Articles by: Ashish Bhatia

GRP Marangoni joint venture forays into the Indian tyre retreading market

GRP Marangoni joint venture forays into the Indian tyre retreading market

   Mumbai-based GRP has inked a Joint Venture (JV) with Marangoni of Italy to foray into the burgeoning tyre retreading market in India. Story by: Ashish Bhatia Mumbai-based GRP is a 40 year old company that specialises in tyre recycling. It has five facilities across India with an installed capacity to recycle 79,000 metric-tonne per annum. A listed company with[Read More…]

by March 2, 2016 Domestic
Mahindra Imperio: Force to reckon with

Mahindra Imperio: Force to reckon with

      Mahindra has engineered the Imperio pick-up to be a force to reckon with; in an environment that is attracting an amount of competition. Story by: Ashish Bhatia Mahindra has launched the Imperio pick-up. It replaces the Genio, which could not quite set the sales chart on fire. But then, the Genio was not the only pick-up Mahindra[Read More…]

by March 2, 2016 Cover Stories
Tata Signa: Next big move

Tata Signa: Next big move

        The Signa marks an interesting and cost effective facelift of the highly popular LPT, LPS or LPK range of trucks from Tata Motors Story by: Bhushan Mhapralkar Photos: Ashish Bhatia The LPT, LPS or LPK range of trucks from Tata Motors are extremely popular with operators; albeit in the form of a construction tipper or a[Read More…]

by March 2, 2016 Cover Stories

Optare electric bus range doubled to 200 miles

Optare has announced an increase in the range of its MetroCity and Solo EVs to 200 miles. The company claims to have achieved this without increasing the net weight, and without intrusion into passenger space. An Ashok Leyland arm, Optare, according to Alastair Munro, Engineering Director, accomplished this feat with the support of their counterparts at Ashok Leyland. Terming the[Read More…]

by February 5, 2016 News