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State-of-the-art plant
The Oragadam plant is state-of-
the-art and has been built with me-
ticulous planning. The plant has four
major shops, including the Cab in
White (CIW) where the cab is made,
the paint shop, the engine and trans-
mission shop and the vehicle assem-
bly shop where the final assembly
of the trucks is done. Daimler has
brought in its global expertise into
the Oragadam plant as seen from the
flexible manufacturing system, high
level of automation and impressive
assembly line. The assembly shop is
435 m long, perhaps the longest in
the country, while it also boasts of
the single longest conveyer which
is 290 m long. The quality stand-
ards of Daimler have been uncom-
Fifth-wheel couplings from
JOST
JOST, a leading producer of fifth wheel couplings, king-
pins and telescopic landing gear, has supplied its 20T and 28T
fifth-wheel couplings to BharatBenz’s 4 x 2, 6 x 2 and 6 x
4 tractors. The products, JSK36DV1 and JSK38DV50, have
passed the standard life tests required to ensure very high reli-
ability. Close to a million JSK36DV1 couplings have been
sold so far by JOST across the world.
Power train cooling thermal solutions from
MODINE
Modine has been awarded a contract by DICV to support its light, medium and heavy-
duty trucks. The commitment reaffirms Modine’s ability to provide technologically ad-
vanced thermal solutions required to handle the increased heat loads present in all light
to heavy-duty truck engines.
Modine will manufacture and assemble the modules at its plant in Sriperumbudur,
Chennai. “Modine clearly understands DICV’s quality expectations and our commit-
ment to execute this important program. Thermal management technology of this type
fits into Modine’s commercial vehicle focus and is exactly why we developed our busi-
ness in India – to serve customers in India, while meeting the technology needs of
emerging markets”, said Mr. Jerry Kapoor, Managing Director, Modine India.
vehicle zone