All set to roll out Tork electric motorcycles this month: Baba Kalyani | Business News,The Indian Express
A new factory is all set to roll out the Tork electric motorcycles this month. Next will be an electric truck, says Bharat Forge Chairman and MD Baba Kalyani.
It took forging company Bharat Forge 61 years to reach an annual turnover of Rs 10,000 crore. Chairman and MD Baba Kalyani is confident of the next Rs 10,000 crore coming at a faster pace, with the company set to double or triple turnover in the next 10 years.
Having joined the company started by his father Neelakanth Kalyani 50 years ago, Baba Kalyani, 73, says the past 10 years have been the busiest in his life. “If you have a passion to do something then many things can be done,” he says as he completes 50 years at the helm of Bharat Forge. It is no longer just a forging or auto component manufacturing company, but a technology company, says Kalyani. With a presence in auto, defence, aerospace, oil and gas, electric mobility. railways and renewable energy, Kalyani says they are in the business of providing safety and security for mobility, energy and for the country.
The company is working vigorously in the electric vehicle business through a subsidiary company, Kalyani Powertrain. A new factory is all set to roll out the Tork electric motorcycles this month. Next will be an electric truck, says Kalyani. Technology centres in Detroit and Los Angeles are working on e-mobility.
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Nobody is going to give you technology and especially not in the defence sector. This thought propelled him to invest in the Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGs) programme eight years ago and tap the opportunities in the country’s indigenisation programme. Armed with Bharat Forge’s expertise in metallurgy, Kalyani built the full-Indian ATAGs (155mm X 52) caliber with the capability to fire 48 km compared to the existing 39-km range guns. Kalyani Strategic Systems, the defence arm of Bharat Forge, has completed multiple trials across the terrain. Kalyani is hopeful of getting his first order this year. The goal is to be the largest artillery player in 10 years. There is the armoured car, Kalyani M4, that is already operating at high altitudes (20,000 ft) and in the pipeline are drones and other products.
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