Committed to India

IN AN INDUSTRY TALK SESSION, KRISHNAN KOHLI, HEAD OF VEHICLE DYNAMICS (VED) AND HYDRAULIC BRAKE SYSTEMS (HBS) AT CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE INDIA SPEAKS TO SUMESH SOMAN ON LOCALISATION AND INDIA COMMITMENT.

- SUMESH SOMAN

Q. WHAT ARE THE LOCALISATION EFFORTS AT CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE INDIA?

A. Continental has been in the Indian market for over a decade now. And we have a presence across 15 locations where we operate nine plants. There is a large tech centre we have in India, and upwards of 4,000 plus people supporting all the business units we like to call a configuration business unit. I am directly responsible for two business units. And then we also have both the support for the regional markets and the export markets. For example, we support Japan using the R&D Engineering team sitting out of Bengaluru. We are leveraging the talent here. It is part of the competency-building strategy. We are committed to India where we are invested heavily.