Ashok Leyland Hikes Stake in Optare to 75.1 Per Cent

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Editorial...... 8 Auto Expo preview All set for 11th Auto Expo...... 10 Bus Industry Ashok Leyland presenting new, innovative products...... 14 Volvo launching new range of buses...... 18 Feature-rich Tata Divo Coach, Tata Starbus Ultra launched...... 24 Ashok Leyland hikes stake in Optare to 75.1 per cent...... 30 Vehicle industry Mahindra Navistar Awards for transport heroes...... 34 Sturdy Scania tipper designed for rough terrain...... 54 Isuzu IS12T truck launched in Kerala...... 56 Eicher’s all-round good performance...... 58 Focus on trailers TRAILER 2011, a runaway success...... 60 Truck of the Year Award for Mercedes-Benz New Actros...... 62 Benz study on reduced fuel use, CO2 emissions of trucks...... 66 WABCO braking systems for Krone trailers...... 72 Products & Components Amalgamations Group in pursuit of engineering excellence...... 76 Rane taking new avatar on 75th anniversary...... 82 Dürr India bagging major orders from OEMs on regular basis...... 84 York plan to launch premium axle, maintenance-free suspension...... 88 Commercial Vehicle Supplier Award for WABCO...... 90

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Contents 106 Coming soon... Auto Expo 2012 review in our Feb 2012 issue For details, mail us at: [email protected]

Torotrak-Allison transmission project progresses to next stage...... 92 QH Talbros’ JV with Musashi of Japan for making ball joints...... 96 JOST’s new trailer axle and suspension for Indian market...... 100 Caterpillar setting up plant to manufacture Perkins engines...... 102 GNA Group offers a variety of quality auto components...... 104 A range of quality products from 3M Automotive Aftermarket...... 106 Telma’s quality retarders in demand...... 110 BITZER India opens second Green Point, in Mumbai...... 112 HV Axles merged with HV Transmissions...... 114 KSPG AG and four divisions to present entire product range...... 116 Konvekta air-conditioning unit coming up in India...... 118 Omni Matrix solutions for CV cabled connectors...... 120 Bearings SKF firm on retaining market leadership in bearings...... 122 ORBIT Expands to further contribute valuable innovative solutions...... 125 KCI Bearings increasing capacities to meet growing demand...... 126 Leyland Deere ties up with Corporation Bank, IOB...... 128 TVS Automobile Solutions’ plan for fresh tie-ups, JVs...... 130 Expert article The decline of lead acid batteries...... 132 EEPC’s ambitious export target of $100 billion for 2012-13...... 138 Events...... 140 v ECT 2011 v ALUCAST 2011 v CMPDA Auto Show v AUTOMATICA 2012 Statistics...... 165

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The countdown for the 11th Auto Expo to be held in New Delhi during January 5-11 has begun. A massive overseas participation, bigger contingents from Germany and China, and a strong presence of Indian manufacturers have all resulted in complete booking of space at the venue with 16 halls, 10 hangers and the outdoor space in total comprising 1,15,000 sq. meters.

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Auto Expo 2012 preview

Addressing a press conference in its economy, especially when glo- Delhi on the eve of exhibition, Mr. Around 1,500 participants bal markets are reeling under severe S. Sandilya, SIAM President, said from 24 countries would be downturns. the international attention on the In- taking part in the show. Com- Mr. Arvind Kapur, ACMA Presi- dian automotive industry is perhaps panies from Germany, China, dent, in his address, observed that at its peak today, with the developed Canada, France, Italy, Japan exhibitors from the auto component markets either stagnant or declining. industry have a strong presence in India is one of the few markets in and the UK have already con- Auto Expo 2012. Some of the major the world which is growing and also firmed their participation. component manufacturers from Be- has a vast growth potential in the – Mr. Chandrajit Banerjee, larus, Canada, China, France, Ger- years to come. Therefore, the world Director General, CII many, Hong Kong, Japan, Malay- is looking at India to drive future sia, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, global growth in the auto sector. Almost every foreign Switzerland, Singapore, Thailand, Turkey and the UAE vehicle manufacturer has a presence in the exhibition, are participating in the show, making it “India’s global and companies that do not yet have their presence in automotive show”. India are expected to enter shortly. In his concluding remarks, Mr. Vikram Kirloskar, According to him, with the current lull in the market, Vice President, SIAM, said that as in the past the 11th Auto Expo would aim to generate excitement and fulfill Auto Expo would also feature vehicles to be launched the aspirations of the Indian consumers with its theme in the Indian market in the coming months and years. and would also position India as a Auto Expo 2012 will witness champion of Green Mobility, with launch of about 50 vehicles, besides a focus on alternative fuels, electric display of world class vehicles and and hybrid mobility, etc., which is a designs. India-specific products are national as well as a global impera- also to be unveiled simultaneously tive today. for the first time. Component manu- The Indian component industry too facturers would be announcing major has in the last few years penetrated the global markets innovations in their respective fields, especially their ef- either through partnerships or acquisitions. Global com- forts towards green technology. ponent manufacturers like Visteon, Delphi, Magna and Auto Expo is rededicating January 5, the first day of Continental either have a dedicated business in India the show, as a Goodwill Day as in the previous edition. or are in tie-ups with Indian component manufacturers. Although the first day is open exclusively for the media, Tyre majors like Michelin, Bridgestone, Pirelli, Dun- it would also allow entry to those who are physically lop, Continental as well Indian heavyweights like Apol- challenged. Apart from the innovative additions to the lo, JK, MRF, etc., too have carved show, it would have its usual fo- their space in the Indian automo- The optimism for future pros- cused pavilions for accessories, au- tive industry, the Indian firms even pects is truly reflected in the dio, alternate fuel, gas technologies, gaining international foothold. In- auto exposition with the ven- design, IT, diesel, garage equipment creased attention on India is a result ue bursting at its seams with and the popular ‘asli-naqli’ pavilion. of the tremendous growth shown by massive bookings. Media partner : MOTORINDIA

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Bus industry (Auto Expo preview)

An exclusive report by MOTORINDIA Auto Expo is a platform for auto- Ashok Leyland is known for its of 650mm. “We have 16 patents on mobile manufacturers to showcase innovative products that are more this bus”, said Mr. Dasari. future technologies and innovations. suited to Indian market operating In India, most of the standard Ashok Leyland has always present- conditions, be it trucks or buses. In buses have a floor height of 1100 ed interesting products at the expo. keeping with this tradition, AL has mm, which is entry plus 3 steps. Jn- However, some of them have not come up with a path-breaking inno- NURM was the first major effort to gone beyond the conceptual stage. vation in the city bus segment – The bring some standards in the bus seg- But Auto Expo 2012 is going to be JANBUS. ment by making floor height of 890 different. The JANBUS is a front-engine, mm as standard in city buses, which semi-low floor bus (entry plus one is entry plus 2 steps. Ashok Leyland “We will showcase products step) with air suspension (front and was the first to introduce, way back which we are ready to offer the rear) and with a full-flat floor which in 2005 at BEST Mumbai, a front- market” can be packed. This is considered the engine 890 mm floor height bus, and – Mr. Vinod Dasari, AL Managing Director first such innovation in the world on this has today become a standard bus semi-floor platform at a floor height as per the JnNURM specifications.

