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India’s Ashok Leyland to open plants in Africa, expand UAE facility

Ashok Leyland, India’s second largest commercial vehicle manufacturer, plans to set up two assembly plants in Africa and double capacity at its facility in Ras al Khaimah, UAE.

The company is set to invest around INR100 crore (about $15m) in the African plants as part of its global expansion plans.

“We are looking at a couple of smaller assembly plants in Africa. We haven’t identified the location yet. Besides, we are also looking to double the capacity of our Ras al-Khaimah facility,” Ashok Leyland managing director Vinod K Dasari told the Press Trust of India (PTI) at the Auto Expo 2016 in New Delhi.

Elaborating on the plan to expand production in the UAE, he said: “We were doing four units a day, which has been increased to 12. By the end of 2016, we will double it to 24 units a day.”

2015 has been good for Ashok Leyland, Dasari said, noting that he hoped the momentum would continue into 2016.

The company’s showcase at the expo included a roll-over compliant school bus and a Euro 6-compliant truck among others. In addition, the manufacturer unveiled the Hybus, which it claims is India’s first non-plugin hybrid bus.

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Jerusha Sequeirahttp://www.meconstructionnews.com
Jerusha Sequeira is a reporter contributing to Big Project ME and Truck & Fleet ME magazines. She writes news and features on topics across the construction, machinery and commercial vehicles industries in the UAE and wider Middle East and contributes to the digital platform daily. She graduated from the American University of Sharjah in 2014 with a BA in Mass Communication/Journalism. Jerusha has previously interned with the local daily Gulf News, and has worked with on-campus publications at AUS.
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