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The August edition of Motorindia has several interesting, exciting features. The edition features the first part of JK Tyre 'Happiness Truck' - An Initiative of Motorindia. The issue has an exclusive coverage of important personalities expressing their views on BS VI, a special coverage of Prawaas 2019 and company performance of Tata Motors, Ashok Leyland, Apollo Tyres to name a few. Excellent Read!

Spark Minda's aftermarket vertical embarks on unique model for technical training with ‘Minda Mitra' Live Garage

Minda Automotive Solutions Ltd. (MASL), the aftermarket vertical of the Spark Minda Group, has embarked on a one-of-its-kind initiative in the auto component industry with the inauguration of its state-of-the-art Live Garage called ‘Minda Mitra’ on July 12 within the premises of the company’s facility in Noida.

1 min

Transforming To Be Relevant In The World Of Future Mobility

Tata Motors has had a robust FY18-19 which saw it clock an impressive growth of 17.9 per cent, with revenues from operations (including joint operations) of Rs. 69,203 crores compared to Rs. 58,690 crores in FY17-18. Growth in demand of M&HCVs and LCVs, new product offerings in passenger cars and utility vehicles were the key drivers that resulted in increase in its EBITDA margins to 7.4% in FY18-19 as against 4.1% in the previous fiscal.

4 mins

Bullish On Growth Prospects Despite Market Uncertainty

Speech delivered by Onkar S. Kanwar, Chairman, Apollo Tyres, at the company’s 46th AGM held in Kochi

4 mins

Vision Accomplished: Ashok Leyland Breaks Into Global Top 10 In Trucks

Company already among global top 5 in buses

4 mins

Busworld To Be Organized By Messe Frankfurt In India

Busworld International has granted licence to organise Busworld India to Messe Frankfurt Trade Fairs India Pvt. Ltd., the Indian subsidiary of Messe Frankfurt. The agreement will strengthen Busworld’s position in India by lifting the steadily growing exhibition to a higher level. Busworld India 2020, the 9th edition in the series, will be organised in Bengaluru.

2 mins

Rico Auto: In Pursuit Of Aftermarket Excellence

With impressive business performance and reputable brand image in the domestic aftermarket, Rico Auto is bullish on its growth and expansion in the times to come, in spite of a lull in first quarter this year. It is also planning to introduce aftermarket products for commercial vehicles by the end of third or early fourth quarter.

2 mins

Scania India launches ‘Next Truck Generation'

New range of trucks for mining, construction and long-haulage segments

2 mins

JK Tyre Fostering Stellar Brand Image In Jaipur Region

One of the largest trucking hubs of flat-bed trailers and tip-trailers in India, Jaipur is a very influential market for JK Tyre that basks a cumulative market share of around 70 per cent in all truck segments in the region. With an excellent sales and service support network and community welfare activities in the region for decades, the tyre brand boasts a strong goodwill among drivers and trucking fleets.

3 mins

DTC Awards Tata Motors AMC Extension For CNG Bus Fleet

Acknowledging the arduous maintenance of buses for over 10 years, while serving the public transportation, the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) has awarded an extension to Tata Motors for comprehensive annual maintenance of its 1,000 CNG buses. Earlier, during 2007-2009, DTC had bought and inducted these Tata Motors buses and agreed on a contract of comprehensive annual maintenance of up to 7,50,000 km, which was focused on the uptime of buses to serve the city of Delhi. DTC has extended the contract for another 1,20,000 km for the 1,000 buses for which the contract was about to expire.

1 min

DICV Races Past 25,000 Vehicle Export Mark

Milestone reached in just over six years

1 min

Is The Indian CV Industry Ecosystem Ready For BS-VI?

The Indian commercial vehicles (CV) industry is undergoing a huge transformation in terms of technology and product offerings. The Indian Government’s push to implement Bharat Stage VI (BS-VI) emission norms from early 2020, as well as the Voluntary Vehicle Fleet Modernisation Programme (V-VMP), which aims at scrapping 15-year-old CVs, have accelerated the need for OEMs to upgrade their models.