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buses are considered more expen- has many advantages. It reduces the sive to operate than front engine initial acquisition cost for the opera- buses. tor as well as driver fatigue. It also Considering all these aspects, enhances the overall travel experi- Ashok Leyland has developed a ence for passengers. semi-low floor city bus with front Another important feature, which engine and full flat floor mounted on is very specific to India is that some a chassis. Being a front engine bus, corporations like BEST of Mumbai it offers better operational efficien- used to wash the buses inside-out cy. It has a floor height of 650mm every night. With the seats mounted and hence it is very convenient for on the floor, it was very difficult to passengers. reach the nook and corner of the bus AL is also providing the kneel- for cleaning. In JANBUS, for the ing option, which will tilt the bus first time, the seats are mounted to and make it even more convenient the sides making the whole cleaning for the disabled people. It has full process easier. Mr. Dasari said, “the Globally and in India, semi-low flat floor, making it convenient for JANBUS is an Indian innovation at floor buses with a floor height of 650 both passengers and the conductor. its best.” are usually rear engine-driven, and It comes with air suspension has hence come with step seating on the standard which makes for better ride The company has 16 patents on rear side of the bus. This suits West- comfort. the JANBUS ern countries with fewer passengers Apart from these basic features and good roads and where there are of JANBUS, Ashok Leyland also The JANBUS can be loaded with no conductors for ticketing. offers a fully loaded version of the other features like AC, vehicle In India, buses are usually over- vehicle, which will be on display tracking systems, and camera for crowded, with more standees. Roads at Auto Expo. With an automated monitoring inside and outside. But are bumpy, and the bus conductor manual transmission (AMT), it is a all these are optional. The vehicle used to walk from the front to the hybrid between the manual and the available in BS3, BS4, diesel or rear end of the vehicle a hundred automatic. AMT offers all the con- CNG versions. Out of the 16 patents times every shift. Also, from an venience of an automatic transmis- mentioned earlier, the frame and the operational standpoint, rear engine sion but at a much lower cost. This design alone has 11 patents and the

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tractor trailer. Hence the launch of 10X2. The U3723 is a 37-tonne GVW truck offering 27 tonne payload compared to an 8X2 which offers 21.5 tonne payload. This offers much better value per tonne km compared to a 35 tonne tractor. It also involves a much lower cost of operation, faster turnaround time and better maneuverability. The U3723 also comes fitted with a lift axle, the first time on an AL truck. Optare Solo drive train optimization, configura- 37 tonner with 230 hp engine, comes The third new product to be dis- tion and packaging has another five with a 10X2 or 10X4 configuration. played by AL at Auto Expo is a patents. In the current tonnage of rigid low-floor, full-flat feeder bus from U3723 – 10X2 Truck trucks, there are the 4X2 with 16 the Optare stable. In July last, the The second innovation, which will tonne GVW, the 6X2 or 6X4 with company acquired 26 per cent stake be on display at Auto Expo, which is 25 tonne GVW, the 8X2 or 8X4 in the UK-based Optare Inc. It has India’s first and possibly the world’s with 31 tonne GVW and the Tractor recently increased its stake to 75.1 first, is a 37 tonner, 10X2 truck on trailers. So beyond 31 tonnes GVW per cent. The Optare Solo, to be a rigid chassis. The U3723 model, a its only Tractor trailers, with disad- showcased at Auto Expo, would vantages in terms of maneuver- help explore the market in India for ability. feeder buses. Also with the rated load re- “We always have a big presence gime and non- at Auto Expo. This time we want availability of to showcase what we are ready to drivers, opera- produce and offer to the market. tors are looking We are going to showcase an In- for higher ton- dian innovation which is the first nage vehicles, and best in the world. This year’s and some still prefer the rigid Auto Expo theme is ‘Mobility for chassis to a All’ and these would be the right products to be showcased”

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Bus industry (Auto Expo preview)

Volvo launching new range of hi-tech buses

Here is probably the biggest launch of a new range of heavy buses at Auto Expo 2012. Volvo is not only raising the standards in its current segment but is now well set to bring in a new coach aimed at the second tier of routes and cities in India. The expanded range of Volvo now includes three new models that are the first-of-its kind in India. These take place just months after Volvo announced its ambition to be a $1 billion company in the next five years. In effect, Volvo will expand its bus range from just three in the last few years to 10 different models in 2012, thus becoming India’s biggest range of high-performing buses. It has also enhanced FUPS and FIPS standards to new levels.

Volvo has set a new standard in luxury coaches with the Volvo 9400PX. It is the longest inter-city coach yet in India at 14.5 mtr. Step inside the coach and discover the finest of interiors with the most luxurious environment. Take a ride and discover a new dimension of comfort in road travel from the most well-built bus as you glide on for miles. It is a coach in its own class and an inspiration to travel, like never before. The Volvo 9400PX is built on the new light-weight

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and high braking power of 400 to city bus from Volvo comes after The Volvo 7400XL is India’s first 600 kW. 10 years of deep understanding of multi-axle bus with a steered The spacious interior of the vehi- high-performing bus applications in axle. It is ready to support ef- cle offers opportunities for custom- India. Manoeuvrability in the city ficient mass bus-based transport ers to incorporate a range of passen- is gracefully tackled by the steered systems to move more people. It ger conveniences like pantry, toilets, tag-axle allowing the bus to take on will take the Volvo City Bus Con- etc. tight roads and turns of a city. If the Volvo 7400 helped move Built for Asia, from Asia cept to a new level. people away from their personal ve- The company enters the second Volvo PX platform that provides hicles and save fuel, emissions and tier of routes in India with the Volvo even better grade ability and accel- road space, the Volvo 7400XL will 9100 Coach. This is a global intro- eration as well as enhanced stability do this with even greater intensity. duction for Asia, from Asia. This and larger luggage space. The new It can carry almost 55 per cent more new coach is an integral part of Vol- coach also packs a performance like people and as a result, improve upon vo Buses’ ambition to drive quality never before with the New Volvo fuel and road space use by as much of transport across the country to 11-litre engine with 370 hp. Another as 30 per cent. Imagine what this more and more cities and routes. key feature is the steerable tag-axle can do for growing cities, high for better roadhandling and manoeu- occupancy routes and for de- vrability. The automatic gear chang- congestion? The savings are ing system provides high drive and profound. ride comfort, better fuel economy Most importantly, this new

Volvo 9400PX

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like never before. The Vol- vo Bus range in India now will include: Volvo 9400 4x2 290 and 340hp; Volvo 9400XL multi-axle, Volvo 9400PX multi-axle, Volvo 9100 coach, Volvo 7400 city bus, Volvo 7400XL city bus, Volvo 7400CNG city bus and the Volvo 7400 semi- low floor. Volvo Buses has led the way by introducing the first- Volvo 9100 of-its-kind safety features The Volvo 9100 embodies the The Volvo 7700 Hybrid is a by any bus manufacturer. As part of company values for safety, quality commercially-produced hybrid bus its stated value of safety, it has in- and care for environment. The en- model. Its predecessor has been on troduced the front impact protection gine is optimized for a range of driv- the market for some years and both (FIP) and front under-run protection ing conditions and is backed by Vol- fuel savings and reliability have (FUP) systems. FIP is a frontal colli- vo’s rich experience of 10 years in been proven in commercial opera- sion protection system, which effec- high performing bus applications on tion. The hybrid technology is prob- tively spreads the force of an impact Indian roads. The coach is designed ably the most versatile driveline so- into the frontal structure. Full-scale to meet medium distance applica- lution when it comes to combining tests show that FIP considerably tions and has been designed to take environmental improvement with cuts the risk of serious personal in- the Volvo experience to millions of performance, economy and uptime. jury. new passengers. The bus model has special fea- The FUP system significantly tures like new lighter body design, minimises the risk of injury in the For the bus operators the Volvo increased passenger capacity, up to event of frontal collisions between 9100 presents an unbeatable 37 per cent fuel savings, 40-50 per buses and cars. It consists of a steel business proposition in trans- cent lower exhaust emissions and structure behind the bumper that port economy, offering excellent quiet and emission-free at bus stops. prevents the oncoming passenger value in fuel efficiency, main- It is designed for both inner city car from becoming wedged under tainability and overall operating and suburban traffic conditions, and the bus while at the same time of- comes with a comprehensive busi- fering excellent protection for those costs. It highlights the organiza- ness solutions package. components that are fitted at the tion’s local product development Customers now have the power lower front part of the coach. competencies. of choice in high-performing buses

