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Sweden's Scania To Create Assembly Plant In Bangalore
From 2007-08, it has been selling mining trucks in the country in partnership with L&T and has formed an Indian, arm Scania Commercial Vehicles India Pvt Ltd. And it will hire 100 people as it gears up to begin assembling heavy haulage trucks by 2012.
Scania Commercial Vehicles India Pvt Ltd Managing Director Henrik Fagrenius said that they will set up a regional product centre at Bangalore for assembling heavy haulage trucks and city and inter-city luxury buses. And the company expects to operational by next year and "about 100 people will be employed".
He said that having this in place is a fundamental requirement for boosting of sales of our vehicles and engines. In five years, the company is looking at 2,000 trucks and 1,000 buses. Also, the company is looking at selling 1,500 engines for industrial and marine applications in India over the five year period.
Fagrenius added that the company will begin testing heavy haulage trucks and luxury buses for city and inter-city in India by September 2011.
Further, Scania's heavy trucks are in the range of 220 horse power to 730 horse power and it will finalize on which one to bring in India after the tests.
L&T will keep on playing an important role in relation to Scania's sales and service in the Indian construction equipment market.
Moreover, its existence will strengthen L&T's position, since the company's Scania customers will benefit from a larger range of models, shorter delivery times and higher service availability. The company has sold about 600 mining trucks in India as of now from 2007-08.
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