Background: Ashok Leyland (established 1948) is one of the leading commercial vehicle (CV) manufacturers in India. Part of the Hinduja group, the company operates out of seven manufacturing plants located in South India and one in Pant Nagar, Uttarakhand. The company's product range comprises of heavy/medium trucks and buses. Its volume composition: Trucks - 59%, Buses - 20%, LCVs - 8% and Exports - 13%. ALL has many JVs: Nissan for LCVs, John-Deere for Construction Equipment, Irizar TVS for coach building, Alteams for High Pressure Aluminium die-castings, Continental for Automotive Infotronics and Albonair GmbH for emission treatment /...