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Feature-rich Tata Divo Coach, Tata Starbus Ultra launched Tata Motors has launched the Tata Divo, a luxurious long-distance inter-city travel bus, and the Tata Starbus Ultra, a modern and practical offering for commuting within the city. Commenting on the launches, Mr. Ravi Pisharody, President - Commercial Vehicles Business Unit, Tata Motors, said: “Tata Motors has always been at the fore- front in revolutionizing passenger transportation in the commercial vehicle segment. With the introduction of the Tata Divo and the Tata Starbus Ultra the company will more comprehensively address the burgeoning need of public transportation. These two vehicles are sure to migrate the world of passenger transportation to

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seating layouts in semi-sleeper and seater configurations, wide seats with upto 135 degree recline with head flaps and armrests, generous saloon space with high roof, hat- racks with personalised controls for AC and reading lights, and large luggage space, making it the ulti- mate luxurious coach. In addition, an entertainment system with DVD player and two LCD screens, on board refrigerator, mobile charging points, destination board, and the public address system enhance the Picture taken at the launch function travel experience. a completely new level of class and fully-owned subsidiary of Tata Mo- technology coupled with comfort tors, providing a truly international The BS III-compliant Tata Divo’s and convenience”. standard ride to the long-distance drive-train is engineered by a The Tata Divo, the brand new lux- traveller. ury AC coach, is meant for inter-city The sleek body and the luxurious 285 hp powerful Cummins en- passenger transportation and tourist interiors of the vehicle are a treat gine, a breakthrough in terms of operations. Its body design comes to the eye, and it offers customised technology and reliability. from Hispano Carrocera of Spain, a interior features such as different

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The 6-speed overdrive gearbox for tourists and school children. Meant with a viscous fan (used for the first higher fuel efficiency, the larger 430 primarily for intra-city transport, the time in this class of buses), result- mm diameter clutch for enhanced luxury variant can also be used for ing in higher fuel efficiency and life, exceptional braking perform- inter-city travel. lowest NVH levels in its category. ance with a hydrodynamic retarder The Tata Starbus Ultra The 6-speed gearbox with overdrive and a superior independent front and cable shift mechanism ensures axle for better manoeuvrability to- is available in Luxury, higher mileage, more speed selec- gether ensure superior performance. Standard, School and De- tion options and a higher speed, Driver comfort has been taken to luxe variants, in different while also guaranteeing 30 per cent the next level as the bus has a pneu- seating configurations (22 more life. The high strength chassis matically suspended seat for more - 46 seater), on different and stronger rear axle enhance the comfort, electronic accelerator pedal wheelbases, thereby pro- life of the vehicle, while the wider and precision gear shifting for mini- viding the customer with a tubeless radial tyres give a longer mizing driver fatigue, and a new running life. The service interval aesthetic dashboard and instrument whole range to select from. has also been doubled for more on cluster with on-board diagnostics. The Tata Starbus Ultra has an road availability and to significantly The Tata Divo not only stands outstanding aerodynamic body de- reduce maintenance costs for the op- for world class design, assured re- sign and aggregates which conform erators. liability and superior performance, to the Bus Body Code. This is the The wider track axle and lowest in but also spells high on safety. The first bus in its category with the front class turning circle diameter help in hydrodynamic retarder ensures bet- door ahead of the front axle, provid- vehicle stability and manoeuvrabil- ter safety, and the exceptional aero- ing more seats for the same length ity for the driver. Tiltable and tel- dynamic drag coefficient increases of bus and subsequently better re- escopic steering with a high capac- vehicle stability. turns for the operator. The advanced ity power steering pump, dashboard The Tata Divo (BS III version) parabolic suspension, wider aisle mounted gear lever with car-like price range starts from Rs. 66 lakhs, width and super comfortable seating gear shifting leaves reduces driver ex-showroom New Delhi. ensure that commuters have smooth fatigue. The Tata Starbus Ultra opens up and peaceful ride. The Tata Starbus Ultra (BS III ver- a whole new world of comfort and The vehicle is designed using sion) price range starts from Rs.15 luxury for office-goers, hotel guests, the reliable Tata 497 engine along lakhs, ex-showroom New Delhi.

Tata Motors global sales cross one-lakh mark The Tata Motors Group’s global wholesales, in- units, a growth of 18 per cent. cluding Jaguar Land Rover, touched 108,028 units Global sales of all passenger vehicles of the group in November, higher by 35 per cent over November were at 58,304 units in November, higher by 47 per 2010. Cumulative sales for the fiscal are 750,457 cent. Cumulative sales for the fiscal are higher by units, higher by 10 per cent compared to the cor- four per cent at 379,047 units. responding period in 2010-11. Global sales of Tata passenger vehicles and the Global sales of all commercial vehicles – Tata, distribution offtake in India of Fiat cars were at Tata Daewoo and the Tata Hispano Carrocera range 29,121 units for the month, higher by 74 per cent – were 49,724 units in November, a growth of 24 over November 2010. Cumulative sales for the fis- per cent. Cumulative sales for the fiscal are 371,410 cal are at 193,616 units, lower by eight per cent. w

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Ashok Leyland hikes stake in Optare to 75.1 per cent

ployees and suppliers and secures stability and the long-term future of the business. The re-banking represents a defining moment in the company’s 3-year turnaround plan which commenced in June 2009. In addition, our recent move to a new factory in Sherburn gives us the capacity and modern assembly facilities necessary to fully capitalise on the additional sales and joint product development opportunities Ashok Leyland, to- which our deeper part- gether with its associate compa- nership with Ashok Leyland nies, will increase its stake in the will reach 75.1 per cent of the will undoubtedly deliver.” British bus maker, Optare plc, to company’s share capital through According to Mr. John Fickling, 75.1 per cent, subject to approval by placing of shares, raising new eq- Chairman, Optare, given the global the shareholders of Optare, under a uity. economic challenges, this is a game re-financing agreement announced Mr. Vinod Dasari, Managing Di- changing deal for Optare. It ensures on December 20. The company had rector, Ashok Leyland, commented: that Optare can grow and prosper initially acquired 26 per cent stake “We see this as an important ele- given the challenging dynamics in in Optare in July 2010 as part of a ment in realizing our vision of being an ever-changing market place. long-term strategic partnership. This among the top 5 bus manufacturers move fully integrates Optare into globally. Through leveraging the “We are confident that, together, Ashok Leyland’s global strategy for synergies of the two companies, we we can surge ahead with Optare buses. are confident that going forward we The re-financing has been will be able to accelerate technology taking advantage of the large achieved by Ashok Leyland fa- sharing, develop future-ready prod- opportunities for growth and de- cilitating a credit-line to support ucts and substantially and quickly velopment we see based on syn- Optare’s re-banking options and increase our global footprint.” ergy and integration with Ashok providing a substantially improved Mr. Jim Sumner, Chief Executive Leyland’s bus business.” working capital facility for the busi- Officer, Optare, said: “This is great – Mr. Dheeraj G. Hinduja, AL Chairman ness. Alongside, Ashok Leyland news for Optare’s customers, em-

