Apart from expanding its reach in the domestic bus market, Ashok Leyland is continuing to push for growth in overseas markets. Hoping to generate one-third of the total revenue from its overseas business, the company, according to Gopal Mahadevan, Chief Financial Officer (CFO), plans to set-up an assembly facility in Kenya with an installed capacity of 3000 units. This is expected to entail an investment of USD 5 million. The company will also set up a plant in Bangladesh in partnership with a local player in the next eight to 12 months. This plant would assemble both buses and trucks. Besides an expansion activity in UAE, which the company announced some time ago, a definite strategy for Africa seems to gather speed as the company looks at executing an order from Ivory Coast. Interestingly, Ashok Leyland’s overseas market thrust comes at a time when the Indian auto industry is battling with slowing exports.