MAPNA Locomotive Engineering & Manufacturing Company (MLC) has opened its high-power test bench.   The test bench was inaugurated in a ceremony attended by MAPNA President Abbas Aliabadi and senior executives of the company in MLC factory on Tuesday, December 10, 2019.   The bench is designed for testing heavy duty motors with capacities of up to 3600 kvs (4800 HP). The high-power test bench can also conduct test operations on power generation motors running on gas and diesel fuel, and combined heat & power (CHP) and mechanical drive motors.   Rehabilitated traction motors and locally manufactured motors can be also put to test in the state-of-the-art test...

MAPNA Group and Oghab Afshan Industrial and Manufacturing Company signed an agreement to produce Iran's first locally manufactured buses.   The agreement was inked  in Semnan, northern Iran, on Tuesday, December 3, 2019, between CEOs of MAPNA Electric & Control Engineering & Manufacturing Company (MECO) and Oghab Afshan Industrial and Manufacturing Company.   The collaboration will take place under a joint venture scheme which will operate in Alborz and Semnan provinces. It will focus on local design and manufacturing of automobiles, and urban and intercity buses and minibuses.   Localization of power train system is a key goal of the agreement...