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Mahindra Navistar Awards for transport heroes Mahindra Navistar Automotives ‘Accepting No Limits’, ‘Alterna- Not-for-Profit Entities. Ltd. (MNAL) of the $14.4 billion tive Thinking’ and ‘Driving Positive Mr. Praful Patel, Union Minister Mahindra Group, honoured the he- Change’, the three facets of Mahin- of Heavy Industries & Public En- roes of the Indian transportation in- dra’s much talked about Rise initia- terprises, was the Chief Guest at dustry by presenting them the first- tive. the function. Mr. S. Sundareshan, ever Mahindra Navistar Transport The Awards were given across Secretary, Ministry of Heavy In- Excellence Awards 2011 at a glit- six categories in the first edition, dustries & Public Enterprises, Mr. tering ceremony held in New Delhi. including the Award for Fleet Own- Anand Mahindra, Chairman, Ma- The Awardees were recognised for ers, Youth Transport Personality, hindra Navistar Automotives Ltd., their Outperformance, Excellence, Fleet Drivers, Commercial Vehicle and Vice-Chairman & Managing Innovation and Change Leadership Financiers, Highway Dhabas, and Director, Mahindra & Mahindra in the Transport Ecosystem – values Ltd., Dr. Pawan Goenka, Director, which embodies the spirit of MNAL. “Mahindra Navistar, as the Mahindra Navistar Automotives The award winners were celebri- challenger brand, has taken Ltd., and President, Automotives ties in their own right. Each one of on the onus of making a dif- & Farm Sector, Mahindra & Mahi- them had a different story of their ference in the lives of the ndra Ltd., Mr. Nalin Mehta, Man- own to narrate, all relating to his en- trucking community. aging Director, Mahindra Navistar deavor to achieve in excellence by, – Dr. Pawan Goenka Automotives Ltd., and Mr. Barun

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The winning team with the Mahindra top brasses

winning edge. “I urge the transport- “We will continue and further “You can take the foundation your ers present to adapt to the current parent has built and grow your own strengthen the first step that we unprecedented economic changes have taken in celebrating excellence dreams by building on it, because and emerge victorious by invest- in transport industry which will this is a new India and it needs all ing in the future today. It is very surely have a multiplier effect and important to imbibe the industry the entrepreneurs it can get.” will cross pollinate success stories.” imperatives such as innovation in – Mr. Anand Mahindra – Mr. Nalin Mehta technology, enriching partnership Das, CEO, Zee News Ltd., were and transforming workforce that The distinguished Award winners among the other dignitaries present define the path to prosperity. I con- Abdul Ghani, fleet driver, Profes- on the occasion. vey my best wishes to Mahindra sional Automotives Ltd., won the Addressing the function, Dr. Pa- Navistar for their foresight and in- Super Outperformer Driver of the wan Goenka said: “Firstly with genuity in collaborating with multi- Year 2011 Award and a brand new its products and now with these ple stakeholders through this first- MN 25 Truck. In the Fleet Owners awards, MNAL has connected with ever Transport Excellence Award category, InLand Road Transport the transport ecosystem at an emo- and wish them all success in their Pvt. Ltd., Cargo Wings and Siddhi tional level. Coupled with its serv- future endeavors”. Vinayak Logistic Ltd., won the Na- ice back-up and a sense of customer Mr. Nalin Mehta observed: “We tional Awards. In the Commercial service, MNAL will, in times to at Mahindra Navistar wish to rec- Vehicle Financiers’ category, SREI come, become one of the most re- ognize the very valuable contribu- BNP Paribas, Kotak Mahindra Bank spected brands of the Indian truck- tion that various stakeholders in the Ltd., and HDFC Bank Ltd., bagged ing industry”. transport ecosystem make to turn the National Awards. Complimenting Mahindra Navis- the wheels of economy. Be it the The Awards have set new stand- tar for undertaking this initiative transporters, the drivers, the dhaba ards for the Indian transport sector of bringing laurels to the trans- owners, financiers or the not-for- by recognizing and rewarding the port industry, Mr. Praful Patel, in profit organizations – they all have efforts of its key constituents. This his keynote address, extended his been the unsung heroes in the suc- will go a long way in encouraging heartiest congratulation to all the cess story of the Indian economy the younger generation of entrepre- Award winners whose relentless and the contribution of the transport neurs to look at transport as an at- pursuit of excellence gave them the sector towards it.” tractive industry. w

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Sturdy Scania tipper designed for rough terrain

The Scania P 380 8x4 heavy-duty tipper which was displayed at the recently-held EXCON 2011 in Bangalore sports a number of features designed to maximise uptime. The 12-litre 380 hp Scania engine delivers 1,900 Nm of torque from low revs to promote driveability. Scania Opticruise automated gearchanging greatly facilitates the driver’s work, now with a new off-road mode designed to cope with the toughest conditions without straining transmission components. The clutch has an electronic overload protection system. All chassis and transmission components are optimised for heavy-duty operation. So is the 18.8 cu m rock body. The vehicle was jointly displayed at EXCON 2011 with Larsen & Toubro. The mining tipper model was launched in the Indian market during EXCON 2007. L&T has successfully established Scania’s mining trucks in the Indian mining industry, and since the launch more than 600 P 380 mining trucks have been supplied to highly satisfied customers in construction and mining sectors. driving on soft surfaces complements Normal mode. In addition to automated gear changing that enables Off-road mode is standard on vehicles specified for the driver to concentrate on driving, a new off-road op- off-road driving and for driving on soft or loose ground erating mode is now available for Scania Opticruise. with high rolling resistance. Gear changing is optimised for off-road and tough op- In off-road mode, the system strives to avoid inter- erating conditions such as mining. Allied to Scania’s ruptions in power delivery and, hence, in traction. The traction control panel, where controls related to traction number of gear changes is minimised by allowing are gathered, this gives drivers maximum support for the engine speed to vary over a wider rev band. Gear trouble-free driving in adverse conditions. changes are made faster without prioritising comfort. Some parameters in Scania Opticruise can be adjusted Normal mode is optimised for maximum fuel economy, by a Scania workshop to tailor the functionality to the while still delivering good hill performance. The system conditions at hand. The choice of starting gear is auto- strives to run at engine revs where maximum torque is matic. delivered. A new driving mode adapted to rough terrain and Differential lock and traction control are fitted to most Scania trucks. The rotary switch for the differen- The new Scania P-series is distinguished by its tial locks engages all locks on the vehicle in the right restyled front that boosts cooling capacity, be- sequence to provide increasing traction while maintain- sides having sharper looks. ing as much steerability as possible. w

