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Voltas Air International is a 50-50 equity joint
venture between Voltas India Ltd. and Air International,
Australia. Both the joint venture partners are
leaders in their respective countries in Air Conditioner
manufacture. The Joint Venture was established
in December 1995 and the assembly line was set
up in October 1997.
It was set up to manufacture Air Conditioning
systems for passenger cars, trains, buses and
off highway vehicles like mining machines,  shovels
and excavators. The company currently supplies
air conditioners for Tata Engineering's Indica,
Sumo and Safari. It is also the sole supplier
for the left hand drive export models. It has
just introduced a Hi-Tech, indigenously produced
military grade air conditioner for the Indian
Army's mobile communication system in remote areas.
The company also plans to tap the Indian Railways
increasing requirement of carriage air- conditioner
equipment. They will also be introducing the Australian
Partners air conditioner for the inter-city luxury
buses.
It is a Rs. 24 crore company, set up with an
equity capital of Rs. 11.3 crore. It has a staff
strength of 75 with engineering capabilities in
the fields of design, analysis, development, CAD
modeling and tooling. The company has established
a full-fledged CAD facility with the world famous
'I-DEAS' software.
By Rahul Surkund
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