Pre-engineered steel building (PEB) manufacturing firm, Phenix Varco Pruden (PVP), will build the Paint Shop Building for the Tata Nano project in Sanand, Gujarat. PVP is a collaboration between Varco Pruden Buildings Inc., USA, one of the largest PEB manufacturers in the world and Ahmedabad-based M&B Engineering Pvt. Ltd. 

Giving details about the project, Mr. Malav Patel, Managing Director, PVP said, “We are going to be supplying approximately 4000 tonnes of steel components for this facility. The complexity is in the function of the building, which calls for multiple mezzanine floors, a heavy load bearing capacity of the main–frame structure and a height of approximately 25 metres.” 

“Apart from the paint shop, we shall be installing 35 ancillary buildings, which would be a combination of different sizes, thus covering a total area of 65,000 square metres. The total value of the order is around Rs. 50 crores, and we target to complete it in totality by end of March, 2009”, he added.

Allison Transmission, the world’s leading supplier of commercial duty automatic transmissions, is engaged in a partnership with Renault Trucks for the "Cape to Cape Adventure". A team of drivers, covering a distance of 30,000 km in 16 weeks, from the North Cape in Norway to Capetown in South Africa, will alternate driving twelve adventure trucks, six of which are the new Renault Sherpa model. All six Sherpas are equipped with an Allison 2500SP automatic transmission with 6 forward and 1 reverse speeds. The Sherpa is based on a military chassis developed by Renault Trucks Defense with its bodywork designed by the Renault Trucks design team. 

Mr. Robert M. Clark III, Allison Transmission Managing Director, European Operations says:" We are very happy to partner with Renault Trucks in this adventure. The challenge includes both technical and human elements and will provide the occasion for us to demonstrate the quality and reliability of our products, to share experiences with the people from Renault Trucks, and to also communicate personally with our valued customers."