Yamaha Eyes 35 Unit Sales Growth in 2014

Two-wheeler producer Yamaha Motor India Sales Pvt Ltd is eyeing around 35 for every penny sale development at 6.2 lakh units in the not so distant future on the again of business extension in more diminutive urban communities. The company, which today started a wellbeing project for kids, had sold 4.6 lakh units in 2013. "This year we are targeting to sell 6.2 lakh units in the country. We are planning to consolidate our presence in tier II cities and also focus to enter tier III cities," Yamaha Motor India Sales (YMIS) Vice President (Sales and Marketing) Roy Kurian told reporters here. Meanwhile, the company which offers both bikes and bikes in the nation, anticipates that its bike bargains will expand in the present year. "Last year, out of the total sales of 4.6 lakh units, we sold 1.5 lakh units of scooters. This year we are looking to sell around 2.8 lakh scooter units," Kurian said. Similarly, the company is relied upon to launch a bike focused at family utilization soon to add to its Ray and Ray Z bikes, which are focused at ladies and men clients individually. Yamaha Bikes, for example, FZ and Fazer and R15 have additionally been decently accepted the nation over, incorporating littler urban communities and towns, he included. When asked about the company's Chennai plant, Kurian said: "Construction is going on and it will be complete by the end of this year or early next year." Nonetheless, the company has prolifically today uncovered the Yamaha Children Safety Program (YCSP), proposed to planned to instruct kids on way wellbeing and impact folks through children. The programme will be directed crosswise over schools in the nation. It likewise disclosed a brand mascot for the programme. “We are hopeful that the mascot will create awareness by appealing to the children and parents to participate in YCSP," YMIS Managing Director and CEO Masaki Asano said.