Yamaha has plans to make India the global hub for its premium motorcycles. The company which currently has two manufacturing facilities located in Noida and Surajpur, plans to use the facilities to the maximum possible level in order to produce bikes for export markets.

Yamaha’s Indian arm, India Yamaha Motor (IYM) contributed 66,904 bikes to Yamaha’s global operations in the 2009-2010 period. In the previous year the Indian arm had a contribution of only 38,639 units.

The export lineup of the company includes the Crux, G5, Alba, Enticer, Gladiator Type SS, FZ-16 and the YZF-R15. The company currently exports its Indian made bikes to countries such as Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Philippines, Kenya and Colombia.

The company had a 73 % growth in exports during the previous financial year and foresees an even greater demand for its products in export markets this year.

Yamaha in India has had a great run ever since it has launched its flagship YZF-R15 and FZ-16 into the Indian market in 2008. The company’s sales figures have been steadily on the rise since the launch of these products and with these bikes also doing well in export markets, Yamaha can look forward to healthier sales figures in the coming months.

Source – Motor Beam