JK Tyre, a leading manufacturer of truck and bus radial (TBR) and passenger car tyres, will be foraying into two-wheeler market by launching 3-4 news products in both scooter and motorcycle segment. It will begin production of these tyres in the first quarter of the current financial year. The company plans to produce two-wheeler tyres in-house at the recently acquired[Read More…]
Maruti Suzuki India Limited launched its first compact SUV, Vitara Brezza, at a starting price of Rs 6.99 Lakhs (Ex-showroom Delhi). The company has started accepting bookings for the Vitara Brezza through its 1799 strong dealer network across the country. With Vitara Brezza, Maruti Suzuki is now present across all critical segments of the passenger vehicle market. Kenichi Ayukawa, MD[Read More…]
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles India (FCA) will be organising a nationwide loyalty camp for all Fiat customers at its exclusive dealerships from March 9th – 12th. The four-day long event will mainly focus on loyal customers of Fiat. The loyalty camp will aim to reach out to a wide base of customers located across India. Features of Loyalty Camp: – 15%[Read More…]
Apollo Tyres today announced its entry into the two-wheeler tyre segment and unveiled its Acti range of tyres for motorcycles and scooters. Designed and developed at the company’s Global R&D Centre in Chennai, Apollo Acti series for bikes and scooters, would cover nearly 85% of the replacement market for two-wheeler tyres in India. Initially, Apollo is launching 3 patterns for rear[Read More…]
Text: Anusha B Rajsriya Automotive Industries a Chennai-based tier 1 supplier of sheet metal pressed parts gets into new avenues. The company steps its feet in all sectors like two-wheelers, passenger cars and commercial vehicles. The company’s Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV) business is booming well with their Hosur factory manufacturing 54 parts and in a month’s time 10 more[Read More…]
Text: Bhargav TS Canadian auto component maker Magna International Inc recently kick started its production at 2 new manufacturing facilities located in Sanand, Gujarat. Both plants, which are located within the supplier park of Ford India with one facility supplying complete seat systems, and the other manufacturing body and chassis systems. These 2 new facilities will complement Magna’s other India-based[Read More…]
The Union budget has focused on the development of the roads, including the national highways and the rural roads alike. An investment outlay of Rs 97,000 crore in the road sector, including PMGSY allocation, has been made for 2016-17. Honorable Finance Minister also informed that as many as 85% of the projects that were stalled, have been re-initiated by the[Read More…]
ZF TRW has announced through its joint venture with Brakes India Limited, it has won the first business award for its Electric Park Brake (EPB) system in India. Launching with a major global vehicle manufacturer, the technology will start production in 2017 marking the first launch of its kind for the Indian market. EPB is part of ZF TRW’s ongoing[Read More…]
Text: Anusha B Wabco, a global supplier of technologies and safety systems aims to ameliorate the safety and efficiency of the commercial vehicles by opening a new facility in Chennai that addresses the varied software needs. This facility also delves to capture and hook the upcoming needs in software by expanding its software engineering and shared services capabilities. Wabco claims[Read More…]
Text: Anusha B Kwality Photonics, India’s largest producer of Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) foresees a huge potential in LEDs. But the cognizance on the same is still not rooted in the minds of many but soon it is expected to hit the market with big bash. China is a performing player in the LED market where India could equal them[Read More…]
