Aftab Auto begins Hino RM-2 air-conditioned bus body building
Tuesday, 13 July 2010
FE Report
Aftab Automobiles Limited, a sister concern of Navana Group, has started building body of the luxurious Hino RM-2 air-conditioned buses for the first time in the country, cutting down its cost up to 30 per cent against the imported price.
Import price of each Japanese Hino RM-2 AC bus cost Tk 17.50 million while its price would come down to Tk12.50 million if they are assembled in Aftab's state-of-the-art body fabrication workshop in the capital.
"This is a new beginning for the country's luxury road-transportation industry," an official of the Aftab Automobiles told the FE.
According to him, similar sophisticated buses were imported in the country from Japan, completing their assembly tasks in Malaysia.
Doing the assembly jobs in our workshops, cost of each vehicle would be reduced by Tk 5.0 million that will likely to give a boost to our luxury passenger transportation industry, he added.
The company has already sold out two air-conditioned Hino coaches at Tk12.50 million each after assembling them at the company's workshop in Dhaka. It is looking for assembling 60 such coaches within this year, the company official added.
For the last 32 years, Aftab automobiles have been importing Hino coaches. At present more than 700 Hino buses are carrying passengers in all directions. The renowned company would now do the assembling work on its own after importing the engines and the body-parts directly from Japan.
Company source also said that its present Hino RM-2 bus assembling workshop is a temporary establishment. An even bigger workshop would be built in compliance with the market demand, the official added.
Aftab Automobiles Limited, a sister concern of Navana Group, has started building body of the luxurious Hino RM-2 air-conditioned buses for the first time in the country, cutting down its cost up to 30 per cent against the imported price.
Import price of each Japanese Hino RM-2 AC bus cost Tk 17.50 million while its price would come down to Tk12.50 million if they are assembled in Aftab's state-of-the-art body fabrication workshop in the capital.
"This is a new beginning for the country's luxury road-transportation industry," an official of the Aftab Automobiles told the FE.
According to him, similar sophisticated buses were imported in the country from Japan, completing their assembly tasks in Malaysia.
Doing the assembly jobs in our workshops, cost of each vehicle would be reduced by Tk 5.0 million that will likely to give a boost to our luxury passenger transportation industry, he added.
The company has already sold out two air-conditioned Hino coaches at Tk12.50 million each after assembling them at the company's workshop in Dhaka. It is looking for assembling 60 such coaches within this year, the company official added.
For the last 32 years, Aftab automobiles have been importing Hino coaches. At present more than 700 Hino buses are carrying passengers in all directions. The renowned company would now do the assembling work on its own after importing the engines and the body-parts directly from Japan.
Company source also said that its present Hino RM-2 bus assembling workshop is a temporary establishment. An even bigger workshop would be built in compliance with the market demand, the official added.