Piaggio to deliver 30 hopper vehicles to Jodhpur Nagar Nigam

• Piaggio will be delivering 24 Ape’ Xtra LDX and 6 Porter hopper range vehicles to Jodhpur Nagar Nigam
  

Jodhpur, 25 July 2019: Piaggio Vehicles Pvt Ltd (PVPL), a 100 % subsidiary of the Italian Piaggio Group (European leader of the 2wh sector) and India’s leading manufacturer of small commercial vehicles is to deliver 30 hopper vehicles to Jodhpur Nagar Nigam. The total delivery will be a mix of Ape’ Xtra LDX (3W) and Porter (4W) range of vehicles. These vehicles will essentially be used for collecting door to door garbage from few wards in Jodhpur.

The 1st batch of the 3W hopper vehicles were handed over to the officials of Jodhpur Nagar Nigam by Mr. Pankaj Jain, Dealer-M/s Sushila Auto, Jodhpur.

The vehicles are designed in a manner that they can collect both wet & dry waste. These hopper vehicles will be used in municipal ward numbers 12, 17, 18 and 19. The Municipal Corporation has already started using the first set of vehicles that were delivered to them. One hopper vehicle is used to collect garbage from 800 houses that are located in a single ward.

Mr. Saju Nair, EVP & Head of the Commercial Vehicle Business, Piaggio India Pvt. Ltd. said, “We are the inventors of cargo three wheelers in India and we are committed to provide path breaking solutions. We also have the wide range of special purpose vehicles (SPVs) and it is our constant endeavour to develop special purpose vehicles as per the requirement of our customers. Our special purpose vehicles are well designed and can be used by various government organisations for the Swachh Bharat mission. We are happy to partner with Jodhpur Nagar Nigam and with this PPP (Public Private Partnership) we want to create awareness towards cleaner and greener Jodhpur. We are looking forward to a meaningful and long lasting partnership with Jodhpur Nagar Nigam.”

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Malind Kapur, Sr. VP of Marketing Piaggio Vehicles Pvt. Ltd. said, “We are extremely happy to partner with Jodhpur Nagar Nigam to provide our hopper vehicles. We are glad that the Jodhpur Municipal authority gave us this opportunity. At Piaggio we are committed to providing best in class offerings to our customers. Ape’ Xtra LDX offers better payload carrying capacity, with excellent mileage and Porter has compact dimensions, great load capacity and best in class fuel efficiency. Piaggio understands the needs of its customer and hence the vehicles are designed in a manner where the customer can customize the product to suit specific applications. ”

About Piaggio Vehicles Pvt. Ltd.

Piaggio Vehicles Pvt. Ltd. is a 100% owned subsidiary of the Piaggio Group. The Company commenced operations in India in 1999 with the launch of the three-wheeler brand Apé, which was an immediate success and has grown from strength to strength over the years. PVPL created the market, grew it, and has sustained a dominant position in the Diesel 3 wheeler segment. Piaggio is a leading player in the light transportation industry with a complete range of three and four wheelers in Diesel, Petrol, CNG, LPG fuel variants. The Company’s products are not only endorsed by over 2.7 million satisfied customers across India but also exported to more than 40 countries worldwide.

Piaggio has a state-of-the-art manufacturing plant at Baramati in Maharashtra, [with an installed annual production capacity of over 300,000 three-wheelers and 80,000 four-wheelers]. It is also self-reliant in some of the engine categories with the completion of its advanced engines plant on the same campus. Piaggio has an over 3000-strong work force comprising experienced engineers, R&D specialists, plant workers, sales, service and marketing professionals.