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Vol. 4 No. 13

BrAND FiNDEr Ashok Leyland ................. 4, 13

Aston Martin chairman on why India leads in small cars Page 30

Aston Martin . ......................30 Audi ..............................4, 27, 41 Bajaj Auto ...............................9

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David Richards

Apollo tyres ......................... 16

BASF ...................................... 27 Caterpillar .............................. 7 CEAt tyres . ...........................21 Continental ......................... 40 Controlled Power tech . .... 40 Cummins . ............................... 7

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Daimler-Hero . ....................... 3 DHL .......................................... 3

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Eicher Motors .......................21 Enax ...................................... 40 Fiat . .......................................29

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Ford ....................................7, 27

ABB ........................................43

Forms and Gears ................... 7

ACMEE 2008 . .......................21

NEWS

Renault-Nissan breaks ground

Gentex ................................... 41 Hero Cycles . ......................... 33 Hero Electric .................... 5, 32 Hero Group ........................... 33 Hyundai ......................... 3, 7, 21 Jaguar Land rover ................ 7 JK tyres .................................21 Liberty Electric .................... 27 Mahindra & Mahindra .....4, 9 Makino .................................... 7 Manatec Electronics . ......... 19 Maruti Suzuki ............... 3, 7, 21 Mercedes Benz ...................... 7 MirA .......................................15 Nissan ................................. 3, 8 Prodrive ................................30

Hero Electric to invest Rs 80 crore

Chennai plant to commence production from 2010 Page 8 tECHNiCAL

Bosch ....................................... 5 Case New Holland ................11 CEv ........................................... 3 Delphi .................................... 10 Eicher Motors .......................13 Elgi Equipments ...................15 Exide ........................................4 Fiat . .................................. 10, 11 Fiat Power train . .................11 Ford .........................................4 General Motors ...................28 Honda ....................................43

renault ................................... 7

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iveco .......................................11

Shell........................................ 27 Sical .......................................38 Skoda . ................................4, 11 tata Motors . ............... 4, 6, 30 toyota ................................7, 29 UKti ........................................12 Ultra Motors ........................ 33 volkswagen ....................... 5, 11

Garage equipment maker Manatec to set up new plant in Pondicherry Page 19

Chairman of KS AluminiumTechnologie AG on choosing Jaya Hind Industries as a partner Page 34

Bajaj-renault ........................ 3

Honda Siel Cars ......... 7, 24, 43

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Horst Binnig

AtS Elgi Equipments . ........ 14

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Severstal Auto .....................29

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ArvinMeritor . .......................31

rane Engine valve ................ 5 renault-Nissan ..................7, 8

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Endurance technologies ... 10

Electric scooter maker will up production, boost sales to 70,000 this year and localise critical parts

Hyundai .................................. 3

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Jaya Hind industries ..........34

Fiat to increase India sourcing

JK tyre ....................................4 KS Aluminium-technologie

Mercedes sets world record

Uses BlueTec to maximise fuel efficiency of the new Actros Page 42

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AG ...........................................34 LG Balakrishnan & Bros ..... 19 Lifelong india . .....................28 Lucas tvS ............................. 23 Magneti Marelli ................... 10 MAHA .................................... 14 Mahindra & Mahindra ......... 5 Maruti Suzuki .................15, 24 Mei ta Group .......................... 5 Merind Automotive .............21 Minda ...................................... 3 Nissan ............................... 3, 24 rane Brake Lining . .............24 renold Plc. ........................... 19 reva Electric Car Co . ............6 royal Enfield . .......................13 SPiC ........................................21 tata Motors . .......................... 5 toyota .........................5, 24, 40 tvS and Sons .......................36 tvS tGE .................................36 volkswagen ......................3, 44

Rane Brake Lining sets up green unit

International Purchasing Office to step up procurement Page 11 tECHNiCAL

State-of-the-art asbestos-free disc pad plant in Trichy to improve supply chain to OEMs Page 24 iNDuStry

ATS Elgi expands Garage equipment maker to introduce slew of new products Page 14

VW showcases future tech

German carmaker displays latest driver assistance systems Page 44

Altius Autoworld...................17 Apollo tyres.......................... 32 Best Group.............................12 BMW.......................................34 Bosch .......................................4 Contitech Power ................. 35 Daimler Hero Cv..................... 3 Delphi.......................................8 Delphi Packard india............9 Delphi Powertrain.................9 Delphi-tvS...............................8 Dunlop................................... 27 Eaton Corporation................. 3 Force Motors...........................4 Ford india ...............................4 Gabriel india ........................ 27 Geodis.....................................11 GKN Driveline.......................34 Gulliver international..........17 Harita tvS technologies .....4 Hero Electric........................... 5 Hero Group.......................... 3, 5 Honda Motorcycle & Scooter india......................................... 7 Jaya Hind industries.............4 Koki technik .........................12 KPit Cummins........................4 KS Aluminium-technologie AG..............................................4 Lamborghini......................... 37 Mahindra USA........................6 Mazda.....................................34 Michelin.................................39 MrF......................................... 27 Murugappa Group...............24 Piaggio vehicles ....................4 ramco Systems...................... 3 renault..................................38 renault-Nissan....................39 Saertex india.........................13 Safexpress..............................21 tata Johnson Controls Automotive............................. 3 tata Motors......................... 3, 7 toyota Kirloskar Motor........4 tube investments of india 24 tvS Motor Company.............6 tvS Srichakra tyres............ 27 volvo......................................... 7 volvo Buses india . ...............15 Zircotec.................................. 37

