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…]
Visteon Corporation will showcase advanced technology in three different passenger cars to demonstrate how it can increase a vehicle’s value throughout its lifecycle by reducing warranty costs and enhancing the driving experience. Demonstrations will occur Jan. 6-9 at the Visteon booth (#20) in the Central Plaza of the Las Vegas Convention Center during the 2015 International CES. “The vehicle connectivity gallery[Read More…]
January 2015 Subscription Form Online Subscription Fundamental Issues The Government last month introduced the Constitutional Amendment Bill for Goods & Services Tax (GST) in the Lok Sabha, with intent to implement it from April 2016. It will replace a number of indirect taxes currently being levied by the Central and State Governments and is intended to remove cascading of taxes[Read More…]
Global automotive supplier Visteon Corporation and Rightware, a leader in user interaction (UI) design and benchmarking software, have extended their successful collaboration to a strategic partnership to deliver leading-edge UI and graphics solutions for the automotive industry. Combining each partner’s strengths, Visteon and Rightware will provide vehicle manufacturers with industry-leading human machine interaction (HMI) solutions using high-definition 3D graphic rendering[Read More…]
