VE Commercial Vehicles resumes manufacturing operations in India

VE Commercial Vehicles (VECV) on Thursday said it has resumed manufacturing operations at its plants in the country following relaxation of guidelines for the third phase of the lockdown by the government.

The plants located at Pithampur, Dewas, and Baggad in Madhya Pradesh and Thane in Maharashtra have resumed lean operations after the required permissions were granted by the state government, VECV said in a statement.

Lean operations have been initiated at 25-40 per cent levels in these plants with strict adherence to the guidelines and advisories laid down by the central and state governments as well as local authorities, it added.

"The priority continues to be to service the customers with dispatch of parts to various service centres, dispatch of already produced BS-VI vehicles, and meeting the needs of transporters engaged in delivery of essential goods," the company said.

VECV, a joint venture between Volvo Group and Eicher Motors, had earlier initiated sanitization processes, ..