Articles by: Ashish Bhatia

BYD enters material handling equipment business in India

BYD enters material handling equipment business in India

BYD India Private Limited, has forayed into the material handling equipment (MHE) business in India, powered by a lithium-ion phosphate battery. The move comes on the back of the Indian warehousing and logistics sector expected to attract around USD10 billion investment over the next four-five years, and the modernisation, technological advancement and process optimisation of the warehousing sector will be[Read More…]

by December 4, 2019 Domestic
Material shift in CV industry driving demand for aluminium

Material shift in CV industry driving demand for aluminium

Sricharan R From the use of aluminium in building bodies for some of the Audi’s most phenomenal models to its use in CVs, a significant material shift in CVs is also underway. An experience of this was had at a recent event conducted by ARAI, showcased a lightweight aluminium bus. This is however not the first instance. Roughly three years[Read More…]

by November 22, 2019 Domestic
Busworld Europa 2019 preview

Busworld Europa 2019 preview

Ashish Bhatia Busworld Europa 2019 concluded a grand extravaganza. Marking its 25th Anniversary and 45 glorious years as Europe’s leading bus and coach fair, the 2019 edition broke the myth of well-known exhibitions failing to garner a good response post switching over from an established venue. Busworld took an even bigger risk of scaling up significantly for its debut at[Read More…]

by November 22, 2019 Events
CV tyres continue to evolve

CV tyres continue to evolve

Anwesh Koley Disruptions like axle norms have been instrumental in transforming the nature of CVs in India. They along with the introduction of long standing economic reforms like GST (and e-way bill) are changing the way CV tyres are looked at. Influencing a significant change in CV tyres as challenges like urbanisation, weak market demand and rising TCO come the[Read More…]

by November 21, 2019 Tyre Talk