The commercial production at Ashok Leyland John Deere Construction Equipment
Company, the 50:50 JV between Ashok Leyland and the US-based John Deere, is now
pushed to early-2011. Earlier, the company had scheduled to go on stream by
2010.
The unit is expected to manufacture backhoe loaders, front loaders and
four-wheel loaders and the company is also mulling options to make skid steers
as well.
Meanwhile, Ashok Leyland is likely to roll out light commercial vehicles
beginning 2011 through its JV with Nissan Motor Corporation.