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DPG Announces New Manufacturing Facility in India
09-09-09
Dayton-Phoenix Group opened a new manufacturing facility “Dayton-Phoenix Electricals Private Limited” in Baddi, India on March 8, 2009. This facility provides technical support and local indigenization of product to support the tremendous growth of locomotive production of the Indian Railways.
This facility caters strictly to serving the Indian market and allows DPG to maintain a strong OEM presence in India. “Without this facility, DPG would not have been able to supply product long-term from the US,” stated Steve Schonert, Director of Sales and Service for DPG.
Dayton-Phoenix Electricals Private Limited is managed by Mr. Del Abnet. Del relocated to India to run the entire operation and will ensure that the Indian product fully meets DPG standards for OEM quality. This facility has state of the art equipment and testing capability, including automated data recording. Over the next few years DPG expects to be able to offer Indian Railways upgrades and improved products to enhance their current product line.
Additionally, this facility allows for the complete remanufacturing and preventative maintenance of all components supplied by DPG to the Indian Railways over the past 10 years. Steve continued, “We are excited about the growth potential in India and look forward to working closely with the Indian Railway to improve life cycle costs of the EMD GT46 locomotive”.
