Rail wheel Factory - Wikipedia Rail wheel Factory This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources. ( January 2015 ) Rail Wheel Factory रेल व्हील फैक्टरी Type Government - owned corporation Industry Wheels, Coaches and Locomotives Founded 1984 Headquarters Yelahanka, Bangalore, India Area served India Products Wheels for All railway wagons of Indian Railways Owner Government of India ( 100 % ) Rail Wheel Factory ( RWF ) ( Hindi : रेल व्हील फैक्टरी ) ( also known as Wheel and Axle Plant ) is a manufacturing unit of Indian Railways, producing wheels, axles and wheel sets of railroad wagons, coaches and locomotives for the use of Indian Railways and overseas customers is situated at Yelahanka, Bangalore in the Indian state of Karnataka. The unit was started by C.K. Jaffer Sharief, the then Railway Minister, who got this project to Bangalore. It was commissioned in 1984 to manufacture wheels and axles for the Indian Railways. 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 scrap 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 an ISO 9001 : 2000 and ISO 14001 certified unit for its business processes. It was the first unit of Indian Railways to receive ISO 9001 : 2008 accreditation. See also Rail Wheel Plant, Bela References Jump up ^ `` Introduction to Wheel Plant Factory ''. Indian Railways. 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Question: where is the wheel and axle plant of indian railway situated
Answer: Yelahanka, Bangalore in the Indian state of Karnataka