Chennai, home for Ashok Leyland and a major market for buses, cannot boast of many good quality bus body builders. Most of the bus manufacturers are based out of Bangalore and Karur. Identifying an opportunity, Mr. Aneez decided to set up the facility in Chennai. Also Oragadom will be home for Daimler’s commercial vehicle manufacturing facility which will roll-out vehicles by 2012.
Work started on setting up this unit in April 2010 and in a very short span of time, the first luxury bus rolled out by November 2010. Mr. Aneez, with his roots in Kerala, is targeting the luxury bus market in Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
The new plant has been established at an investment of Rs. 5 crores, on a 3.8 acre plot of land with an initial capacity to build 25 buses per month. Techno Automotive has in-house capabilities for design, fabrication and manufacturing all types of buses. The entire facility has been built as per CIRT specifications. Currently Techno Automotive has a team of 100 people. The first bus launched is Elegante, a 49 seater luxury bus. The company is planning to expand the product range in the medium and heavy duty bus segment. It is targeting to sell 50 buses by March 2011.
