Hella Automotive India (HAI), the Indian arm of German major Hella, having secured for itself a niche in the four-wheeler electronics segment manufacturing auto sensors, actuators and horns, is now planning to foray into the two-wheeler segment. Naveen Gautam, managing director, HAI, said two-wheeler segment is a big market in India that cannot be ignored anymore. Moreover, bikes today are[Read More…]
International Centre for Automotive Technology (ICAT) and Maruti Suzuki (MSIL) are jointly organizing an annual intercollegiate technical event EFFI-CYCLE under the banner of SAE-Northern India Section. The competition is for undergraduate and graduate engineering students who have a passion to design a 3 wheeled, 2 seater, electric and human powered hybrid vehicle which is much more efficient and environment friendly[Read More…]
Manufacturer of door system and manual seat height adjuster Brose India has expanded its Indian operations by moving to a bigger facility in Pune. Currently the company manufactures window regulators and supply to Ford India’s Chennai plant for its EcoSport compact SUV and manufactures manual seat height adjuster for Nissan India. In addition to manufacturing, the new facility will house[Read More…]
Ms Mallika Srinivasan, Chairman & CEO of TAFE Group was conferred the Padma Shri by the Government of India for her contribution to Trade & Industry. She received the award from Hon’ble President Pranab Mukherjee at a glittering function held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on 26 April 2014. Srinivasan is a gold-medalist in Econometrics from the University of Madras, Mallika[Read More…]
Dana Holding Corporation today announced results for the first quarter of 2014. Sales were $1.688 billion, compared with $1.676 billion for the same period in 2013. Favorable end-market demand in most regions provided a benefit of $56 million that was partially offset by unfavorable currency effects, principally in South America. As of March 31, 2014, Dana changed the exchange rate[Read More…]
In the spring of 2013, Freiburg-based coach operator Avanti Reisen set off in an S 515 HD on what is to date the world’s longest journey by bus. The tour was brought to a successful conclusion at the end of the year in Ushuaia in Argentina, the world’s southernmost city. Following the return of the Setra ComfortClass 500 touring coach to Germany, Avanti[Read More…]
Bosch has opened its first center for software development and engineering services in North America in Guadalajara, Mexico. As a first stage, it plans to invest some 5 million US dollars in the 1,800 square-meter IT location in Mexico’s second-largest city, with the initial creation of over 200 engineering jobs. “Our investment in Guadalajara underscores our confidence in the[Read More…]
The Indian Forging Industry has always been a major growth driver of the Indian manufacturing sector and is one of the important industries for the success of automobile, power sector and general engineering in the country. The Association of Indian Forging Industry (AIFI) is the umbrella organization of the forging Industry in India with more than 250 members across India.[Read More…]
International Tractors Ltd, part of the Rs 5,000 crore Sonalika Group recently announced its partnership with L&T Finance (LTF) for tractor financing. The partnership aims at providing easy credit and financing benefits to Sonalika’s customers across the country. Marked with competitive interest rates, customised repayment options and additional benefits for farmers, the association will be a boon for prospective Sonalika[Read More…]
Two new products from VDO, DTCO GeoLoc and DTCO Fuelgate, deliver significant increases in efficiency and are easy to retrofit. The new DTCO GeoLoc records a truck’s GPS positions in the VDO digital tachograph. The data can then be analysed with the fleet management module ‘Optimize Route Planning’ in TIS-Web for future planning. In addition, DTCO GeoLoc can transmit the[Read More…]
