- Business
- Jupiter Wagons Limited manufactures railway wagons, components and castings for Indian Railways and private freight operators; produces load bodies for commercial vehicles, ISO marine and refrigerated containers; offers railway engineering products including high-speed bogies, couplers, draft gears and turnouts; and develops electric light commercial vehicles through subsidiary Jupiter Electric Mobility Pvt. Ltd. The Kolkata-headquartered company, founded in 1979, operates integrated production facilities across India and exports to North American and European markets, serving railway engineering firms, commercial vehicle OEMs, defence and logistics sectors. In recent developments, it completed a reverse merger with Commercial Engineers & Body Builders Co in 2022 and renamed to Jupiter Wagons Limited; acquired Stone India for pantograph manufacturing and 94.25% of Bonatrans India (now Jupiter Tatravagonka Railwheel Factory) for INR 2.7 billion in 2024 to produce forged wheelsets; announced a Rs 2,500 crore expansion in Odisha to scale wheelset capacity from 20,000 to 100,000 units annually by 2027 with 50% for exports; increased stake in Jupiter Electric Mobility to 75% in late 2024; acquired Log9 Materials' railway and electric truck battery technology and Bangalore facility in October 2024 for e-LCV backward integration; launched Tez electric LCV in March 2025 with plans for additional 1-tonne and 2-tonne models; and partnered with Pickkup in May 2025 to deploy 300 Tez vehicles for last-mile deliveries.