Text & Photos: J Srikant One of the biggest names in global bearing manufacture, Sweden-headquarteredSKF has bearings performing in industrial applications, and in almost all automobile segments. Holding a prized position in SKF India’s plans, the Pune plant has received numerous awards like the Gold Award for manufacturing excellence 2013 by Economic Times and Frost & Sullivan. We took a[Read More…]
We would like to take this opportunity to announce that as of November 2, 2012, Yazaki Corporation has agreed to purchase all the company shares of Tata Yazaki Autocomp Limited (TYA), its Indian wire harness manufacturing and sales joint venture company. The 50:50 joint venture between Yazaki Corporation and Tata Autocomp Systems Limited was established in 1997 for the manufacturing[Read More…]
FUTURE-PROOF – AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ENGINE MANUFACTURING CENTRE The opening of the state-of-the-art Engine Manufacturing Centre is a seminal moment for Jaguar Land Rover as it embarks on manufacturing engines in-house for the first time in a generation, confirming its position as the UK’s most significant automotive investor. The Engine Manufacturing Centre will be home to the ‘Ingenium’ engine[Read More…]
Text : J Srikant The rise in the number of auto brands in India and the deepening focus of these companies on after sales service was expected to give a boost to the garage industry in the country. But this is not the case, for small and medium enterprises that are into manufacture of garage equipment, are today experiencing rising[Read More…]
Lucknow Plant to Supply Advanced Braking Technologies to Major Truck Manufacturers WABCO a leading global supplier of technologies to improve the safety and efficiency of commercial vehicles, inaugurated today its fifth manufacturing facility in India, located in Lucknow. WABCO’s extended network in India helps both local and global commercial vehicle manufacturers to further grow their domestic and export business. [Read More…]
In only a few other branches of industry are development pressures as enormous as in aircraft construction. One of the reasons is the fact that legislation is getting ever stricter about the CO2 emission of aircrafts at the same time as market expectations are of a rapidly accelerating growth in the sector. It is as a consequence of this development[Read More…]
Text & Photos: T Murrali In a kingdom of bearings dominated by multinational manufacturers, a homegrown company has successfully competed against them, carving a niche for itself with its robust and flawless manufacturing process. The company is National Engineering Industries (NEI) that makes bearings under the NBC brand. We went around the company’s mother plant in Jaipur that won the Deming Prize[Read More…]
T Murrali With rising competition coupled with ever increasing operating cost the challenge for any component manufacturer to stay afloat is to contain the cost of manufacturing. This is gaining significance since these issues directly hit the bottom line and may even pave the way for organisations to exit the business. However, options to contain variable costs are falling due[Read More…]
In order to showcase the products manufactured by members of Ambattur Industrial Estate Manufacturers Association (AIEMA) and other manufacturers, AIEMA is organising the 11th International Industrial Exhibition ‘ACMEE 2014’ in Chennai from 19th to 23rd. June, 2014. The five-day exhibition has attracted more than 450 participants; direct participation from 30 countries including Austria, Australia, Brazil, China, Germany, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand,[Read More…]
