VECV begins production of Pro2000 series light and medium-duty trucks at new advanced manufacturing plant in Bhopal
By Jim Gibbins - 1st February 2021
Pithampur / Bhopal – Commercial vehicle manufacturer, VE Commercial Vehicles Ltd (VECV) of Pithampur - the CV manufacturing joint venture subsidiary of Sweden’s Volvo AB and Eicher Motors Ltd of Gurugram (New Delhi), India – has started manufacture of light- and medium-duty trucks at a new truck manufacturing facility in Bagroda, Bhopal, making it the company’s eighth manufacturing facility in the state of Madhya Pradesh.
While not disclosing its level of investment in the new plant, VECV states the manufacturing facility sits in grounds extending to more than 147 acres of land. The built area offers an initial production capacity of 40,000 trucks per annum, but this could be scaled up to 100,000 per annum, should demand dictate. The new facility will be utilized to manufacture VECV’s Pro2000 series light-duty BS VI range.
