Ashok Leyland bags an order worth $36.56 million from Government of Tanzania

Hinduja Group flagship, Ashok Leyland, has marked its entry into the Tanzanian market by bagging an order for 723 trucks, buses and special application vehicles. The order that is worth around $36.56 million has been received from the Government of Tanzania. These vehicles will be used for logistical purposes by the government and the Company will complete deliveries by end of the current fiscal.

Ashok Leyland has been aggressively expanding its network in the African market with network offices in Nigeria and Ghana in the West; Malawi and Mozambique in the South; Kenya and Tanzania in the East, apart from the offices in South Africa and Egypt. In 2010-2011, the Company’s export numbers grew by 72% to touch 10,306 nos.