Volvo India wins order for 100 buses
December 6th, 2010 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANSBangalore, Dec 6 (IANS) Transport solutions’ major Volvo Buses India Limited has bagged a huge order for 100 luxury air-conditioned coaches from leading transport firm VRL Logistics Limited, based in Karnataka, a top company official said Monday.
“This is the largest ever order we got in India to supply 100 multi-axle buses to VRL Logistics, which has already bought 48 Volvo coaches from us since 2003,” Volvo Buses India Limited managing director Akash Passey told reporters here.
The Indian subsidiary of the global Swedish major has been rolling out the luxury coaches from its joint venture with Azad group at Hoskote, about 40 km from this tech hub.
The cost of each air-conditioned bus is estimated to be about Rs.8.5 million.
“We will deliver the 100 coaches over the next six-seven months to VRL,” Passey said.
The Hubli-based VRL is the largest road transport operator in the country, with a fleet of 2,800 commercial vehicles, including 250 buses.
“We plan to buy 550 commercial vehicles in 2011, comprising 300 trucks and 250 buses, 100 of which will be Volvos,” VRL chairman Vijay Sankeshwar said.
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