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Vol. 4 No. 17

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Satish Sharma

Apollo Tyres’ chief of Indian operations reveals the gameplan for increasing its market share Page 32

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interview

Yogendra Rahangdale

Albonair GmbH.....................48 American Axle & Mfg inc....36 Ashok Leyland.................. 7, 42 Bajaj Auto................................9

Vice-chairman and CTO shares American Axle & Manufacturing’s truck axle plans for Indian market Page 36

case new Holland.......... 10, 24 cornaglia Group...................29 Danisi engineering.............. 35 eicher Motors.......................20 electroMech ...........................4 endurance............................. 25 esco technologies................ 3 federal-Mogul corp...............4 fiat . ....................................... 25 General Motors india .......3, 6 Hyundai .................................. 7

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Delphi India in expansion mode

TII to manufacture electric scooters

Components major to leverage tech and design capabilities Page 8 tECHNiCAL

Bicycle maker diversifies into electric vehicles and plans to launch five models by September Page 24

LoGiStiCS

Safexpress streamlines operations

Logistics provider takes steps to meet fuel price challenge Page 21

Renault Scenic ZEV H2 French carmaker gives its MPV hydrogen power Page 38

Amtek Group.......................... 3 Ashok Leyland .....................49 Bakshi Enterprises ............. 19 BMW ........................... 9, 45, 77 BorgWarner ......................... 55 Bosch India ............................ 3 Caparo Group....................... 55 Chennai Port Trust .............47 Chrysler ................................ 10 Confederation of Indian Industry ................................56 Continental Corporation ....12 eBay India Motors .............. 35 Fiat...........................................9 Ford India .......................49, 55 Forms & Gears ..................... 55 Frost & Sullivan .................. 57 GKN Driveline ...................... 55 Hinduja Foundries .............. 55 Hydrodrive Systems ..........43 Hyundai Motor India 4, 25, 45 ICML..................................21, 32 IFR Automotive ...................82 IZB............................................6 Lucas-TVS ............................. 55 Mahindra & Mahindra ....7, 26 Mahindra-Renault ...............4 Maruti Suzuki ........................ 5 NATRIP ...................................51 Nissan ...................................49 PARI ....................................... 10 Pininfarina .....................21, 32 Ramco Systems ..............57, 79 Rane Group .......................... 53 Renault ...................................9 Royal Enfield.................. 51, 58 Ruia Group ...........................39 Same-Deutz Fahr .......... 47, 67 Satyam Computer .............. 75 Schaeffler Group...................4 TAFE.......................................47 Tata Motors....................3, 4, 6 TIDCO .................................... 53 TNSIDCO ...............................49 Toyota ..................................... 5 Tube Investments of India 47 TVS Garage Equipment...... 55 TVS Group..............................51 TVS Motor Company ..........47 Volkswagen ............................ 7

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iDeA institute........................31

Andrea Pininfarina

incAt........................................6

The chairman of the Italian design house on its India projects Page 32

indo-italian chamber of commerce.............................24 isrinGHAusen GmbH.........17 Jaguar......................................6

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Johnson controls inc........... 16 Jost india ..............................50

Italian suppliers

Kinetic Motor company . ..... 7 Komax Automation india . 19

Design and engineering companies lead India charge Page 24

Lakhani Group...................... 33 Land rover..............................6 Lotus engineering................58 Lumax....................................29 Magnetti Marelli.................. 25 Mahindra & Mahindra......4, 7 Mahindra international.....54 MAn force trucks................54 Maruti suzuki ........................ 7 Mercedes-Benz . ..................63 new Holland india ...............11 nissan Motor co...................63 Pininfarina..............................4

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M&M talks tech with suppliers UV market leader seeks innovation from vendors Page 26 TECHNICAL

sigit s.p.A.............................. 33 tata Autocomp systems.... 16 tata Johnson controls Automotive........................... 16 tata Motors.............. 3, 5, 31, 51 torino Design........................ 35 toyota Kirloskar Motors 3, 16 toyota Motor corporation... 3 volkswagen .......................... 25 volvo india.............................51

Tamil Nadu: an Automotive automotive hub IFR unveils the Aspid The southern state leads the way in attracting investments into the Indian auto sector Page 44

Lightweight sports car features hi-tech innovations Page 82

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Ashok Leyland goes modular

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CV maker announces modular Unitruck platform and also expands vehicle testing facilities Page 42

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Jost opens India plant To produce world-class connection components for truck and trailer Page 50

Lotus’ safe and sound hybrid

External sound tech enhances pedestrian safety for quiet cars Page 58