Text & Photos: Bhargav TS FEIN Power Tools India is planning to start FEIN Tech Institute as part of their corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme. This institute will train the economically disadvantaged and deserving students in power tool technologies and equip them with vocational skills for employment. A separate CSR wing called “FEIN TOUCH” will be launched soon to support[Read More…]
Story & Photo: Bhargav TS Taiwan-based Kenda Rubber Industrial Co. plans to drive into the Indian two-wheeler market by offering quality tyres at a competitive price. Currently, the company has started supplying tyres to Bajaj Auto and Hero MotoCorp in India, and is talking to a few more two-wheeler manufacturers like Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India (HMSI) and India Yamaha[Read More…]
Text: T Murrali Advancement in technologies in forging and casting has made the quantum of metal removed minimal. While the trend does benefit many users, especially the auto components manufacturers who are working on light weighting and next generation components, is it reducing the role of the metal cutting tool maker? Actually no, according to Tyrolit, a leading supplier of[Read More…]
Text & Photos: Bhargav TS As part of fuel conservation programme the Central Railway (CR) is planning to introduce Common Rail Electronic Direct Fuel Injection (CReDFI) system in its engines, at a cost of Rs 2 crore. CR’s Locomotive Workshop in Parel, Mumbai is taking several steps to enhance fuel efficiency and increase the speed of its engines by redesigning[Read More…]
Text & Photos: T Murrali The Chennai-based Super Auto Forge Private Limited (SAF) is all set to march ahead into the future leveraging its core competence in metal forming. The company has been consolidating its bouquet of products for some time and now it is focusing on 3 product lines such as drive shafts, brakes and steering & suspension parts.[Read More…]
RSB Group, rich in both personal and professional culture, believes that winning the Deming Prize enabled it to imbibe the TQM approach in every breath of its activity to attain business excellence at all times. Chairman R K Behera shared his views with J Srikant, on the group’s plan going forward. Edited excerpts: Q: How do you see the[Read More…]
Text: T Murrali In a bid to address the market faster, vehicle manufacturers have been looking at delegating design responsibilities too to the components manufacturers, leveraging their domain knowledge. Though this concept is yet to get the critical mass in India, signals on the transformation of auto component manufacturers graduating to ‘concept to part’ from ‘print to part,’ is evident.[Read More…]
By T Murrali For more than a century machines have begun making their presence felt in manufacturing as production germinated from single pieces to batches, and finally mass manufacture. Today, in auto components manufacturing, even the smallest of things – loading and unloading of non-heavy and non-hazardous components – are done by machines. In this scenario, what is in store for people? Are automation[Read More…]
Company to be known in the future as BSH Hausgeräte GmbH Household-appliance manufacturer to be run as a largely independent operation Expansion of activities in connected buildings and appliances On January 5, 2015, following the antitrust authorities’ approval, the Bosch Group completed its acquisition of Siemens’s 50 percent share in BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH. The former 50:50[Read More…]
2015 marks the 100th anniversary of the foundation of ZF Friedrichshafen AG Entrepreneurial development from a supplier specialized on aviation technology to a globally-active technology company All employees involved in global anniversary activities Positive prospect: Enhanced Group can serve mobility megatrends Calendar year 2015 will herald the start of an important anniversary year for ZF: One hundred years ago, in[Read More…]
