Malaysian 2-wheeler firm gears up for foray

Malaysian two wheeler company Demak has in store large for Indian roads as its scooters and motorcycles are geared to run in India soon. The company’s global platform consists of e-bikes, scooters, mopeds and bikes but for India, it is beginning with scooters and bikes, said its official. In a market witnessing a sale of 8olakhs two wheelers (60 lakhs of motorcycles) the company wants to step up with some local partners. The bikes are known for 250cc, 150cc , 125 cc engines and the moped is 110cc with scooters in 90/50cc.

The production units are spread in Malaysia, Phillipines, and Indonesia in addition to the one proposed for Srilanka. The future will reveal about one such in India and may associate with Yamaha or Hero Honda in India. The sale of 2 wheelers in December 2009 was 66.70%(767796 units ) against 460852 units in the same month of 2008. The volume of bikes increased to 592596 units (76.70%) in December 2009 against 335370 units in December 2008 while that of scooter it was 41.39%rise(127597 units) against 90247 units in December 2008.

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