10+ mins

What The Industry Needs To Do To Keep Up With Ambitious Auto Component Export Plans (Part-Ii)

India imported $15.9 billion worth of auto parts in 2017-18 (31% of automotive industry sales) and AMP 2026 forecasts $28 billion import by 2026 (just 14% of automotive industry sales) against a four-fold increase in automotive industry sales. Highly unlikely that we can reduce import content so drastically and so quickly.

4 mins

‘Future is bright' – Uday Kotak

India is well positioned to regain its share of global GDP. Extreme pessimism over the past few days appears overdone as things are never as bad as they look, and the economy usually turns around and keeps growing. The next 3-6 months will be crucial and should see some recovery. Expect very good opportunity for making long-term investment bets in the next 6 months.

4 mins

‘Auto industry will have a major role in achieving PM's vision of $5 trillion economy'

The Automotive Skills Development Council (ASDC), the first Sector Skill Council of India, organised the ASDC Annual Conclave 2019 in New Delhi on July 24. The conclave focused on bringing industry experts on-board to provide key insights for building a skilling ecosystem by partnering with the industry and making skills aspirational. The program consisted of knowledge sharing panel discussions to provide credible and quality training opportunities in the automotive sector.

4 mins

Roots Metrology's popular calibration and testing services

Roots Metrology Division of Roots Industries India Ltd., was started in Coimbatore in 1994. Uncertainties of measurements play a vital role in acceptance of manufactured parts for which calibration is the key.

2 mins

AUM Engineering & Works

Delivering complete trailer solutions

3 mins

Prawaas 2.0 - A grand success

Industry stakeholders come together to discuss future of passenger mobility

4 mins

Ashok Leyland Debuts Oyster Midi-Bus For Domestic Market

To step-up its action in the emerging premium midi-bus segment, India’s leading bus maker Ashok Leyland unveiled its next-generation product named ‘Oyster’ for the first time in India at Prawaas 2019. Apparently from the company’s international product portfolio, the new bus is designed and manufactured in-house, and will target the air-conditioned staff and tourist transportation space in the domestic market.

2 mins

Eberspaecher Unveils New Generation AC 353 System

Eberspaecher Suetrak Bus Climate Control Systems India unveiled its new fifth generation of the roof-mounted air-conditioning system AC 353 for large buses at Prawaas 2019. A legend in its own category and as a benchmark in the industry, the all new AC 353 G5 is more efficient, and is light in weight.

3 mins

Rivigo Partners JK Tyre To Iintroduce TREEL TPMS For CVs

Rivigo, the Indian tech-enabled logistics firm, has announced that it has partnered with JK Tyre & Industries Ltd. to introduce its patented Tyre Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) technology that transmits seamless live data at regular intervals to monitor the condition of tyres every few seconds.

2 mins

Automotive Engineering Show 2019 Packs Tech Punch

Leading brands hog limelight with innovative solutions

2 mins

Applications Of Quality Tools In Heavy Vehicle Industry

The auto industry – Imperatives on cost and quality

7 mins

Growing Prospects For Auto Recycling

Today, in the current environment recycling has been considered a million dollar business.

2 mins

Growing Indo-German Relationship In Automotive Sector

The automobile industry is key sector for every major country’s economy.

6 mins

Doyens Of The Industry

A. AFZAL CMD, Parveen Travels

5 mins

Laws, Down The Road

The latest amendment to the Motor Vehicle Act is a definite step forward, but needs a much-informed introspection to make aspired progress on road safety.

2 mins

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MOTORINDIA, started in the year 1956, is India's leading B2B automotive monthly. For over 56 years, Motorindia has been a credible source of information on the Indian automotive industry. Today, Motorindia is published in English and in Hindi, read in many countries across the globe. In addition to industry news, the magazine provides in-depth coverage, critical analysis, provocative columns and engaging feature stories. We keep our readers and advertisers coming back for more with a growing list of unique features, conferences, events, special issues, targeted editions, exclusive online and e-mail programs, digital edition sponsorship opportunities and lots more. Our aim is to keep readers abreast of what their competitors do, aware of the latest changes in legislation and fully informed about all key developments within the ever fast-changing industry.