KAI Presses INKA on Trainset Quality, Citing Door, Air-Conditioning and Component Issues Ahead of Merger
The KAI president director visited INKA's Madiun plant on 13 November with a specific quality agenda, against the backdrop of seven CLI-225 trainsets previously pulled from service over door and suspension faults.
KAI president director Bobby Rasyidin visited INKA's Madiun plant on 13 November, pressing the state train manufacturer on product quality ahead of the two companies' consolidation planned for January 2027. The company's statement named specific issues - door system reliability, air conditioning, passenger comfort and availability of supporting components - and acknowledged an evaluation of domestically produced electric trains so that development, testing, validation and quality control run more optimally. The visit followed a directors' meeting on 12 November, with INKA's chief stressing that integration preserves order certainty from KAI. Seven CLI-225 trainsets were previously pulled from service over door and suspension problems.
The visit lands in the industry's densest acceptance-testing period: 16 TS-8 trainsets are in final acceptance for 1 December service and 23 more trainsets are contracted for 2028 delivery. Public, specific acknowledgment of quality categories by top management effectively defines a national work program around rolling-stock testing records, defect tracking and component supply-chain documentation - all data-intensive layers that accompany the fleet transition.