In an Upfront Interaction, Vikas Aggarwal, Founder and MD, iPower Batteries Pvt. Ltd. speaks to Deepti Thore about scaling up to offer more reliable and safer batteries. Q. Tell us about your journey since 2019. Starting as a young startup, what milestones have you attained up until now? A. We are a dynamic and ambitious startup with a wealth[Read More…]
Switch Mobility has come closer to realising its eLCV vision. In an Upfront session, Chief Executive Officer, Mahesh Babu, spoke of the in-focus segment to Ashish Bhatia. Q. You gave us a first glimpse of the IeV Series at Auto Expo 2023. Since then, what has been the on-ground exercise to mature the eLCV to a commercial launch stage? A.[Read More…]
Emitec has come full circle. In an Upfront conversation, KVR Babu, Managing Director at Emitec Technologies GmbH speaks to Ashish Bhatia on the road ahead as an independent high-quality catalyst substrate supplier once again. Q. What were the driving factors behind the decision to establish a new, independent company by separating from Vitesco Technologies? A. Emitec has once again[Read More…]
In an Upfront conversation, Arihant Mehta, President, of Pinnacle Industries Ltd. speaks to Ashish Bhatia on the next tipping point. Q. How are you dabbling with the custom needs of light weighting and comfort? A. At Pinnacle Industries, addressing the custom needs of light weighting and comfort is central to our design philosophy. We invest extensively in research and[Read More…]
In an upfront conversation, Anuj Kathuria, President (India), JK Tyre and Industries Ltd. speaks on tyre solutions tailored to OEM prerequisites and customer benefits with Ashish Bhatia. Q. How are you participating in the global right-to-repair movement for the aftermarket? A. At JK Tyre, we acknowledge the significance of the global right-to-repair movement and are aware of the need for[Read More…]
In an upfront interaction, Sudipto Sanyal, Sr. VP of Sales and Marketing at Niterra India PVT. LTD. spoke to Ashish Bhatia about the new brand identity furthering the commitment to offer innovative and customer-centric solutions. Q. What is the objective of the re-branding? A. The objective is to announce and communicate to our valued customers and partners that in line[Read More…]
Shriram Pistons & Rings reaffirmed a fuel-agnostic approach. Prateek Pardeshi outlines the strategy of pursuing a coexisting mix. Shriram Pistons and Rings Ltd. (SPRL) has its roots in IC Engines (ICE). The company commands an annual turnover of over 40 million pistons, 80 million engine valves, and 150 million piston rings as a testimony. To fuel its diversification strategy into[Read More…]
Nirmal K Minda, Chairman and Managing Director, of Uno Minda Group spoke upfront to Ashish Bhatia on the road ahead for component suppliers and the next tipping point on the horizon. Q. Is the post-pandemic recovery that accounted for a record turnover, sustainable going forward for the tier 1 suppliers like yourself? A. We faced tough times in the[Read More…]
Where there is hardware there is software. Assembly and machine-level programming have been around for years. Prateek Pardeshi visited a leading aftermarket player to understand the change in approach today. It is well known how the low-level binary skeleton of Assembly Language Programming (ALP) coexists with Machine Level Language (MLL). The latter converts ALP using an assembler and can be[Read More…]
Pilloo C.Aga – Director of GoldSeal – SaarGummi India Pvt. Ltd., a Joint Venture of Gold Seal of India & SaarGummi of Germany speaks upfront to Ashish Bhatia on the buoyant sentiment and the bold government. Q. What is the significance of the supplier industry gathering under one roof and deliberating on key issues after a three-year hiatus in the[Read More…]
