Maruti Suzuki India on 23rd April said that its scaling up its R&D infrastructure.

The foundation stone was laid by Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Chief Minister of Haryana in the presence of other senior members of Haryana Cabinet and several senior state government dignitaries.

The R&D facility, spread over an area of 600 acres will see an investment in the range of Rs. 2000 (US$ 38) to Rs. 24 billion (US$ 461 million). Shinzo Nakanishi, MD and CEO, Maruti Suzuki said, " Maruti Suzuki's R&D centre at Rohtak will be equipped with latest R&D infrastructure and world class test tracks. It will augment the R&D capability of Maruti Suzuki engineers and enable us to design, develop and launch cars at a faster pace."

The R&D Centre at Rohtak will be an integrated facility for vehicle testing and evaluation, which is crucial for developing new car models.

Maruti Suzuki, which has increased the number of engineers over the last few years, is scaling up its R & D capability to launch more new models and strengthen leadership in the fast growing Indian market.

In recent years, Maruti Suzuki engineers have co-designed and developed global models like Swift and the recent one Ertiga, with their counterparts in Suzuki, Japan. The company has introduced the light weight and fuel efficient K-series petrol engine with next generation engine technology. In the area of alternate fuel technology too, Maruti Suzuki engineers have successfully designed and developed CNG and LPG vehicles.