In this issue

Advances in chassis design,
improve safety, ride comfort
MAN Trucks to use digital platform
for customer service
Amara Raja opens new two-wheeler battery
plant, invests Rs 700 crore
ADIENT TO LEVERAGE LOW COST, LIGHT-WEIGTHING TRENDS IN SEATS PRODUCTION: RAJAGOPALAN
ACI Awards 2018 nomination form inside

ASK Automotive Signs JV With Fras-Le, Brazil

The Rs 1463 crore ASK Automotive (P) Ltd., a manufacturer of friction materials and Fras-le S.A. (a Randon Company), that makes friction material with a revenue of more than $380 million (Rs 2528 crore) have signed an agreement to establish a joint venture in India.

1 min

WABCO India's Mahindra World City Plant Wins Future Ready Factory Award

WABCO India, a leading supplier of technologies and services that improve the safety, efficiency and connectivity of commercial vehicles, recently received the “Future Ready Factory Award” for its Mahindra World City plant.

1 min

IMTMA Gears Up For IMTEX Forming And Tooltech 2018

Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers’ Association (IMTMA) is organising ‘IMTEX FORMING 2018 & Tooltech 2018’, a B2B exhibition of metal forming technologies at Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC), Bengaluru from January 25 to 30, 2018.

1 min

Amara Raja Opens New Two-wheeler Battery Plant, Invests Rs 700 Crore

Amara Raja Batteries Limited (ARBL) has inaugurated India’s largest and most advanced two-wheeler battery plant at Amara Raja Growth Corridor in Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh. The estimated total investment is Rs 700 crore.

2 mins

Adient To Leverage Low Cost, Light-weighting Trends In Seats Production: Rajagopalan

Adient India, the largest global automotive seating supplier, and a front runner in building the ‘seats for tomorrow’ is offering full seating solutions, for the passenger and commercial vehicles. In India, Adient has 9 assembly plants, and over 11 customers. With 1500 employees, the largest seating tech centre in India established in 2000. Till date it has completed more than 60 programmes designed and launched locally. In a recent interaction Murali Rajagopalan, Director and Country Manager, Adient India told Ashish Bhatia about the company’s future plans and uniqueness of Adient. Edited excerpts:

7 mins

Able Spring Manufacturers Plans To Expand Capacity

Chennai-based Able Spring Manufacturers will expand the capacity of its plant at Oragadam, near Chennai, to meet the growing demand from its customers across the country.

2 mins

Meritor India Bets Big On Suspension For Commercial Vehicle Market

After doing a market study on suspension for the linehaul multi-axle trucks, Meritor India, manufacturer of axles and second largest in brakes, entered into the suspension business with its new Slipper type system recently.

2 mins

TVS Motor Enters Super-Premium Motorcycle Segment With Apache RR 310

TVS Motor Company, a leading manufacturer of two-wheelers and three-wheelers, has launched TVS Apache RR 310 at Rs 2.05 lakh (ex-showroom) signaling the company’s entry into the superpremium segment, both in domestic and international markets.

4 mins

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