Maruti Suzuki advances scheduled maintenance shutdown to May to make oxygen available for medical needs

The country’s largest car maker Maruti Suzuki Wednesday said it is advancing the maintenance shutdown across its manufacturing facilities in the country to May 1 from June to make oxygen available for medical needs, as active covid cases continue to rise in India.

Both the company’s manufacturing facilities in Haryana, as well as Suzuki Motor Gujarat (SMG), will remain shut till May 9, 2021.

Maruti Suzuki said while it is a small user of oxygen, however it’s vendors require larger amounts and at this point of time when the country is battling with a sharp rise in covid cases, all available oxygen should be utilised to save lives.


“As part of the car manufacturing process, Maruti Suzuki uses a small amount of oxygen in its factories while relatively much larger quantities are used by the manufacturers of components. In the current situation, we believe that all available oxygen should be used to save lives”, Maruti Suzuki said in a statement to the bourses.

Accordingly, Maruti Suzuki has decided to advance its maintenance shutdown, originally scheduled for June, to 1st to 9th May. Production in all factories will close for maintenance during this period. The company has been informed that Suzuki Motor Gujarat has taken the same decision for its factory, the statement read.