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ASHOK LEYLAND LTD., ALWAR
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HISTORY
1948The birth of Ashok Motors Founded by Raghunandan Saran, Ashok Motors was set up in collaboration with Austin Motor Company, England and incorporated on September 7th for the assembly of Austin cars.
1954 Ashok Motors becomes Ashok Leyland Named after Raghunandan’s son, Ashok, the company was renamed ‘Ashok Leyland’ with equity participation from Leyland Motors, Ltd.
1955 India’s first double-decker arrives ‘Titan’ - The first Indian-made double decker with 50% indigenous
1967 A revolution in steering For the first time, power steering was featured on commercial vehicles s components was launched
1972 Production target upped to 10,000 vehicles a year The license to manufacture 10,000 vehicles a year was granted 1974
1974 Turnover tops Rs. 1,000 million Ashok Leyland’s turnover for the first time crossed Rs. 1,000 million
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1976 The Viking appears The ‘Viking’, the first ever bus with an alternator and a unique front overhang that facilitated front entry hit the Indian roads.
1978
1978 A Cheetah bounds into the frame India’s first rear-engine bus – ‘Cheetah’ was introduced with mixed reactions from drivers. While it cut off much of the heat, their complaint was that they “could not hear the engine!” 19
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1980 Hosur plant starts operations The Company’s second plant – Hosur 1 – was inaugurated by M. G. Ramachandran, the then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
.1980 Two major new truck introductions India’s first 13-ton truck – ‘Tusker’ with a 125 hp engine was launched followed by the country’s first multi-axle truck – ‘Taurus’.
1982 Manufacturing footprint expands northwardsTwo new manufacturing facilities at Bhandara (Maharashtra) and Alwar (Rajasthan) were inaugurated in March and August respectively.1993
ASHOK LEYLAND ,ALWAR
Ashok Leyland ,Alwar plant is one of the production unit of Ashok Leyland Ltd. Alwar city situated in west north in Rajasthan and is very near to Delhi ,The capital of India. Alwar comes in NCR (National capital region) also it is located at M.I.A (Matasya industrial area) Alwar.
This plant was established in 1982 and has completed his 25 years successfully. This plant is known for his high productivity. It is basically an assembly plant where the chassis is assembled.
Ashok Leyland, Alwar is world’s largest CNG vehicle’s producing plant. CNG (compressed natural gas) is used as an alternate fuel to diesel and is very less polluting. The pollution of CNG vehicles is less than even EURO-IV vehicles which is known for its lesser pollution value.
The total covered area of Alwar plant is 352 acres. And fencing is done around 161 acres of area. The plant comprises of 4 shops called shop-I, shop-II, shop-V and shop-VII. The plant has three gates; One main gate one for entering the goods carries and the third for the products going out of the plant for sale.
There is an administrative office, one P&A department block, department-offices, a medical centre, a canteen, a news paper reading room and library, a training centre and systems department, RSO yard and the construction is going on for new stores.
Any type of activity that is performed or any type of product that is manufactured has an effect on the surrounding or environment.
At Ashok Leyland are committed to preserving the environment through a comprehensive environmental policy and a proactive approach in planning and executing our manufacturing and service activities.
We are concerned about the earth our children will inherit. That’s why we make sure our vehicles consume less fuel and pollute less. This concern is reflected in the manufacturing systems, the various processes, energy conservation measure and conscious greening indicatives of the company.A system is employed to control or minimize the adverse impact on the environment is environment management system (EMS).
ASHOK LEYLAND DEPARTMENTS
PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT:
This department handles all the plan work for production. This department is responsible for all the production and its process going at assembly line and also the PDI (pre delivery inspection)
They deal with all the workers to get the work output from them for production. They decide which model is to be assembled according to the availability of material and demand of production.
PERSONNEL AND ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT:
This department has to perform the no. of functions such as all kind of recruitments like executives, managers and workers. They conduct various types of tests and interviews for vacancy lying in the organization or at demand of managers.
They also take care of medical facility, canteen facility, library and security too. They are also responsible for the discipline in the plant. Mainly they deal with all the personal behaviors of employees. They arrange seminars and other motivating events for the employees. They also conduct cultural events and get together, in which they include the family members of the employees for giving a change from routine work.
They also record all individual working record in organization. They deal the relations with other organizations and institutes.