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Volvo Commences Sourcing Industrial Engines From India
Swedish auto major Volvo Group has commenced to source industrial engines from India.
Swedish auto major Volvo Group has commenced to source industrial engines from Eicher Motors, VE Commercial Vehicles.
Volvo might shift sourcing non-automotive engines to India on a long-term basis. The country is already a manufacturing hub for the 5 to 8-litre medium-duty Euro VI engines used for automotive applications.
Managing
Director
of
VE
Commercial
Vehicles,
Vinod
Aggarwal
confirmed
the
development.
Speaking
to
ET
Auto,
he
said,
"Gradually,
we
will
cater
to
more
applications
for
non-automotive.
We
will
get
into
gen-sets.
There
are
also
some
other
non-automotive
departments
like
construction
equipment."
VE Powertrain, one of the business verticals of VE Commercial Vehicles, exports 2,000 engines every month to Volvo AB for automotive applications. A separate production line has been set up at Pithampur to produce Volvo Penta engines.
The 5-litre and 8-litre engines are BS-III compliant. Both the engines can be used in a variety of applications such as construction equipment, crushers and screeners, agricultural and forestry machinery and pumps and cranes.
DriveSpark Thinks!
India is becoming a manufacturing hub for several global automakers. It is in line with the Make in India campaign and helps to increase the employment opportunities in the country. It is good to see global manufacturers betting high on the Indian market.