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November 20, 2008


RWF to produce 0.18 million wheels in 2008-09

It is reported that the Rail Wheel Factory is expected to produce 0.18 million wheels in the current year.

Rail Wheel Factory which is located at Yelahanka near Bangalore in Karnataka has a nameplate capacity of 95,000 wheels per year. In 2007 to 2008, RWF produced 0.14 million wheels.

In view of the higher production target this year, RWF plans to operate three blast furnaces as against two earlier.

A senior RWF official said that annual production targets for RWF are fixed by the Railway Board in conjunction with planned production at the coaches and wagon manufacturing units of the Railways.

Any shortfall in demand for wheels, after factoring in RWF's contribution, is met through imports, including some from China. The Durgapur Steel Plant, an integrated steel plant of Steel Authority of India Ltd, located in West Bengal, also produces forged wheels that meet some of the demand.