One of the leading automobile companies in India, the Tata Motors has recently informed that it is thinking of shifting the entire production of its popular mini truck named Ace to the state of Uttarakhand by the next year. The company officials have informed that the cars are being produced in both the Pune and Uttarakhand plant of the company and the production of the passenger carrier variant of the vehicle, Magic would also be shifted to the state.
According to the Vice President (Sales and Marketing - Commercial Vehicles), Mr. Ravi Pisharody, "Currently, Ace and Magic are being produced from both Pune and Uttarakhand but the idea is to shift the total production to the latter unit". He added that the company would start the shifting process by the middle part of the next year and said, "We are expecting to utilise the full capacity of the Uttarakhand plant by the end of next year".
The sources from the Tata Motors have stated that the Uttarakhand plant of the company is currently having a production capacity of 2.25 lakh units per annum and Tata Motors has also made an investment of Rs 1,000 crore, while setting up the facility. The sources added that the company has launched its six-seater rural transportation vehicle Magic on Saturday and it also launched another 9-13 seater maxicab named Winger in the markets in North India.
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| Posted : 3/17/2008 |
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