John Deere India celebrated its 20th anniversary in Pune recently. There were other reasons also for the celebration. The company crossed the one lakh tractor production milestone in India during this fiscal, introduced many breakthrough technologies in the country and is playing an important role in developing products for local and export markets. Celebrating its […]
Category: Special Report
Electrification Is More Of An Opportunity Than Risk: Bob Pyle
Dana Inc, a world leader in the highly-engineered solutions for improving efficiency, performance, and sustainability of powered vehicles and machinery, caters to various industrial segments including automotive. In the automotive segment the company serves the passenger vehicle, commercial truck, and off-highway markets. Based in Maumee, Ohio, USA, Dana is looking at e-mobility as a big […]
For Innovation, Speed Thrills, Not Kills!
By T Murrali: Every New Year marks also the unfolding of many innovations, mainly in electronics,thanks to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas in early January. At CES 2109 most of the exhibits were on infotainment, ADAS, electronic mirrors, driver monitoring systems and impressive and intelligent instrument clusters. Most of them were targeted […]
Freudenberg Flies High On The Wings Of Change
By T Murrali: Makes Products Rarely Visible But Always Indispensable For Over 30 Industry Segments Born exactly 200 years ago, Carl Johann Freudenberg (1819–1898) began his business sojourn in Germany along with Heinrich Christian Heintze by establishing a tannery, Heintze & Freudenberg, in 1849 at Weinheim, near Frankfurt in Germany. The business organisation, over the […]
ATG Jacks Up Production, Diversifies Products To Roll Into World Markets
By T Murrali: Alliance Tire Group (ATG), the wholly owned subsidiary of the Japanese tyre giant Yokohama Rubber Company Limited (YRC), and a leading name in the global off-highway tyres business, is scripting strategies to strengthen its presence and gain inroads into the unexplored markets. The three world-renowned brands of ATG, Alliance, Galaxy and Primex, […]
Innovations, Megatrends To Make European Transport Cleaner
By Pramod Thomas: Intelligent transport systems like truck platooning, the innovative mobility solutions like electric and autonomous vehicles, demographic changes and urbanization will make the future European road transport cleaner, Erik Jonnaert, Secretary General of European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA), told AutoParts Asia. ACEA represents 15 major Europe-based car, van, truck and bus makers including […]
New KICKS Gives Newer Hopes To Nissan India
By T Murrali: The recently-unveiled Nissan Kicks seems to brighten Nissan Motor India’s hopes as the vehicle comes with many new features that will lure the customers. The new vehicle is specially designed to suit the needs of the Indian SUV consumers and the new age urban adventure seekers. The Kicks in most other markets […]
New Vehicle Technologies Transform Australian Automotive Aftermarket
Australia with a population of just over 25 million has 20 million vehicles on road, and annual sales of 1.2 million new ones. This makes the country one of the largest automotive aftermarkets in the world. The Australian Automotive Aftermarket Association (AAAA), the national apex body, has 2500 member companies of manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, importers […]
Phoenix Lamps Shines Better With Suprajit Power
By T Murrali: Phoenix Lamps Division (PLD), formerly Phoenix Lamps Limited, part of Halonix Limited, is India’s largest manufacturer of automotive halogen bulbs. Now part of the Suprajit Group, the company has state-of-the-art manufacturing plants to cater to the growing needs of the Aftermarket and Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) in India and abroad. PLD’s mandate […]
Sundram Fasteners Rotates On The Axis Of TQM ;Arathi Krishna
Sundram Fasteners Limited (SFL), part of the $7.2bn TVS group, has recently won the Deming Prize for all its 17 plants in India. This highly acclaimed quality award is presented by the Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers (JUSE) to companies that achieve breakthrough results by the application of Total Quality Management (TQM). At SFL, […]