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Isuzu IS12T truck launched in Kerala Since several years, Kerala is a high potential market for the SML Isuzu range of products. During 2010-11, SML Isuzu dealers together sold 2,381 units, the highest in the past 25 years. In the current financial year, SML Isuzu has a goal of selling nearly 3,000 units in Kerala. On December 9, the first sale of the all-new Isuzu IS12T, 12-ton GVW truck was delivered to a cement dealer in Palakkad. The vehicle has a very powerful 5200 cc Isuzu engine churning out 150 hp. The 6+1 gear box, which is also manufactured by Isuzu, is an added Picture taken on the occasion of the delivery of the first IS 12T Isuzu 12-ton truck in Kerala to Mr. Gangadharan, Partner, Sri Muruga Traders, the cement dealer from Palakkad, by Mr. V. Ni- advantage for the cement segment. lakantan, Area Manager, SML Isuzu Ltd., Cochin. Mr. Himamudhin Ramju Sait, Managing Director, The SML Isuzu Kerala team has Maxim Motors Pvt. Ltd., Cochin and Mr. Avinash, Partner, Sri Muruga Traders, look on. got strong business plans to pen- ment with its newly-launched IS12T The company has more than 30 etrate into the 12-ton GVW seg- truck. per cent market share in the New sales outlet opened Meanwhile, the company 5-10 ton GVW segment in India. has inaugurated its new sales with the sales figure crossing 200 outlet at Palakkad. Known as vehicles per annum. As a part of in- Kingston Motors, headed by creased emphasis on the Palakkad Mr. Sreekumaran Nair, who is market with new Isuzu products a major player in the auto body coming into its product range, the building segment from central company has aggressive business Kerala. The outlet was inau- plans for it. gurated by Mr. V. Nilakantan, Kingston Motors is an ISO 9001- Area Manager, SML Isuzu Ltd. 2008 certified company which is Situated on Trichur-Palakkad into auto body building with G. byepass road, the outlet will Sreekumaran Nair as Proprietor. also be dealing in service and Kingston has its registered office at spares of SML Isuzu products Kalamassery, Cochin, which is op- for Palakkad district. erating for the past two decades. Palakkad has always been a Mr. Vimal Raj, an engineer by pro- Mr. V. Nilakantan cutting the ribbon to open the new sales outlet at Palakkad. strong market for SML Isuzu, fession, is its Managing Director. w

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Eicher’s all-round good performance

Eicher Trucks and Buses has recorded sales of 3,248 units in November. This is 20 per cent higher than the sales in No- vember 2010. The YTD 2011 figure stands at 43,286 units as compared to the YTD 2010 figure of 34,151 units, representing a growth of 27 per cent. The company has recorded a growth of 26 per cent in the domestic CV market (5T & above) in November as compared to the same month growth. The November 2011 sales stand at 249 units in 2010. The November figure stands at 3,171 units (179 units). The YTD 2011 figure at 6,118 units marked as against 2,519 units. The YTD 2011 figure stands at a growth of 32 per cent. 40,717 units (32,038 units), representing a growth of 27 The heavy-duty (HD) Eicher trucks have recorded a per cent. In the 5-12t light & medium duty truck segment growth of 113.5 per cent in the domestic market. The Eicher has recorded a 14 per cent growth. The Novem- November sales stand at 555 units (260 units). The YTD ber 2011 figure stands at 2,367 units (2,080 units). The 2011 figure stands at 6,410 units as compared to 3,698 YTD 2011 figure of 28,189 units represents a growth of units, registering a growth of 73 per cent. The company 19 per cent. exported 77 units in November. YTD exports stand at In the bus segment, Eicher registered a 39 per cent 2,569 units, registering a 22 per cent growth. w

Bajaj Auto 3-wheeler model sales in Delhi NCR at new high

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. and trading hubs. The efficient en- Puskhar Sinha, Regional Manager - gine also ensures a smooth climb on North (CV), Bajaj Auto Ltd., said: the numerous flyovers of Delhi”. “We are happy to have achieved With the KMP (Kundli-Manesar- this feat in Delhi NCR. We thank Palwal) freight corridor planned the thousands of satisfied custom- around Delhi, entry for bigger cargo ers who make a living by operating vehicles is likely to be restricted at these goods carriers. GC CNG Max many places. The Bajaj GC Max occupies a leadership market share CNG will then prove to be an even in Delhi NCR. This model has an better option for last-mile goods Bajaj Auto Ltd. has reached oil-cooled 200 cc engine which de- transportation. It represents a real another milestone with the sale of livers 8.75 BHP power and is com- value for its proud owners. It is of- its 10,000th goods carrier GC CNG pliant with Bharat Stage 3 norms. It fered with attractive standard fea- Max in Delhi and the NCR region. has a 7.5 kg CNG cylinder which tures and at less than Rs. 2 lakhs. To celebrate the occasion, a hundred is ideal for long trips and has a fuel The company has sold over 2.10 vehicles were delivered at a grand average of around 36 km per kg of lakh three-wheelers last year and function attended by almost 200 CNG. With its compact design, it has set a sales target of 2.50 lakhs company customers and financiers. is ideally suited for congested areas for the coming year. w

58 MOTORINDIA l January 2012 focus on trailers TRAILER 2011, a runaway success

By N. Balasubramanian, Editorial Team

TRAILER 2011, the International ture of the event. The ITOY Award ners, the other exhibitors displayed Trade Fair for Trailers and Equip- was bagged by the Mercedes-Benz their products and services most ment, held in Kortrijk, Belgium, Actros. professionally. from November 25 to 29, attract- The awards ceremony took place The exhibition organizer Trans- ed a large number of participants at the opening night of Trailer 2011, port en Logistiek Vlaanderen (TLV) from the trailer industry and related which was largely attended and was simply taken by surprise by the equipment manufacturers. The pres- which turned out to be an exciting unexpectedly high number of exhib- ence of commercial vehicle giants kick-off for a big networking event itors who enthusiastically displayed like Mercedes, Volvo, Scania and together with exhibitors, VIPs and their latest products. It was feared MAN was the major attraction of numerous representatives of the earlier that the global slowdown the event. Other notable participants transport industry. would adversely affect the number were Carrier, Continental, DAF and The huge attendance inspired the of both exhibitors and trade visitors Kogel, among others. exhibitors to come up with interest- expected at the show. But ultimately Obviously, presentation of the ing and innovative products. The the general response was the same ‘International Truck of the Year’ best of those, Humblet and Carros- as in previous editions of the fair. (ITOY) Award, for the very first serie Matthijs, were presented the time in Belgium, was a notable fea- Trailer Awards. Besides these win- w

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Truck of the Year Award for Mercedes-Benz New Actros

From left, Mr. Georg Weiberg, Head of Truck Product Engineering, Mr. Hubertus Troska, Head of Mercedes-Benz Trucks and Mr. Gianenrico Griffini, President of the “Truck Of The Year”-Jury

Mercedes-Benz’s New Actros road, all-wheel-drive range, which truck launched in the previous 12 has been chosen as the Interna- collected 67 votes. Scania’s Euro 6 months which has made the greatest tional Truck of the Year 2012 by a range claimed the third place with contribution to road transport effi- 24-strong jury of commercial ve- 50 votes. ciency in terms of innovation, com- hicle journalists, representing 24 According to the ITOY rules, the fort, safety, driveability, fuel econo- countries throughout Europe. This annual award is presented to the my and lowering exhaust emissions. prestigious Award was presented at It is the fourth time that the Actros the opening of the 14th edition of Mercedes-Benz’s perform- has won the ITOY Award altogeth- Trailer 2011 in Kortrijk Xpo, Bel- ance comes just a year af- er. Its first victory was in 1997. With gium, held during November 25-29. ter its Atego medium-duty the second generation, it won again With a total score of 161 votes, truck scooped the ITOY in 2004. And in 2009 the third gen- the new German heavy-duty truck 2011 Gold at the IAA Show eration Actros made it an impres- fought off the challenge posed by sive triple win for the German truck the Czech-built Tatra Phoenix off- in Hanover manufacturer.

