India & China
Mumbai based CNG cylinder manufacturer Everest Kanto Cylinder (EKC) has commenced manufacture in a fourth country, adding a plant China to three already in operation in India and one in Dubai & the US. The $US25 million plant was built in Tianjin and has a capacity of 200,000 CNG cylinders per annum as well as 3,000 for tube trailer applications. The tube trailer business for EKC received a boost this year with the purchase of US based CP Industries which EKC Director Puneet Khurana says has given EKC a big advantage in the segment in Asia and China. Khurana says the new plant can currently produce Type 1 cylinders from 20 litre to 3000 litre capacity with Type 2 cylinder production expected to commence in 2009.
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