Carmaker Ford India today said that it has started exporting petrol engines from its

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Chennai unit to Thailand.

The company is also working towards exporting them to other parts of the world, including the Asia-Pacific and African regions.

The company exported its first batch of 1.4 litre and 1.6 litre high-compression petrol engines from the Maraimalai Nagar unit, near Chennai, to sister facility AutoAlliance Thailand (AAT).

"The first shipment of 1,000 petrol engines is a significant first step in our goal to become a major production and export hub of diesel and petrol engines," Ford India President and Managing Director Michael Boneham said in a statement.

Besides the AAT facility, Ford India will export engines to other Ford plants in the Asia-Pacific region. It already caters to facilities in South Africa.