Ashok Leyland wins large order for 1,400 school buses in the UAE

1 Sept 2022 , 10:01 AM

The Hinduja Group's main brand, Ashok Leyland, revealed on Wednesday that it has received orders from significant fleets for 1,400 school buses in the United Arab Emirates, the company's largest-ever supply of school buses in this nation. Swaidan Trading - Al Naboodah Group, a Chennai-based partner in Ashok Leyland's UAE distribution, has won the order for the whole fleet of buses built in the GCC. 

According to a corporate statement, Emirates Transport and STS Group will get the majority of the goods. The order's amount wasn't made public, though. The 55-seater Falcon bus and the 32-seater Oyster bus will be supplied from Ashok Leyland's US$50 million state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, the only certified local bus manufacturing facility in the entire Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, according to the fourth-largest bus manufacturer in the world.

This is a momentous occasion for Ashok Leyland in the UAE, according to Dheeraj Hinduja, Executive Chairman of Ashok Leyland. This confirms the confidence our customers have in our buses as the safest for carrying school pupils and is a tribute to their dependability, longevity, and robustness, he added.

The UAE assembly facility is where these goods are created. More than 55% of the parts used in the assembly process are supplied from the UAE, where product concepts are developed, designs are created by our engineers, and the factory is located. For the GCC, it will be appropriate to refer to it as The Emirati Bus- Made in UAE, added Hinduja.

The 4,000 buses per year installed capacity at the Ras Al Khaimah facility, a joint venture between Ashok Leyland and the Ras Al Khaimah Investment Authority (RAKIA), in the United Arab Emirates. The facility, which also distributes buses to African nations, has produced 25,500 buses since it opened in 2008, according to Ashok Leyland.

We will be able to achieve our goal of zero carbon emission transportation with the aid of Switch Mobility, our new electric vehicle firm located in the UK. With Switch's development into the UAE and the GCC, we see enormous growth potential and are eager to introduce our electric vehicles in these regions shortly, said Hinduja.

According to Amandeep Singh, Head of International Operations, Ashok Leyland is one of the Middle East's most rapidly expanding brands, with a burgeoning market presence in the United Arab Emirates. We were able to get these orders thanks to our cheap total cost of ownership and excellent post-sale assistance.

We are thrilled by the expansion of the UAE economy and the opportunities it offers. Our aspirations to expand our offering in the area of light commercial vehicles are ambitious. Singh promised that you would hear from us quickly. An Ashok Leyland product is used by more than 7000 businesses in the GCC, which carry 1.8 million people daily. The firm created Partner Truck and Gazl Buses, two light commercial vehicles, to capitalize on the patronage of its clients and extend its product line.

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