs577.76 per share, increasing by over 47%, outperforming the KSE-100 index that has increased by just 8.75% during the same time. “The new models were planned along with the new Greenfield plant the company wanted to set up with over $430 million investment, but since we did not get the incentive in the new auto policy; we have not finalised anything,” explained the official. Celerio is a 1,000cc engine car that market observers say Pak Suzuki plans to replace with Suzuki Cultus. The Suzuki Motor Company Global Head Kinji Saito met Federal Minister for Industries and Production Ghulam Murtaza Khan Jatoi in December last year, where he, along with Suzuki’s other top officials, urged the government to offer the same incentives it was offering to new entrants. The government, however, has not offered any major incentives to the existing top three carmakers as it hopes to attract new automobile manufacturers,. The new policy was approved after a hiatus of almost two and a half years and offered tax incentives to new entrants to help them establish manufacturing units and compete with the three well-entrenched assemblers. Published in The Express Tribune, October 23[SUP]rd[/SUP], 2016. SOURCE
