Freighting Energy With Tata trucks

India’s energy requirement has grown manifolds in the past decades. Team Motorindia finds out more about the logistics of petroleum products and bulk gases from one of India’s largest transporters – Raman Khosla, Managing Director, Cargo Carriers (India) Limited and how his fleet of over 1100 Tata trucks does the job

Milky Mist and Bharatbenz: ‘Quantum of Solace'

BharatBenz has got what it takes to make a preferred trucking partner to a leading dairy foods firm to realise its ‘farm to fork’ promise to its end customers. Dhiyanesh Ravichandran in conversation with T. Sathish Kumar, MD of Milky Mist Dairy Food – a company with one-hundred percent BharatBenz fleet and the first user of the brand’s BS-VI trucks in its region

‘Lighting' up sales with a road journey

Since its establishment, DH Lighting has played a pivotal role in the global automotive lighting industry with consistent technology development and pioneering spirit for the future. Automotive light bulbs and LED modules produced by DH Lighting under the popular ‘Excelite’ brand are sold across the globe, lighting up the night driving of all the drivers safely and brightly. In India, it is represented by DH Lighting India, with Harish Sharma, a very popular and respected figure in the aftermarket space, driving the brand’s growth. In this enchanting travelogue, Harish recalls the road journey he took during the ongoing pandemic to visit his dealers, customers and distributors across the country

DAIMLER's electric CVs prove their capabilities in customer use worldwide with over 7 million km driven

Daimler Trucks & Buses is celebrating another milestone on the road to the electrification of its vehicle portfolio: Customers worldwide have already covered more than seven million kilometers with battery-powered, locally CO2-neutral trucks and buses.

“We see opportunity in consolidating complete tractor-trailer solutions for customers” - BPW Trailer Systems India

In this exclusive interview with Nagaraj Ubale, Director (Technical), BPW Trailer Systems India Private Limited, Rajesh Rajgor finds out how the company resumed operations post the lockdown, about their new 12 T and 14 T air-suspensions for the new 54 T and 55 T GVW tractor-trailers and consolidation efforts to provide complete trailer solutions including axles, suspensions, landing gear, mudguard, lighting systems and spare parts to customers

HARKIRAT SINGH RYAIT: G S Auto International's 4th gen scion has futuristic plans

You cannot tie him down to a desk to work from 9 to 5. He is ‘at home’ when he is elbow-deep in grease and oil while tuning the kinks out of a piece of machinery. Call him a technology junkie or an ideas man, Harkirat Singh Ryait brims full of not only ideas to explore, things to experiment with but also loves to pick brains of the experts in the field. As the 4th generation heir to the family business, Harkirat is all but ready to strike out in new automotive verticals. Sarada Vishnubhatla has the details.

Captains of auto comp industry share insights on market outlook and recipe for growth

Following the deliberations that were held during the 60th SIAM and ACMA Annual Conventions, MOTORINDIA had reached out to an elite set of experts from the auto component industry to know their views on how the auto and auto component industry would perform during the rest of the current financial year and the next year and what they think the government and vehicle manufacturers could do to put the industry back on the growth path.

Miba – Technologies for a cleaner planet

Whether it is reducing CO2 emissions, increasing the efficiency of existing drive concepts or keeping pace with the trend toward new alternative energy sources, Miba supports its customers every day with pioneering technologies. In this exclusive interview with MOTORINDIA, Satish Barve, Managing Director, Miba Drivetec India (P) Limited shares insights about the company’s India operations, its manufacturing capabilities, expansion plans and the measures adopted to fight the ongoing pandemic

Axiscades – Offering innovative, sustainable & safe engineering solutions

Axiscades Engineering Technologies is a technology solutions company that offers engineering solutions and value-added services. It brings its expertise to industries across the board, where in automotive forms a big chunk. Sharadhi Babu talks to Sarada Vishnubhatla about Axiscades’ capabilities to deliver innovative, sustainable and safer products worldwide.

Automechanika Shanghai introduces new digital platform

The show is radically transforming its web-based tools to meet market demand so that it not only takes place onsite, but also simultaneously in a virtual setting

6 key takeaways from Leaptrucks Goods Transporters Sentiment Survey

The corona virus-triggered pandemic has had a devastating impact on the commercial vehicle (CV) industry. To understand this impact up close, Leaptrucks, one of the largest marketplaces for buying and selling used trucks and buses, conducted a detailed survey of goods transport operators. This article by Kaushik Narayan, CEO and Founder, Leaptrucks, summarises the issues and challenges operators have had to face and highlights their expectation of a quick economic rebound

Indian Bus Industry Needs A Shot In The Arm

This article by Rengarajan Srinivasan, Director, Stellar SP (P) Limited, intends to bring to light the specific issues and constraints of the bus industry and its stakeholders, namely, the bus operators, bus body fabricators and the suppliers together employing a large workforce and their dependant families facing the plight of survival

“Financial impetus needed for new CV purchase to pick up pace” – Veejay Nakra, CEO (Automotive Division), Mahindra & Mahindra

He has a new title following his name but he is not new to the volatility of the automotive segment. In this candid interaction with MOTORINDIA’S N Balasubramanian, Veejay Nakra, CEO (Automotive Division), Mahindra & Mahindra Limited, opens up on how his company has weathered the pandemic-triggered lockdown while getting manufacturing facilities ready, preparing for the BS VI changeover, dealing with changing consumer preferences and exploring new opportunities for the small, medium and heavy commercial vehicles

MAHINDRA launches iMAXX telematics connected vehicle technology to help CV fleets

Mahindra Truck and Bus (MTB) has announced the launch of its connected vehicle technology, Mahindra iMAXX, as part of its efforts to deliver a distinguished fleet management experience for its customers.

