Ashok Leyland floats 100% arm in Germany for clean tech

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Ashok Leyland Limited (ALL), the Hinduja Group flagship, on Thursday officially announced the formation of a new company called Albonair GmbH in Dortmund, Germany. Two days ago, ALL had made an announcement on the strategic investment in Albonair, which is now a 100% subsidiary of the company.

Albonair will focus on the development, production and sales of exhaust after-treatment systems for environment-friendly diesel engines. Albonair will engage in research and development and product development initially in the area of the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) after-treatment systems with an emphasis on design innovation and enhanced customer value.

"We already have a group of scientists and technologists, who were assisting us in our R&D efforts to develop vehicle emission treatment systems and products. Therefore, it made eminent sense to start a company with them and formalise the working arrangement," said R Seshasayee, managing director.

While the Dortmund headquarters will be the central hub for research and development, it will cater to the requirements of emerging markets to conduct local customer application development for vehicle and engine manufacturers. Decision on production locations is expected in the coming months, he said. Georg Huethwohl who has been a pioneer in this technology and Rene Ruedinger, have been appointed as managing directors of the German subsidiary, he added.