Ashok Leyland Ltd of Chennai, a manufacturer of commercial vehicles has received BSVI emission certification from Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) for the whole of its heavy-duty truck engine range.

Scania Commercial Vehicles India Pvt Ltd - a wholly owned subsidiary of Scania AB - has launched its next generation XT range of mining and construction trucks in India.

Commercial vehicle manufacturer, VE Commercial Vehicles Limited - the commercial vehicle manufacturing joint venture and subsidiary of Sweden’s Volvo AB and Eicher Motors Ltd of Gurugram - has revealed a new range of BS VI Eicher Pro 2000 series light-duty trucks comprising the Eicher Pro 2049 and Eicher Pro 2095XP.

Tata Motors Ltd of Mumbai, has launched Ultra Business Utility Vehicles (BUV) range in Vietnam; the truck has been specially designed to meet changing customer needs in the light and intermediate commercial vehicle segments.

Tata AutoComp Systems Ltd¹ of Pune, a division of Mumbai’s Tata Group, which offers a wide range of products and services for the automotive and commercial vehicle industries and SECO Seojin Automotive Co Ltd² of Siheung-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of South Korea, have entered into a joint venture to design, develop and manufacture clutch systems in India catering specifically for commercial vehicles and agricultural tractors.

Whale Enterprise Pvt Ltd - a wholly-owned subsidiary of liquid waste vacuum tankers and jetting equipment manufacturer, Whale Tankers Ltd, established in 2012 - is being expanded by 10,000 square feet increasing the existing manufacturing space by 50%, according to Chris Anderson, commercial director at Whale Tankers.

Alpha Drives, a manufacturer and supplier of power take offs, has recently developed and launched offset power take-offs for Bharat Benz truck models 1214, 2523, 3123 and 3128  fitted with the G85 and G131 gear box for the retail market.

Tata Motors Ltd has won an order for 200 fully-built refrigerated trucks from Kool-ex Cold Chain Ltd, a cold chain logistics service provider specialising in the pharmaceutical industry.

Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Pvt Ltd in response to changes in Indian permitted axle load standards, is now making available revised axles on two of its BharatBenz trucks.

Commercial vehicle manufacturer, VE Commercial Vehicles Ltd - the commercial vehicle manufacturing joint venture and subsidiary of Sweden’s Volvo AB and Eicher Motors Ltd - has introduced Wabco’s OptiDrive AMT system to its 6-speed gearbox in the Eicher Pro 3016 16t gvw rigid truck model.

Tata Motors Ltd has launched four new light and medium-duty truck models - LPT 9121, LPK 9121, LPK 12122 and LPT14123 - in Bhutan to expand its portfolio in tipper and haulage applications.

Volvo Trucks India Pvt Ltd, the wholly owned subsidiary of Swedish AB Volvo has introduced the FM 380 8x41 rigid truck to enhance its presence in the Indian construction and other heavy-duty truck segment.