Omega
Seiki Mobility, an Anglian Omega Group Company announced the opening of a new
integrated manufacturing facility at Chakan, Pune. With an investment of USD 25
Million (Rs 190 crore) the unit will have production capacity of 6000 electric
three wheelers per annum and company will ramp up the manufacturing capacity to
30000 units in the next three years.
OSM will be manufacturing its cargo electric
vehicle range: Rage+, Rage+ Rapid, Rage+ Frost and Rage+ Swap and Electric
Passenger Vehicle Stream at the Pune facility.
Speaking
on the start of the new manufacturing unit in Pune, Uday Narang, Founder and
Chairman, Omega Seiki Mobility said, "The opening of our fourth
manufacturing facility marks another important milestone for Omega Seiki
Mobility commitment to growing our business in India. Our focus continues to be
providing the best in class products and customer service to our local and
regional customers. This facility will play a global distribution network which
should leapfrog us into a market-leading position in EVs in India and
overseas.”
“We
have an order book of 50,000 plus cargo electric three wheelers. We have set up
this facility to meet the growing demand of the market. The Pune facility will
help us to aggressively expand our operations in the West of India” added
Narang
The
new EV manufacturing unit at Chakan, Pune is spread over 50,000 sq. feet will
be a hub for development and manufacturing of a complete range of Rage +
Commercial Electric Vehicles and Passenger electric vehicle Stream. The company will employ 250 plus personnel.
The
Pune facility is the fourth manufacturing unit of the company, with other three
located in IMT Faridabad. “At Omega Seiki Mobility we work on hub and spoke
model as cost of transportation is very high. We will be launching four more
manufacturing facilities in the next 2 years” further added Narang.