Royal Enfield to invest ₹2,200 crore in Andhra Pradesh; sets up first manufacturing plant outside Tamil Nadu

Royal Enfield, the motorcycle manufacturer, has chosen Andhra Pradesh for its caller manufacturing enlargement project, the company’s archetypal large enlargement extracurricular Tamil Nadu since its inception successful 1901.

The institution volition put astir ₹2,200 crore successful 2 phases to acceptable up a manufacturing installation astatine Satyavedu successful Tirupati district, adjacent to the Andhra Pradesh-Tamil Nadu border. The task is expected to adhd astir 9 lakh units to Royal Enfield’s manufacturing capacity, and further fortify India’s presumption arsenic a planetary premium motorcycle manufacturing hub, authorities authorities said successful a merchandise precocious connected Wednesday (May 6, 2026).

The Andhra Pradesh State Investment Promotion Board (SIPB), chaired by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, approved the task astatine its gathering held this week.

The State authorities has allocated 267 acres of onshore for the task crossed Vanelluru (233.76 acres) and Rallakuppam (42.38 acres) villages successful Satyavedu mandal. The installation volition beryllium Royal Enfield’s 2nd manufacturing destination successful India, and is expected to make astir 5,000 nonstop and indirect jobs.

Apart from the halfway manufacturing unit, the task volition besides see a dedicated vendor parkland successful the archetypal phase, helping bring the company’s supplier ecosystem to Andhra Pradesh and helping make an automotive manufacturing clump successful the State. The archetypal signifier is targeted for completion by 2029, and the 2nd signifier by 2032.

Speaking connected the development, Nara Lokesh, Minister for Education, IT and Electronics, and Human Resources Development, said: “Royal Enfield is acold much than a motorcycle brand. It is simply a timeless awesome of heritage, craftsmanship and enduring quality. We are arrogant to invited this iconic institution to Andhra Pradesh. This concern is simply a beardown endorsement of Andhra Pradesh’s velocity of doing business, robust infrastructure ecosystem, and our committedness to becoming a starring manufacturing destination successful India. Beyond the works itself, the vendor ecosystem and ancillary industries that volition look astir this task volition importantly fortify our imaginativeness of gathering a globally competitory automobile and precocious manufacturing hub.”