Alstom Transport India has started expanding its rolling stock manufacturing facility at Sri City, in Andhra Pradesh, Bharat Salhotra, Managing Director, Alstom Transport India said, The Hindu reports.
“We have started gradually expanding our manufacturing capacity. Over the next few months, the production capacity of rolling stocks will get enhanced to 20 metro train cars per month from seven cars per month. At a later date, we might enhance this number to 300 train cars per annum,” Salhotra said.
About the investment, Bharat said it would be significant as India was turning into an important market for Alstom after ‘several wins’ -metro rail projects. The number of employees in India had risen to 1,600 from 350 and this would reach 3,000 in three years.
“We are planning to service domestic as well as overseas markets too. Over the next few years, we expect about 50 per cent of revenue to come from exports,” he said.
Mentioning that the first trial run of Kochi Metro Rail was conducted successfully, he said it was the first ‘Make in India’ project to be conceptualised, designed, manufactured and tested by an Indian team. The local production was 70 per cent.
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