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Production - India - Truck-making made simple
A small-scale truck manufacturer introduces a new range of heavy-duty commercial vehiclesChennai,India - domain-B, by Venkatachari Jagannathan -5 Sept 2006: -- Thirty one year old Anirudh Bhuwalka, promoter and director, Asia MotorWorks Limited (AMW), Mumbai, over simplifies the truck-making process... He would probably describe the process as "simply zero in on the top manufacturers of engines, gearboxes, axles, clutch, cabins and other components and mount them together on a chassis." ... Bingo! And you have a global truck... Sounds as simple enough as a child making a toy truck out of plastic parts. That is precisely what Bhuwalka is doing at his Bhuj plant... Sourcing mission-critical components — engines from Cummins, clutch from Valeo, axles from Arvin Meritor, gearbox from ZF, cabin from FAW, China — he rolls out trucks with carrying capacities ranging between 25 tons to 49 tons. With a localisation level of around 95 per cent, the company's tag line says AMW-The global truck... In five months, the company will launch a 300hp vehicle. Other models due to be rolled out are the 2518 HL, a 6x2-wheel haulage, the 4018 TR and the 4930 TR...
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