Maruti Suzuki CEO calls for deeper auto-component localisation to curb supply disruption risks
Maruti Suzuki India CEO Hisashi Takeuchi has urged deeper localisation across India’s automotive supply chain, citing global disruption risks. He highlighted stronger Tier-2 and Tier-3 supplier capabilities, quality improvement, technology-led risk mapping and policy support as key to manufacturing competitiveness and exports.
What happened
Maruti Suzuki India · Maruti Suzuki CEO Hisashi Takeuchi urged deeper automotive supply-chain localisation to reduce disruption risks, improve supplier quality
Key facts
- 66th ACMA Annual Session
- GST 2.0
- Tier-2 and Tier-3 suppliers
- four focus areas
Why this matters
Automotive strategists should prioritize partnerships, acquisitions or supplier-development programs that build domestic capability in critical components and support export-ready manufacturing.
What to watch
- Maruti Suzuki announcements of revised localisation percentages or supplier-capex commitments.
- New government incentives or tariff changes covering auto electronics, semiconductors, EV components, tooling or specialty materials.
- Joint ventures between Indian component manufacturers and Japanese, Korean, European or Chinese technology suppliers.
- Supplier quality failures, recalls or production interruptions during localisation transitions.
- Import data showing declining shares of critical auto-component categories.
- Capacity additions in automotive electronics, battery packs, motors, castings, forgings and precision-machined components.
- Increase multi-year local sourcing targets and vendor-development programs for critical parts.
- Map lower-tier supplier dependencies, especially single-source imported electronics, specialty metals and tooling.
- Push suppliers toward higher quality certifications, traceability systems and digital risk monitoring.
- Seek policy support for component clusters, testing facilities, capital equipment and technology-transfer partnerships.
- Diversify import sources for components that cannot be economically localised in the near term.