BTC wins Kuwait Fire Service Directorate contract – Deal strengthens Bahrah Trading Co position in government sector

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KUWAIT CITY, April 9: Bahrah Trading Company (BTC), one of the Al Sayer Group Holding Companies and the exclusive distributor of AVIA Ashok Leyland in Kuwait, was recently awarded contracts to supply various firefighting support vehicles to Kuwait Fire Service Directorate (KFSD).

The latest contract awarded to BTC involves supply of 8 nos. AVIA Ashok Leyland half-lorries including refrigerated trucks and self-loading crane trucks with rear lift gate. These are support trucks to assist other fire equipment & vehicles during any fire and rescue incident.

According to Mubarak Naser Al Sayer CEO Al Sayer Group Holding “Bahrah Trading won contract among stiff competition from other half-lorry vmakers in the market. This is the first time Ashok Leyland trucks are being supplied to government sector in the region.”

The handover ceremony of the trucks was attended by delegates from Ashok Leyland MENA including Karthik Ganesan, Regional Manager accompanied by U. Umashankar, Regional Sales Manager (Trucks) and Ramesh Deshpande, Divisional Manager. KFSD represented by Eng Manosur Obaid Head, Specifications & Tender Study Department in the presence of Capt Eng Abdulaziz Benian received the vehicles. Members from BTC team led by Hamza Melakandy, General Manager also attended the handover ceremony.

Hamza Melakandy General Manager BTC said “For over six decades, Ashok Leyland has been a technology leader in India’s commercial vehicle industry, molding the country’s commercial vehicle profile by introducing technologies and product ideas that have gone on to become industry norms. From 2.5 tons to 49 tons in trucks, from numerous special application vehicles to diesel engines for industrial, marine and genset applications, Ashok Leyland offers a wide range of products.”

Ashok Leyland is the 2nd largest manufacturer of commercial vehicles in India, the 4th largest manufacturer of buses in the world and the 16th largest manufacturer of trucks globally. With a turnover in excess of US $ 2.3 billion (2012-13) and a footprint that extends across 50 countries, it is one of the most fully-integrated manufacturing companies in this part of the globe.

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