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The New Actros is a truck that’s a complete stop without the aid of both revolutionary and evolution- Having already tested the the driver. ary. The revolution part lies in a New Actros twice this year, Also, Mercedes-Benz’s decision superb blend of improved driveline- the ITOY jury was par- to offer its Fleet Board telematics technology and cab aerodynamics ticularly impressed by its system as standard ensures a driver that neutralise the effects of Euro 6 ride-and-handling which receives direct feedback on the driv- on fuel consumption, one of the big- set a new benchmark in ing style, thus reducing fuel con- gest concerns for road transport op- sumption as well as CO emissions. the heavy-duty truck sec- 2 erators, both now and for the future. And this will be a critical issue for The vehicle’s all-new OM471 tor. commercial vehicles in the EU over 12.8-litre in-line-six engine comes The evolutionary aspects entail the coming years. with a pressure-amplified com- updated cab interiors and layouts Summing up the ITOY jury’s monrail injection system and an with colour-code separation be- vote, International Truck of the asymmetric inlet turbocharger. It tween the working (driving) and Year Chairman, Gianenrico Griffini, also features a highly sophisticated living areas. Moreover, the New commented: “Mercedes-Benz has engine thermal-control system that Actros fairly bristles with safety delivered a new heavy duty truck includes electrically-actuated radia- systems, including a second gen- that’s both revolutionary and evo- tor shutters. The latest design of in- eration radar-controlled active brake lutionary and one which, above all strument panel and dashboard also assist device, capable of detecting else, has demonstrably ‘raised the ensures an extremely user-friendly stationary obstacles in the path of bar’ in heavy truck efficiency and man-machine interface. the truck and bringing the vehicle to comfort.” w

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Benz study on reduced fuel use,

CO2 emissions of trucks Wind resistance falls by 18 per It is on this basis that the design- diffuser has the shape of a parallelo- cent and the fuel consumption by ers have now created a trailer with gram and links up with the under- virtually five per cent: the design corresponding properties. Numer- body panelling. This improves wind study from Mercedes-Benz goes by ous individual measures drastically resistance by one to two per cent. the working title “aero trailer” and lower the wind resistance of the en- A rear end taper measuring slight- shows how it is possible to reduce tire tractor unit. A front airdam on ly more than 400 mm in length yet further the already low consump- the trailer reduces the distance to the forms a crucial part of the aerody- tractor unit and lowers wind resist- namic concept. It features folding tion and thus also the CO2 emissions of state-of-the-art trucks such as the ance by one per cent. Meanwhile, elements to facilitate access to the new Actros. side trim panels contribute an eight load compartment. The rear end ta- Mercedes-Benz presented its ide- per cent improvement. They are per improves wind resistance by a as for the first time at the “Trailer slightly drawn-in at the front and further seven per cent. 2011” show held during November characterised by an opening at the All in all the aero trailer lowers 25-29 in Kortrijk, Belgium. In close rear. This steers the air in the direc- wind resistance of the entire semi- co-operation with the Commercial tion of the striking rear diffuser. The trailer tractor by approximately 18 Vehicle Design Department, they per cent. In the experience of Mer- have already succeeded in cutting The aero trailer encom- cedes-Benz this results in a reduc- the wind resistance of the new pre- passes a tremendous tion in fuel consumption amounting mium truck, the Mercedes-Benz amount of know-how con- to almost five per cent in real-life Actros, bringing it down to 12 to 15 tributed by the developers road traffic. In the case of an aver- per cent lower than that of its pred- and aerodynamicists at age mileage of 150,000 km a year ecessor, depending on the model in this means a saving of some 2,000 question. Mercedes-Benz. litres of diesel fuel and relieves the

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burden on the environment to the

tune of over five tonnes of CO2 per annum. The fundamental feature of the revolutionary aero trailer is to be found in its load compartment, whose dimensions remain totally unaffected. The familiar box, measuring 13.6 m in length, 2.55 m in width and with an overall height of four metres, remains available for the freight, just as before. The aero trailer’s only restriction is the fact that its length measure- sumption advantage was achieved km in long-distance transport this ment exceeds the currently permissi- by the Actros earlier this year: dur- results in a saving of around 750 l of ble limit by almost half a metre, due ing the “Record Run” it totalled 7.6 fuel and relieves the burden on the to the tail-end extension. That said, per cent less consumption, with 25.1 environment to the tune of approxi-

the handling and manoeuvrability to 27.1 litres/100 km. The values mately 2000 kg of CO2 emissions. are not in any way compromised by were determined by Mercedes-Benz “Boat tail” saves 1000 l of the taper. It is here that changes to under neutral supervision: semitrail- diesel legislation are necessary, as in the er tractors bearing 40-tonne loads In addition to this, at the instiga- case of tail lifts and transportable were each driven 10,000 km in iden- tion of Mercedes-Benz a working fork-lift trucks, for instance, where tical conditions between Rotterdam group of truck and trailer manufac- exceptions of a similar magnitude in the Netherlands and Szczecin in turers under the umbrella of the Ger- are already granted. Poland. “Truck and Trailer 7plus” man Association of the Automotive The “Truck and Trailer 7plus” stands for the fact that Mercedes- Industry has carried out further tests initiative Benz wants to extend the consump- on the aerodynamics of semi-trailer The aero trailer is the flagship of tion advantage achieved here by tractors. In the framework of this the new “Truck and Trailer 7plus” closely co-operating with the trailer study, measurements in the wind initiative being launched by Mer- manufacturers. tunnel at Mercedes-Benz concluded cedes-Benz. Intensive tests in the wind tunnel that modifications to the cab such as The basis of the “Truck and and on the road prove that consider- a supposedly aerodynamic exten- Trailer 7plus” formula is the fuel able further consumption progress is sion result in merely minimal im- consumption of the new Mercedes- possible for semitrailer tractors. By provements where wind resistance Benz Actros, which is proven to be way of example, measurements tak- is concerned. more than seven per cent lower than en in the wind tunnel at Mercedes- There is much more potential in its predecessor model, itself rec- Benz have shown that a side trim aerodynamic measures at the tail ognised as being frugal. This con- panel on the trailer cuts wind resist- end of the trailer; a minor extension ance by eight per cent. of the tail end in the form of a “boat By taking a holistic approach During test drives on the Record tail” brings significant benefits. to the tractor unit and trailer it Run route this translated into a real- Four flaps measuring just 400 mm aims to considerably cut fuel con- life consumption benefit of some in length and positioned at an angle sumption, and thus also the CO two per cent for a semitrailer tractor reduce the wind resistance of the en- 2 tire semi-trailer tractor by nearly 10 emissions of semitrailer tractors weighing 40 tonnes. In the case of an average annual mileage of 150,000 per cent. In arithmetical terms this

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corresponds to virtually three per application in question – from a sin- cent less fuel consumption or more The unique DCA Airmaster gle source. With a view to achiev- than 1000 l of diesel a year. At the trailer axle is one of Mer- ing the utmost efficiency the new same time it saves the environment cedes-Benz’s outstanding Actros spent 2600 hours in the wind over 2600 kg of CO emissions. This tunnel alone, being meticulously op- 2 products: it stores the com- is also proven by the simulations pressed air for the trailer in timised, as intensively and carefully which have been carried out for the as no truck before it. As a result the the axle housing. This saves aero trailer. new Actros is the most frugal and As part of its “Truck and Trailer the air vessels for the trailer therefore the cleanest truck in its 7plus” initiative Mercedes-Benz is and reduces the weight, and class. working on further holistic measures with it fuel consumption and There is a long tradition of adopt- aimed at lowering fuel consumption. emissions. ing a holistic approach to the truck One of the projects involves inclu- and trailer at Mercedes-Benz. As sion of information on the trailer’s all system. More than 80 Mercedes- far back as the mid-1980s the de- tyres in the tyre pressure display in Benz locations now deal with the velopment engineers were carrying the cab of the new Actros. entire service for the tractor unit, out in-depth investigations into the The FleetBoard subsidiary – trailer and bodies, plus their associ- aerodynamics of entire vehicle com- which leads the field when it comes ated components. TruckWorks en- binations. These involved research to telematics for commercial vehi- sures the same levels of top quality into the effect of air deflector panels, cles – is also currently developing at each location and saves the opera- side trim panels, edge radii and rear methods of integrating the trailer in tors of semi-trailer/tractor combina- end tapers. its systems. This forms the basis for tions expense and unnecessary jour- The fundamental knowledge concrete opportunities for increas- neys – which, in turn, means less gained then is still valid to this day ing economy and therefore envi- fuel consumption and reduces the and forms the basis for the current ronmental compatibility to an even burden on the environment. investigations. In those days the fo- greater extent. The nearest available New Actros, towards utmost cus was merely on saving fuel for suitable trailer for a particular job, efficiency economic reasons; priority had not the correct allocation of truck and The inclusion of the trailer supple- yet been given to protecting the en- ments the already superb economy trailer, the transmission of trailer vironment by reducing CO2 output. data to the truck’s cockpit – these displayed by the new Mercedes- Today, some 25 years later, environ- and other ideas could soon become Benz Actros. It is driven as eco- ment relief, conservation of resourc- a reality. nomically as it is powerfully with es and economy represent seamless TruckWorks is a further example a highly sophisticated drive system additions, in the form of the “Truck of integrating the trailer in an over- – perfectly matched to the particular and Trailer 7plus” initiative. w

