To manufacture the whole, the proximity to suppliers is vital. Prateek Pardeshi checks on how Chakan is fighting back to help retain Maharashtra’s supremacy as a leading manufacturing hub. Once knighted as the Detroit of India, Chakan, 30 kms from tier 2 city Pune has had to put up a fierce fight for Maharashtra to retain its supremacy as a[Read More…]
Dr Srinivas Gunti and Dr Shankar Venugopal write on the automotive lightweight, technology roadmap, composites, electric vehicles, and optimisation with a long-term view. The rate at which the number of ground vehicles is increasing will result in substantial environmental pollution, depletion of non-renewable energy sources and cause sustainability issues. According to a recent study [1], there would be two billion[Read More…]
The Automotive New Product Development (NPD) ecosystem is one of the most complex environments. Suhas Kini writes how a finished automobile at the backend has manufacturers toiling away to achieve a complex and audacious end goal. The New Product Development (NPD) comes with its share of challenges. This complexity can be attributed to factors like many parts developed by different[Read More…]
By Nitin Kapoor, Managing Director, Saera Electric Auto Pvt Ltd The renewed focus on overall sustainable economic growth has prompted India to chalk out a roadmap to not just meet the commitments made at the Paris agreements but further excel to exceed the targets. The demands for cleaner and greener modes of transportation have been escalating lately, especially post pandemic,[Read More…]
Manav Kapur, Executive Director, Steelbird International shares his thoughts on how Indian auto component makers addressing rising demands of EVs. The steady growth of the electric vehicle (EV) sector in the country has prompted the need for an evolution in the auto component industry as well. The Indian component manufacturers are extensively chalking out strategies to expand their capacity and[Read More…]
Continental Automotive India is in sync with the disruptive shift to localise ride-assist technology. Sumesh Soman toured the Manesar plant to see the on-ground preparations, in line. Localised technology setups have been the ask for a while now. It’s the pace of execution at Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) that’s attained newer heights. Government interventions like the Production Link Incentive (PLI)[Read More…]
Allison Transmission recently powered a fleet of 100 buses with the T280. Sumesh Soman looks at the automatic transmission in greater detail. The first automatic transmission can be traced back to the 1920s when Alfred Horner Munro, a Canadian steam engineer, is known to have designed the first automatic transmission. Designed in 1921, he patented the transmission in 1923. Here,[Read More…]
Authored by : Sumedh Battewar – CBO and Co-Founder, EMotorad Transportation of goods from a distribution hub to the final delivery destination — the door of the customer forms a critical part of any retail supply chain business. In the race to reach consumers, getting the last-mile delivery right is important. Many questions usually come up in the logistics business[Read More…]
Layam Group emerges as the prime mover in providing best-in-class contract manufacturing services. G.S. Ramesh, Founder and Chairman of the Layam Group shares how. Cost, Quality and Productivity have emerged as prime movers in the aftermath of globalisation wherein there is a pervasive environment of stiff competition. In the present times for any industrial establishment to succeed, one must follow[Read More…]
