Jalandhar coach builder to make Merc buses

A company that was started to make bullock carts way back in 1935 has tied up with global automobile giant DaimlerChrysler to manufacture Mercedes-Benz buses.

According to reports, The contract between DaimlerChrysler and the Jalandhar based Sutlej Motors Limited (SML) was announced on Tuesday in the German city of Stuttgart, the birth place and main manufacturing hub of Mercedes vehicles.

SML has created a pan-India niche market for itself in manufacturing buses with latest, modern designs and sophisticated interiors. It is already supplying luxury coaches and low-floor buses to transport companies and airports across India.

DaimlerChrysler is the world’s biggest bus manufacturer and already makes chassis in India at its subsidiary DaimlerChrysler India Private Ltd (DCIL). SML sources said that the initial order will be for manufacturing 100 Mercedes buses. SML is one of the biggest coach manufacturers in the country now.

IANS