Carkhojo - Mercedes-Benz will Soon Churn out Bus Bodies from Chakan

Churning out bus bodies, Mercedes-Benz India is on the pipeline of constructing a new plant in Chakan, Pune. With the presence of Mr. Piyush Arora (Director, Technical, Mercedes-Benz India) & Mr. Srinivas Chilukuri, General Manager, Bus Sales & Marketing, Mercedes-Benz India, Dr. Wilfried Aulbur, Managing Director and CEO of Mercedes-Benz India laid the foundation stone of this new plant.
A plant for constructing bus bodies already exists in Chakan and the city buses are building its bodies from this plant. Addressing the future expansion needs, the infrastructure of the plant is creating. It is expected that the new bodies for buses will be built from this plant by the second half of 2011.
By constructing this new plant, Mercedes-Benz India is aiming to make luxury travel affordable for public transport users of the urban population. For this, the company is partnering with MCV. The market for high-end city buses is very profitable. Mercedes-Benz India aims to conquer this segment.