Toyota Industries Engine India (TIEI), a joint venture between Kirloskar Systems Ltd. (KSL) and Toyota Industries Corporation - Japan (TICO), in India, inaugurated a new engine production plant at Jigani Industrial Area, Bengaluru.
The new plant will manufacture powerful and high performance Global Diesel (GD) Engine featuring Economy with Superior Thermal Efficiency Combustion (ESTEC) technology, which contributes to enhanced fuel efficiency. Spread across 22 acres with an investment of Rs. 1,100 crore, the engine manufacturing plant operates with a production capacity of 108,000 units/year.
The plant manufactures 1GD-FTV 2.8 litre & 2GD-FTV – 2.4 litre engines in compliance with BS 4 / Euro 4 emission standards with an additional provision to upgrade to BS 5 and 6 / Euro 5 and 6 with minimum investment and lead time in the future. Toyota Industries Engine India (TIEI) plant, the new state-of-the-art facility is the first GD Engine Plant of Toyota in India and third globally, after Japan and Thailand.
The 2.4 litre & 2.8 litre engines equip manual transmission & automatic transmission of Innova Crysta respectively. The 2.4-litre 2GD-FTV engine is 47pc more powerful & 13pc more fuel efficient. And the 2.8-litre 1GD-FTV engine is 71pc more powerful and 7pc more fuel efficient, in comparison to the earlier used 2KD engine.
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