Molinari Rail AG, headquartered in Switzerland, has entered into a strategic pact to design, manufacture and deliver the auxiliary power units (APUs) for 1,000 diesel locomotives to be built in India for Indian Railways. The company will set up a manufacturing and assembly centre for auxiliary power units for diesel locomotives in India by next year.
The group will form a Lucknow-based company that will manufacture 100 auxiliary power units per annum, which can be ramped up later. The investment needed for the project was not disclosed.
“We have a project for Indian Railways and we will manufacture and assemble auxiliary power units here in India for the 1,000 diesel locomotive programme. … We are already assembling the first prototypes this year in Lucknow in collaboration with Prag. It will be a Molinari managed company,” Michele Molinari, president and CEO of the Molinari Rail Group, said.
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