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WABCO braking systems for Krone trailers

nologies to the special condi- “We are proud to win a prestigious tions of agricultural trailers, Medal for Innovation at Agritech- thus advancing the braking nica 2011, and we value WABCO’s safety of farm trailers and further stabilizing the tractor-trail- contribution to Krone’s technology er combination by selectively leadership in our segment of the braking the trailer’s individual trailer industry,” sides. – Mr. Hermann Jörgens Mr. Hermann Jörgens, Head innovations in off-road, specialty of Brake Systems at Krone markets, thus increasing WABCO Agriculture said: “With WA- content per vehicle as we strive with BCO’s advanced braking, trailer customers toward zero acci- roll-over control and stability dents.” technologies for trailers, Krone WABCO introduced T-EBS for continues to improve vehicle commercial trailers in 1998 and has safety, particularly as agricul- maintained its global leadership for tural transport units become this safety technology. T-EBS short- even larger and faster.” ens the braking distance and ena- “Winning an Agritechnica bles stable steering throughout the Innovation Award demon- braking procedure. It also improves Mr. Hermann Jörgens, Head of Brake Systems at strates how Krone continues brake wear, thus reducing mainte- Krone Agriculture to set standards for vehicle nance cost. WABCO Holdings Inc. has an- safety in the growing agricultural As of 2010, WABCO has sold nounced that it supplies trailer elec- segment of the global trailer indus- more than one million trailer electronic braking systems (T-EBS) try,” said Nick Rens, WABCO Vice tronic braking systems, and the com- with its roll stability support func- President, Trailer Systems and Af- pany’s newest generation features tion (RSS) to Krone, a leading Eu- termarket. “WABCO is passionate 20 intelligent functions such as Tail- ropean manufacturer of agricultural about advancing vehicle safety and GUARD, a rear blind-spot-detection trailers and machinery, and winner improving driver effectiveness as system with automatic braking. of an Agritechnica 2011 Innovation we leverage our commercial trailer w Award. Recently held in Hanover, Germany, Agritechnica is the world’s largest exhibition for agricultural machinery and equipment. Krone has applied WABCO T-EBS with RSS trailer tech-

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Step into the world where Amalgamations is a group that focus on the product range, R&D engineering benchmarks competes with itself in engineering capabilities and new technologies, have been set, to be raised excellence. It keeps on accelerating besides sales and distribution. These its pace through technology leader- initiatives have enabled the group to again and again, by a light en- ship, manufacturing superiority and build a sound technology platform, gineering conglomerate with global support. Its technological in- with strong in-house capabilities. 50 manufacturing plants in novativeness and initiatives on new The Amalgamations Group has India. The auto component product development have contrib- 46 companies and 50 manufacturing manufacturing companies of uted to its strong equity around the plants with a presence in manufac- the Amalgamations Group world. turing, trading & distribution, plan- work with practically every As a business philosophy, the tations and services. group companies maintain a lead- Simpson & Co. Ltd. OEM in India. Some of them ership status by focusing on new Simpsons pioneered road trans- were started in the 1950s, generation technologies. A carefully portation in India with building to bolster India’s import calibrated strategy of the product- coaches and carriages in 1840 and substitution requirements. market matrix has enabled sharp later motor-cars, steam passenger

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factures 25 hp to 90 hp tractors at its er, Suzuki Powertrain, Mahindra, four modern plants. Piaggio and Navistar. It is also TAFE has a pan India presence working with several OEMs in de- with over 2,000 dealers, branches veloping pistons for their new en- and parts/service outlets. gine platforms. India Pistons Ltd. IP Rings Ltd. India Pistons Ltd. (IPL) is the first IP Rings, India’s pioneer and lead- auto ancillary manufacturing unit er in speciality steel piston rings, buses and public utility vehicles. established in India. In its growth was promoted by India Pistons, The company thus played a vital spanning six decades, it has consist- Simpsons, TAFE and Amalgama- role in the development of India’s ently strived to enhance and equip tions in 1991 with equity participa- road transport industry. itself to develop world class quality tion and technical collaboration with Simpsons today is one of India’s standards in manufacturing automo- Nippon Piston Ring Co. Ltd. (NPR), largest independent diesel engine bile components. Japan. manufacturers offering the widest Today, IPL’s world class plants The company specialises in steel power spectrum for the most di- have the most advanced equipment piston rings and offers a range of verse usage in the industry. It has to manufacture pistons, piston rings, cast iron and SG iron compression produced over a million engines for gudgeon pins, circlips, cylinder lin- rings. The company has the know- over 200 applications. ers, ferrous castings, large bore pis- how to offer 3-piece oil rings of ei- This performance has been tons and ring carriers to meet any ther ‘S’ or ‘H’ design, as well as cast achieved by building internal ca- manufacturer’s standards globally. iron and steel gas, nitrided conform- pabilities on multiple dimensions – The other products include automo- able oil rings. It offers cutting-edge manufacturing, technology, project tive valves and gaskets for various surface engineering technologies for management, excellent vendor ac- applications. coatings like chrome plaiting, plas- cess & E C O Systems, quality and The company’s world class manu- ma spray and gas nitriding. after-market support. facturing plants are located at Sem- The company has developed Tractors and Farm biam and Sengundram near Chen- transmission components for Tata Equipment Ltd. (TAFE) nai. Motors, Iligin/Hyundai, Piaggio TAFE pioneered mechanisation Mahle IPL Ltd. vehicles, MAN Force and TAFE. of Indian farms in 1960, by manu- Mahle IPL Ltd. (MIPL) is a joint Its product range for piston rings facturing and marketing the Massey venture with Mahle GmbH, Ger- and transmission components cov- Ferguson range of tractors and allied many, to manufacture pistons for ers the entire spectrum of auto- farm equipment. The company con- automotive applications complying mobile segments including heavy tinues to be a catalyst of change in with stringent emission norms of commercial vehicles, light com- the lives of Indian farmers, empow- Euro IV and above. Equipped with mercial vehicles, multi-utility vehi- ering them with its complete farm automated casting cells and robo- cles among others. mechanisation package that includes tised machining lines at its hi-tech IP Pins & Liners Ltd. tractors and farm equipment, train- plant in Maraimalai Nagar, MIPL IPPL, a venture promoted by ing in modern farming and adaptive has a capacity of 4.8 million pistons IPL, was set up in 1988 at Ma- agricultural research. per annum. MIPL has set up satellite raimalai Nagar for manufacturing Now ranked among the top six assembly units in Gurgaon, Hosur, precision heat treated, machined tractor manufacturers in the world, Pune and Uttarakhand, close to cus- steel components for automotive TAFE offers rugged, heavy duty, fu- tomer plants. industries, fuel pump manufactur- el-efficient tractors that meet every MIPL’s customers include Ashok ing segments and general / light need of the Indian farmer. It manu- Leyland, Tata Motors, Volvo-Eich- engineering segments.

