Honda assembly plant established in Nepal

The assembly plant of the two-wheelers Honda has been established in Nepal. On 6 March 2024, Minoru Kato, Vice-president of Honda Motorcycle’s main business unit, inaugurated Honda’s Assembly Plant in Bhairahawa. Various domestic and foreign representatives of Honda Company were present at the ceremony. Tayuki Nakanose, General Manager of Kumamoto Factory, Vehicle Assembly Plant, along with Tetsuya Komine, Sales Director from ASH (Thailand), Yoichi Shimada, Production Director, Masahide Hirose, Sales Department Manager, Yasuyuki Yamamoto, Assistant Manager, from Japan, Naveen Awal, Production Director from HMSI (INDIA), and Pradeep Chaudhry, General Manager of Export/Import Sales & After Sales among others were present at the event..

In the program, prominent figures from Nepal such as Chabilal Biswakarma, Member of the House of Parliament, Santosh Pandey, Home Minister of Lumbini Province, Bhagwati Chaudhary, Province Member of Parliament, Bidya Yadav, Chairperson of Rohini Rural Municipality, Hari K Bhatt, former Chairperson of Om Satiya Rural Municipality were present. Padma Jyoti, Chairman of Jyoti Group, Saurabh Jyoti, Chairman of Himal Moto Nepal P Ltd, were also present in the event.

With an investment of Rs 1,500m, covering an area of 220,000 square feet, this plant has the capacity to produce 100,000 motorcycles and scooters. “With the new plant, Honda Nepal is committed to maintaining its world class quality standards and ensuring customer satisfaction. Syakar Trading Company Pvt Ltd, Honda’s authorized distributor for Nepal, has stated that the company will increase availability of products, accessibility of spare parts and service with this newly established assembly plant through its subsidiary company Himal Moto Nepal Pvt Ltd,” says the company.