SUMEET SSG and Pinnacle Industries to Supply Ambulance Fleet for Maharashtra

SUMEET SSG BVG Maharashtra EMS has entered into a strategic agreement with Pinnacle Industries Limited to design and supply body kits for 1,565 ambulances intended for the state government's Maharashtra Emergency Medical Services (MEMS 108) project. The fleet comprises 255 Advanced Life Support (ALS), 1,274 Basic Life Support (BLS), and 36 neonatal vehicles, with Pinnacle serving as the primary conversion partner.

SUMEET SSG BVG Maharashtra EMS is a joint venture formed in 2024 among Sumeet Group, BVG India Ltd., and SSG Transporte Sanitario of Spain. The company was awarded a 10-year Public Private Partnership — Design, Build, Finance, Operate, Transfer (PPP-DBFOT) contract by the Government of Maharashtra to operate a total fleet of 1,756 emergency vehicles statewide. Ambulance deployments are planned across all 36 districts of Maharashtra, covering both urban centres and rural areas.

Under the terms of the partnership, Pinnacle Industries will handle end-to-end ambulance conversion. Each vehicle will be fitted with medical-grade interiors, modular storage systems, ergonomic seating for emergency medical technicians and paramedics, integrated oxygen and suction units, LED lighting, and stretcher mounting systems compatible with Spencer Italia equipment. All units will comply with AIS-125 standards, the Indian automotive safety regulation governing specially designed vehicles.

Summit Salunke, Chairman of SUMEET SSG, said in a statement that the partnership with Pinnacle was central to the operational requirements of MEMS 108, emphasising the need for vehicles that are clinically optimised and structurally reliable. Sachin Deshmukh, Executive Director of Pinnacle Industries, described the initiative as aligned with the company's focus on patient-centric engineering design.

Pinnacle Industries, incorporated in 1996 and headquartered in Pune, operates manufacturing facilities in Pune and Pithampur. The company is engaged in automotive seating, interiors, special application vehicles, EV components, and railway seating, and employs over 6,000 people globally. The MEMS 108 partnership represents a significant order within its special application vehicles segment.

MEMS 108 is one of Maharashtra's largest public healthcare infrastructure initiatives, aimed at improving pre-hospital emergency care response times and expanding access to emergency services in underserved regions. The project's PPP-DBFOT structure places operational and financial responsibility on the private consortium for the duration of the contract.