Leyland to cut production as inventories rise

Hinduja Group flagship Ashok Leyland will cut its vehicle output in the second half of the current financial year to manage an inventory pile-up of 13,000 vehicles, mostly trucks.

“Our current inventories are at 13,000 vehicles, and we will be cutting down production substantially in the third quarter. Around 7,000 units could be knocked down by December, and another 2,000-2,500 in January-March,” said Chief Financial Officer K Sridharan.

The commercial vehicles major manufactured around 5,500 medium duty vehicles a month in July-September, while clocking sales of around 4,500 vehicles a month.