Tatas Motors to roll out LCVs from Dharwad plant

Tata Motors, will start making its light commercial vehicles (LCVs) including its largest selling Ace mini-truck, at its Dharwad plant in Karnataka from the third quarter this financial year. At present, the company’s Pantnagar plant makes Ace mini-truck at full capacity.

The company is increasing the production at Dharwad and would start producing its LCVs from there in the next quarter.

Dharwad plant now makes Marcopolo buses by Tata Marcopolo Motors, a joint venture between Brazil's Marcopolo with 49% stake.

Tata Motors did not divulge the investments made to build plant. The Dharwad expansion will be part of the investment planned by the company to spend around R3,000 crore a year on expansion and upgradation until 2014.