# Amara Raja commissions ₹700-crore two-wheeler battery plant in Chittoor

Amara Raja Batteries has commissioned a new two-wheeler battery plant in Chittoor, India, with an investment of ₹700 crore. The first phase has a capacity of 5 million units, with ultimate capacity planned at 17 million units, and will employ 1,300 people at full capacity.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-12-19
- Where: Chittoor, India
- Value: $109.0M (7.00B INR)
- Jobs: 1,300
- Starts operating: 19 Dec 2017
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 5 million units (phase 1), 17 million units (ultimate)
- Products: two-wheeler batteries

## Companies

- [Amara Raja Batteries](https://endata.com/companies/18056.md)

## Sources

- [thehindu.com](https://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/amara-raja-unveils-700-crore-investment-plan-for-new-plant/article21938389.ece), 2017-12-19: "It is the most advanced production facility in the country, pioneering the use of advanced punched grid-making technology for two-wheeler battery manufacturing."

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