WebNMS – Gearing up for future mobility

Karen Ravindranath, Director, WebNMS, the IoT division of Zoho Corporation, speaks to Sarada Vishnubhatla about the company’s strategy, product roadmap development, innovations and how they are gearing up to cater to future mobility. Her passion for work comes through when she talks about how IoT connectivity can bring about transformation in asset management. WebNMS caters to major industry domains, including automotive, transportation and logistics.

Indian Auto Component Industry clocks turnover of Rs. 3.49 lakh crore in FY 19-20, de-grows by 11.7%

The Indian auto component industry has clocked a turnover of Rs. 3.49 lakh crore (USD 49.2 billion) for the period April 2019 to March 2020, registering a de-growth of 11.7 per cent over the previous year, reported Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India (ACMA), while sharing results of the auto component industry performance review with the media.

This FAST COMPANY boasts the EX factor

Old soldiers never die — they simply fade away, as the old song goes.

iGloble making waves with cutting-edge Predictive Analytics

The SaaS platform by iGloble Software Solutions for connected vehicles enhances operational efficiency, reduces overheads and predicts a number of scenarios to diminish downtime for fleet owners and increase RUL. Dr. Amit Shekhar, Founder & CEO, iGloble Software Solutions, talks to Sarada Vishnubhatla about what gives iGloble a distinctive edge in predictive and prescriptive analytics.

Bridgestone's unmatched performance in increasing tyre mileage and fuel efficiency delights My Home Group

In this exclusive article, Rajesh Rajgor reports on how the unmatched performance of Bridgestone’s tubeless tyres and the tyre maker’s dedicated on-ground team have delivered fantastic results for My Home Group’s logistics business, thereby helping the fleet significantly reduce its total cost of ownership

APOLLO TYRES continues to see opportunities amidst COVID-19 challenges

Speech delivered by Onkar S Kanwar, Chairman, Apollo Tyres at the company’s 47th Annual General Meeting

Alliance Commercial Transport Poised to undertake big expansion plans

Nimish Saraf, CEO – Alliance Commercial Transport, reveals his strategy and big plans to expand not just nationally but also in the international arena and redefine professionalism and business ethics in ODC movement as a responsible transporter. Sarada Vishnubhatla reports.

ADR Group prepared for long haul in Indian market

Even if the ongoing pandemic has made a slight dent in the India operations of ADR Group, manufacturers of axles for trailer and agricultural applications, the company’s vision continues to be as clear as ever, says the company’s President, Flavio Radrizzani, in this exclusive interview with N. Balasubramanian

Shree Nashik Goods Transport Committed to delivering excellence

Chirag Katira, Director, Shree Nashik Goods Transport (SNGT), shares his company’s core business elements that have made SNGT one of the most sought after logistics services’ providers in the customised parcel and part-load logistics segment. Rajesh Rajgor has the details

Prama Hikvision launches next-gen security and management solutions for Logistics Industry

Logistics parks can improve efficiency and site security with smart video solutions that add layers of intelligence compared to traditional security cameras. These have been developed by Prama Hikvision India, a leading video security solution provider

Exploring beauty and business across North India

In the second part of this travel series, Harish Sharma, Director, DH Lighting India (P) Limited, recounts the interesting road journey he undertook to meet distributors in various cities of North India including Chandigarh, Srinagar, Ludhiana, Delhi and Jaipur

Till Truck Body Works- Bringing in 'Organized' to an Unorganized Bodybuilding Industry

In a segment that is largely unorganized, change is coming rapidly. Inserting engineering and AIS approvals into the works of vehicle body building is the key to this. And Truck Body Works (TBW), an off-shoot of Tube Investments of India Limited was founded for this exact purpose. In an exclusive interview with N. Balasubramanian, V. Vijayakumar, Head – Business Development & Operations reveals the company’s vision and strategy in pounding this sector into shape.

Tata Motors bags massive order for 6,413 mini trucks

Andhra Pradesh State Civil Supplies Corporation placed the order for doorstep delivery of supplies in the state which will be catered to by the Tata Ace Gold

Nandan GSE: ‘Lifting' effortlessly

Designer and manufacturer of specialised lifting and handling solutions, Nandan GSE is aiding clients improve operational cost, productivity and safety. Rajesh Rajgor shares the details

Kool-ex: 'Freezing' the logistics needs of pharma supply chain

As and when India surpasses the hurdle in search of the corona virus vaccine, it will also have to gear up for the stringent temperature requirements for its effective transportation. In this regard, Kool-ex’s plan to set up the largest of its kind, state-of-art pharmaceutical storage footprint in the country will prove to be the right step towards taking care of this critical logistics’ need. This will be done in collaboration with India’s largest industrial and logistics real estate developer, IndoSpace, reports Rajesh Rajgor

Fleetain – ‘Thinking' software for effective fleet management

Abhijeet Konduskar talks about Fleetain to Sarada Vishnubhatla and reveals how the one-stop cloud-based software platform for fleet management works hard to solve fleet owners’ issues. Having faced a variety of issues in their family-owned fleet of vehicles, the personal nature of problem-solving capabilities of Fleetain have proved them reliable and efficient to their discerning customers.