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Lanka Ashok Leyland (LAL) is looking at assembling light commercial vehicles in Sri Lanka from end of September. LAL CEO Umesh Gautham said this will be mainly to be exported to the Indian market.
Speaking to ‘Daily News Business’ he said there is a demand from India to manufacture ‘small trucks’ (DOST) and they have also received orders from India. “We had sent three samples to India and they had approved one and sent to us and this will be the model we will be developing in Sri Lanka.”
Speaking to ‘Daily News Business’ he said there is a demand from India to manufacture ‘small trucks’ (DOST) and they have also received orders from India. “We had sent three samples to India and they had approved one and sent to us and this will be the model we will be developing in Sri Lanka.”
“We will be importing some of the material for this operation and will be offering sub contracts to Sri Lankan entrepreuners to manufacture most on the other material. These include rubber bushes, fuel tanks, seats, batteries and some other plastic items.
He said they will be doing the manufacturing process in their factory in Homagama. He said they have also come to an agreement with the government to obtain tax concessions for some of the machines they will be importing.
Lanka Ashok Leyland was incorporated in 1982 as a Public Limited Liability Company and began operations in 1983 as a Joint venture between Lanka Leyland Ltd (a wholly owned company of Government of Sri Lanka) and Ashok Leyland Ltd India, to carry out the business of importation of Ashok Leyland commercial vehicles in knocked down condition or fully built and carry out assembly operations, repair and service, body building on chassis and other developments to progressively develop ancillary industries locally.
Commenting on their partnership with the Transport Minister, he said they are now keen to build more luxury buses to feed to the public transport sector. “Sri Lankan is now seeing a massive development and there is also a lot tourist arrivals and the transport sector too is undergoing a mass transformation with more luxury buses being tasked to their government fleet.”
LAL has also introduced a special easy payment scheme the both the private and government sector when purchasing their buses for transport.
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He said they will be doing the manufacturing process in their factory in Homagama. He said they have also come to an agreement with the government to obtain tax concessions for some of the machines they will be importing.
Lanka Ashok Leyland was incorporated in 1982 as a Public Limited Liability Company and began operations in 1983 as a Joint venture between Lanka Leyland Ltd (a wholly owned company of Government of Sri Lanka) and Ashok Leyland Ltd India, to carry out the business of importation of Ashok Leyland commercial vehicles in knocked down condition or fully built and carry out assembly operations, repair and service, body building on chassis and other developments to progressively develop ancillary industries locally.
Commenting on their partnership with the Transport Minister, he said they are now keen to build more luxury buses to feed to the public transport sector. “Sri Lankan is now seeing a massive development and there is also a lot tourist arrivals and the transport sector too is undergoing a mass transformation with more luxury buses being tasked to their government fleet.”
LAL has also introduced a special easy payment scheme the both the private and government sector when purchasing their buses for transport.
www.dailynews.lk
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