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than two years ago, the company has
already identified a suitable partner
for collaboration in the Indian mar-
ket. Mr. Timuçin Bayraktar, Gen-
eral Manager, TCV, said, “India is
a booming market. We want to lo-
calise our buses for which we have
the technical know-how and design
capabilities while our partner knows
to build bodies. We will form a JV
and achieve at least 70 to 80 per cent
localisation. We haven’t contacted
our Indian partner for two months,
but now that our world premiere is
over, we will get back to the JV.”
The bus-body building company
with which TCV is looking to part-
ner works with leading Indian bus
manufacturers like Tata Motors and
Ashok Leyland and is also interest-
ed in building buses.
“India is a huge market where
even the body-builders build nearly
5,000 buses per year. If we get into
production in India, the number will
be much higher. Our Indian invest-
ment would depend on many factors
and all the products will be branded
as TCV. The buses should start roll-
ing out by the second half of 2013”,
added Mr. Bayraktar.
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vehicle zone
The collaborative venture, to begin operations in 2013, will initially
focus on the city-bus segment. In the coach segment, TCV is looking
at shorter tourism buses which are typically 9.5 to 10.5 m long.