Knorr-Bremse is expanding its production capacity in India for the rail vehicle sectors. In the course of this week, the Group has opened one new production facilities in Palwal, as well as a new Development Centre to be shared by its division.

In the presence of numerous customers and business partners as well as prominent representatives of Knorr-Bremse the grand opening ceremony for a newly built Rail Vehicle Systems was officially opened on November 15th in Palwal. In line with Knorr-Bremse's corporate philosophy, the architecture and layout of the new production plants are founded on transparent structures and designed to promote open communications between production and support departments and ensure efficient dialogue between development and production. At the same time the new buildings meet the highest requirements in terms of ecological standards in order to reduce energy consumption and operating costs as well as conserving natural resources. To reinforce the Group's research and development activities, a state-of-the-art Development Centre has been append to the new production plant in Palwal.

These investments in India totalling around