In his new role as Director at Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI), Dr Reji Mathai has his task cut out. He shares with Ashish Bhatia, his focus on collaborative research and development with the industry. Q. You’ve come at a very critical time with the automotive industry grappling with the broad choices of innovation, sustenance, localisation and compliance. How[Read More…]
The Union Budget 2021 attempts to offer the necessary “succour” to the automotive components industry. Ashish Bhatia takes you through the key budgeted allocations and brings out the expert opinions. The Union Budget 2021 was deemed as the “once in a century budget” even before it was made public. After a pandemic marred 2020, the ask was for bold reforms[Read More…]
Committed to 100 per cent carbon neutrality, Valeo has launched a pedal assembly for e-bikes.Team ACI looks at the mobilisation of this ‘zero-emission’ product in the portfolio. Valeo is on a mission! Committed to 100 per cent carbon neutrality by 2050, the company is accelerating its portfolio expansion. It is offering ‘zero-emissions’ products in emerging markets. Most recently, in a[Read More…]
In an Upfront and exclusive interaction, Jerome Mortal, Director of New Mobilities at Valeo shares the strategic focus areas for new ‘zero-emissions’ mobility solutions with Team ACI. Q. What was the strategy behind adapting the 48V motor to e-bikes? Is it a first for the segment? A. One of our key strategic focuses is accelerating our expansion in the emerging[Read More…]
Largely constituting MSMEs, non-ferrous metal component manufacturers are striving hard to stage a recovery from the pandemic induced degrowth. Ashish Bhatia with inputs from Deven Lad traces the headwinds and tailwinds around ancillaries based out of Asia’s largest brass micro-market. An alloy of copper and zinc in varying proportions, all through the pandemic, the non-ferrous metal ancillaries have recorded a[Read More…]
As the event industry takes affirmative steps towards resuming B2B physical platforms, Messe Frankfurt India Trade Fairs Pvt Ltd hosted Natural Gas Vehicle (NGV) India Summit from 4 – 5 March at Le Meridien, New Delhi. Focussing on the enormous potential, speakers and delegates indulged in serious networking sessions leading to positive solutions for the development of natural gas vehicle[Read More…]
Goodyear India Limited as part of its CSR initiative is supporting Government Girls Primary School (GGPS), NIT 1, Faridabad and Government Girls Primary School, Sector 3, Ballabhgarh in its aim to enhance the quality and accessibility of education for the girl child. As part of this initiative, infrastructural development and education quality enhancement activities were taken up in both schools.[Read More…]
The Chairman of the MAHLE Group’s Supervisory Board, Professor Dr. Heinz Junker, and the Chairman of the Management Board and CEO, Dr. Jörg Stratmann, have mutually agreed in the most cordial terms to bring their working relationship to an end. Jörg Stratmann (51) will resign from his positions with effect from March 31, 2021. The appointment of a successor by[Read More…]
Euler Motors, an automotive technology OEM focused on electric commercial vehicles (EVs) raised INR 30 crores as a part of its ongoing Series A round, led by existing investors, Inventus India and Jetty Ventures. Existing investor Sujeet Kumar, Co-founder, Udaan also participated in this round, along with new investors Srinivas Anumolu & K Ganesh from Growth Story. Euler Motors plans[Read More…]
Total Oil India Private Limited (TOIPL), a subsidiary of Total, launched LPG Cutting Gas in Bangalore today. The new product, developed by TOIPL’s LPG division, highlights the brand’s commitment to innovation and customer safety. Total’s LPG Cutting Gas is developed specially for the metal cutting industry including scrappers, fabricators and metalworking industries. Today, acetylene is commonly used in the metal[Read More…]
