French company Texelis has announced that it has been selected to provide Indonesian vehicle designer and manufacturer PT Sentra Surya Ekajaya (PT SSE) with complete kits for its Celeris 4x4 mobility solution, as well as a complete development and support package.
Under this partnership agreement, Texelis will deliver the first kits to PT SSE in the first half of 2024, with integration to be completed on the first prototype before the end of year. Deliveries of the remaining series of kits will then take place in 2025.
It was not specified how many Celeris kits were to be procured under the contract.
"The new contract for Celeris is an opportunity for Texelis and PT SSE to grow together as a supplier of mobility and a complete systems integrator, and learn from that experience to implement new partnership initiatives throughout the program," said a spokesperson for Texelis.
"Celeris will also benefit from the feedback and experience from its users in Indonesia, and evolve during its whole life cycle to constantly adapt to the users’ requirements and operational missions."
The company stated that under the Celeris program, an experienced OEM can thus produce a new prototype of a vehicle in less than a year. Qualification can then begin, which may set the full program target at 18 months from order.