Valvoline Cummins opens new India manufacturing and packaging facility for automotive lubricants

By admin June 17, 2013 11:39 am IST

Valvoline Cummins Ltd., a joint venture formed in 1998 between Ashland Inc. and Cummins India Ltd., has announced the opening of a new manufacturing and packaging plant in the Ambernath industrial area, near Mumbai. The new facility will produce Valvoline automotive lubricants for the consumer, industrial and heavy-duty markets.
Built on 10 acres, the new $30 million plant expands the Valvoline brand’s in-house production capabilities. It also enhances the brand’s ability to deliver fast, localised technical services to customers in India, South Asia and other nearby countries. Initial production capacity of the plant is 120 million litters per year with future capacity of 150 million litters. Current blend lines include simultaneous measuring and blending as well as automated batch blending and oil products produced include engine, gear, hydraulic, industrial, and transmission.

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