Text: T Murrali Advancement in technologies in forging and casting has made the quantum of metal removed minimal. While the trend does benefit many users, especially the auto components manufacturers who are working on light weighting and next generation components, is it reducing the role of the metal cutting tool maker? Actually no, according to Tyrolit, a leading supplier of[Read More…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
LANXESS, the Germany based chemicals major, said that they will be focussing on Tepex, the continuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastic high-performance composites from its subsidiary Bond-Laminates. The hybrid technology using Tepex with polyamide 6 as an overmolding material has already done well in a large number of series applications in the lightweight design of automobiles. “Our intention is to highlight the enormous[Read More…]
Motherson Sumi Systems Limited (MSSL), Noida-headquartered auto component giant, has announced acquisition of acquisition of assets of Scherer & Trier of Germany, through its subsidiary Samvardhana Motherson Automotive Systems Group BV (SMRP BV). The deal, which is worth nearly Euro 36 million (Rs 283 crore), will include the transfer of assets including land and building & inventories along with shareholding[Read More…]
