New Delhi Bird Group, a leading conglomerate of diversified companies with interests in luxury retail and the travel and information technology arena, today announced the launch of Segway Personal Transporter (PT) in India, through a nation-wide distribution partnership with Segway Inc., global leaders in self-balancing personal transportation vehicles. The brand would be known as Bird Segway in India, a unit of Bird Retail Pvt. Ltd. A new segment in the automobiles market in India, the Bird Segway PT is renowned globally for its advanced technology and design, as well as its eco-friendly, zero-emissions and energy-efficient qualities.
Speaking about the tie-up, Ankur Bhatia, Executive Director, Bird Group, said, "Bird Segway Personal Transporter is going to simplify personal travel in places that are impractical. The Personal Transportation segment is new to India and will be beneficial for operations at airports, police patrolling, tourism purposes and large industrial campuses and will be our targeted consumer focus. In addition, universities and research institutes with large campuses and shopping malls will also be targeted. Bird Segway Personal Transporter (PT) is also a great solution to address the environmental concerns as it is zero emission and operates on lithium-ion batteries."
Bird Segway, a unit of Bird Retail Pvt. Ltd.- a fully owned subsidiary of Bird Group- is the nation-wide distributors of Segway PT's in India and responsible for appointing dealers and franchisees across India. The Bird Segway products will be available to Indian consumers commencing February 2010, through Bird Retail across 30 locations in India.
05/03/10 afaqs!
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