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| Company type | Manufacturing unit |
|---|---|
| Industry | Wheels,coaches andlocomotives |
| Founded | 1984 |
| Headquarters | Yelahanka,Bangalore,India |
| Owner | Indian Railways |
Rail Wheel Factory, Yelahanka (RWF) (also known as Wheel and Axle Plant) is a manufacturing unit of theIndian Railways located inYelahanka,Bangalore,Karnataka. It produces wheels, axles, and wheel sets for railway wagons, coaches, and locomotives, serving both Indian Railways and international customers. The unit was commissioned byC. K. Jaffer Sharief, the thenRailway Minister, in 1984.
This factory uses cast steel technology in the manufacturing of wheels which utilizes scrap steel collected from Railways' own workshops as raw material. The products (Wheels,Axles and wheel sets) are engineered with little scope for human errors. It has a planned capacity to manufacture of about 70,000 wheels of different sizes, 23,000 axles and to assemble 23,000 wheel sets. It employs over 2000 personnel and has an annual turnover of about 82 crores. It is anISO 9001:2000 andISO 14001 certified unit for its business processes. It was the first unit ofIndian Railways to receiveISO 9001:2008 accreditation.[1]
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