Started in 1952, the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) is located in Chennai, India. Its primary products are rail coaches. Most of the coaches manufactured are supplied to the Indian Railways, but it has also manufactured coaches for railway companies in other countries, including Thailand, Burma, Taiwan, Zambia, Philippines, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam, Nigeria, Mozambique and Bangladesh. Recently,[when?] ICF exported coaches to Angola. It also has got orders worth of Rs. 102 crores from Sri Lanka. However, Sri Lanka suspended imports after one DMU stopped for 20 minutes due to an electrical short circuit. The import was resumed after an investigation revealed that the fault was triggered by tinkering and adding more cars than the hauling capacity of the train. The air-conditioned train-sets manufactured by ICF for Kolkata Metro have also broken down causing disruption of services. According to newspaper reports the air-conditioned rakes have been sent to Kolkata without conducting dry runs because the Integral Coach Factory does not have third rail testing facilities. At least one failure was attributed to unacceptably high levels of seepage of water in the 27-year old tunnels of Kolkata Metro.
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