In an upfront conversation Vikram Pawah, President and CEO at BMW India spoke to Ashish Bhatia where he hailed the supplier support for higher localised content per vehicle-led growth. Q. How do you gauge the industry sentiment against the backdrop of volumes reaching pre-pandemic peaks? A. The real sentiment that has been coming to the surface is quite strong. After[Read More…]
In an upfront conversation, Vinodh Kumar, Assistant General Manager – Operations at Rane Brake Lining Ltd. speaks to Ashish Bhatia. The company bagged a QCT excellence award at the ACMA Annual Summit 2022 and subsequently, the Group bagged the Deming Prize. Q. What is your take on the upbeat sentiment of the auto components suppliers that work behind the[Read More…]
The Executive Committee of the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), the apex body of the Indian automotive industry, today elected Vinod Aggarwal, MD & CEO, Volvo Eicher Commercial Vehicles Ltd (VECV) as its new President for 2022-23. Vinod Aggarwal, who was the Vice President of SIAM succeeds Kenichi Ayukawa, Executive Vice Chairman & Whole Time Director, Maruti Suzuki India[Read More…]
In an upfront interaction with ACMA leadership, Sunjay Kapur and Vinnie Mehta discuss the current state of the supplier ecosystem with Sumesh Soman. Q. Has the components industry recovered from the pandemic induced slump? Sunjay. It has been almost two years since we had a physical event. So, this is a great opportunity for us to meet people physically again.[Read More…]
Smarter auto electronics and electrical are taking centre stage. Ashish Bhatia looks at recent developments which suggest a growing impetus on resource allocation to build a robust ecosystem. Automotive electronics have taken centre stage and will command a greater focus going forward too from key stakeholders. The recent supply chain bottlenecks owing to the shortage of semiconductor chips, known to[Read More…]
The automotive components industry has set expectations from the Union Budget 2022. Ashish Bhatia shares the industry’s wishlist from the annual spectacle. The Union Budget 2022 will be presented in the parliament on February 01, 2022, by Union Finance Minister (FM) Nirmala Sitharaman amidst the third wave of Covid-19 having a direct bearing on the fourth quarter of FY2022 (Q4FY2022).[Read More…]
At the maiden edition of the E-mobility India Forum 2021, the stakeholders touched upon the crucial transitional phase to e-mobility. Sumesh Soman shares the roadmap for the industry to realise its vision. Messe Frankfurt India hosted the maiden edition of the E-Mobility India Forum 2021 powered by the NGV India Summit. Held in New Delhi, the forum witnessed a footfall[Read More…]
A product in its life cycle has to transition multiple layers from concept to commercialisation. It’s this journey that has been a subject of evolution ever since industrialisation is known to man. The manufacturers have set the bar high for themselves, at times driven by internal driving forces and on other instances by external forces beyond control. Undeniably, the industry[Read More…]
Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India(ACMA), the apex body representing India’s auto component manufacturing industry, today announced the appointment of Mr Sunjay J Kapur, Chairman, SONA Comstar Ltd. as President and Ms Shradha Suri Marwah, Chairperson & Managing Director, Subros Ltd. as Vice President, ACMA for the 2021-22 session. Announcing the appointments, Director General, ACMA, Vinnie Mehta, said, “We are[Read More…]
Press release | Bangalore, June 23, 2021: In line with its unwavering commitment to contribute to the human development efforts of the automotive industry, Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM), today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India (ACMA). As per the MoU, TKM through its training arm Toyota Learning and Development India[Read More…]