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gineering and Projects Division in mm to 412 mm and cover assem- Hosur. blies from 160 mm to 380 mm. It Amalgamations Valeo caters to the requirements of do- Clutch Private Ltd. mestic OEMs, after-market, trans- AVCPL, located in Chennai, is a port undertakings and specific joint venture with Valeo, France. international OEMs and after-mar- It manufactures clutches ranging kets. It exports its products to Sri from 160 mm to 430 mm in diam- Lanka, East European countries, eter and sells centering clutch re- the UK, the Middle East and the lease bearings for passenger cars, US. three-wheelers, trucks and trac- Shardlow India Ltd. tors. Shardlow India manufactures The company has made major forgings and machined crankshafts strides since inception and today for auto / industrial engines for IPPL has gained leadership posi- is a preferred supplier for major over 40 years. It has developed tion in all segments with its sealed vehicle manufacturers (OEMs). Its heavy and intricate forgings to quench furnace, gas carburizing total commitment to quality pro- meet the stringent requirements of furnaces, CNC centreless grind- pels it forward. The state-of-the- Defence, Railways and other gen- ing machines, super finishing art production facilities include eral engineering sectors also. The machines, testing and validation press shop for making precision company has two fully equipped equipments, and sophisticated in- pressed parts, heat treatment fa- forging units, integrated precision house design techniques. cilities and special testing and bal- die shop and heat-treatment facili- Bimetal Bearings Ltd. ancing machines. ties in both its plants. BBL, established in 1961 in col- Amalgamations Repco The advanced manufacturing fa- laboration with Clevite Inc. of the Ltd. cilities in the Machine Shop have US and Repco Ltd. of Australia, AMREP is engaged in manufac- dedicated lines for manufacturing has emerged the market leader in turing and marketing of automo- crankshafts that meet the require- the domestic engine bearing indus- tive / tractor clutches and clutch ments of precision products of try. BBL currently has an Intellec- parts at its plant in Chennai. The EURO-3 Standards, axle shafts and tual Property Right & Technology product range covers clutch-driven connecting rods for automotive and Transfer agreement with Daido plates with organic facings / cera- diesel engine applications. Metal Company, Japan, covering metallic button type facings, coil manufacture of new generation type and diaphragm type clutch w bearing alloys, including alumini- cover assem- um-based lead-free alloys, manu- blies, and serv- facturing technology upgradation ice kits used for across all facilities and quality replairing / re- systems. building clutch BBL is a fully integrated multi- cover assem- plant / multi-location operation blies. with its stripmill and powder plant AMREP has and bushing and thrust washer the capability plant in Chennai, bearing plants to manufacture in Coimbatore and Hosur, R&D clutch driven Centre in Coimbatore and the En- plates from 160

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Rane taking new avatar on 75th anniversary

By R. Natarajan, Managing Editor & Publisher

‘the customer first’ approach, the group has witnessed major changes over the decades. As for Rane Holdings, its strong foundation has become a brand image among the shareholders. Particularly the period 2001-10 marked a decade of excellence for its growth, and the company’s focus would be more on employees’ innovative approach.

Even during the recessionary phase, the company maintained a moder- The winning trio – From left, Mr. Harish Lakshman, Director on the Board of Rane Hold- ate growth of 10-12 per cent, con- ings Ltd., Mr. L. Lakshman, Chairman, Rane Holdings Ltd., and Mr. L. Ganesh, Chairman, Rane Group, at the press meet in Chennai to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee firming the high quality of its products and the customer acceptance. Rane Holdings Ltd., the so-called Addressing a press conference in conservative, low-profile Rane Chennai on the occasion of its Plati- For the current year, the group has Group company, has taken a new num Jubilee celebrations, Mr. L. set a sales target of around Rs. 2,300 avatar on the occasion of its 75th Lakshman, Chairman, Rane Hold- crores, of which exports would ac- anniversary celebrated recently. ings Ltd., said that the company re- count for 15 per cent. In order to Known for its quality and customer- lied on ‘the customer first’ principle. become a globally innovative com- centric approach, the company prod- This mostly accounted for it receiv- pany in the next few years, it has en- ucts such as engine valves, brakelin- ing the Deming and JQM medals. hanced its R&D spend from 0.5 per ings, steering gears, power steering He said the company’s first foray cent to 1.7 per cent of the turnover. systems, etc., enjoy a clear market into manufacturing, particularly in Mr. Harish Lakshman, Direc- leadership. Since, of late, there is a the 1950s, would have called for tor on the Board of Rane Holdings sea-change in the Indian automo- enormous courage because of the Ltd., observed that 40 per cent of the tive industry, the company has taken associated risks involved. The com- overall sales of the group companies fresh initiatives like increasing the pany has many achievements to its comes from the commercial vehi- R&D spend, going in for acquisi- credit. The industry has changed cle segment, which would remain tions and special focus on IPR in dramatically in the last 15 years, and a thrust area in the future as well. order to ensure a most vigorous and the customers’ requirements have Since there is significant growth in vibrant role for the company in the also undergone a sea-change, he sales of commercial vehicles as well auto component sector. All this has added. as the number of players in the field, resulted in doubling the turnover in According to Mr. L. Ganesh, the company remains bullish on the the quickest possible time. Chairman, Rane Group, based on growth prospects. w

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Dürr India bagging major orders from OEMs on regular basis By R. Natarajan, Managing Editor & Publisher ürr India Pvt. Ltd., founded in Chennai Din 1997, is mostly engaged in planning, engineering, sub-contracting, installation and commission- ing of paintshops and final assembly systems on a turn- key basis. The Indian subsidiary of Dürr, Germany, has become a leading supplier of complete paintshops for the automobile industry and the industrial market for OEM and tier 1 and 2 suppliers in India. Mr. Andreas Stedtfeld, Managing Director of Dürr India Pvt. Ltd., ex- plains the progress of the paint and final assembly systems business over the years and the company aspirations for the coming years. In 1996 Dürr supplied the entire paintshop at Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) Ltd., Nashik. Subsequent orders for paint and final assembly equipment were received from Ford and Hyundai in Chennai and from Tata Motors for their production facilities at Pune, Lucknow and Sanand. Currently the company has many large, medium and small projects “We have identified and developed good vendors in India. A strong local vendor base is important to stay competitive.” Mr. Andreas Stedtfeld, Managing Director, Dürr India Pvt. Ltd – Mr. Andreas Stedtfeld

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in hand. One of the major projects bagged by it is the deal for the Tata plant for light commercial vehicles at Dharwad, Karnataka, and for the Ford plant at Sanand where the production rate will be very high. Commenting on the need for a strong local vendor base, Mr. An- dreas Stedtfeld says: “We have identified and developed good vendors in India. A strong local vendor base is important to stay competitive. We have to confine import to highest technology scope only, so we must find local vendors with good quali- ties”. Its ability to supply upto 70 per cent of equipment for paintshop and final assembly systems based on local suppliers makes it easier for Dürr to handle developments on the Indian market. Heavy metal sheet and steel structure cabins and conveyors are a few cent of its sales in business with the (volatile organic components) levels products supplied to the company automotive industry. However, with in India and meeting worldwide pol- by local vendors. its affiliated company Schenck Ro- lution control standards. The most innovative products en- Tec Ltd., Noida, Dürr is also active As in the case of OEMs them- gineered and imported to a signifi- in manufacturing, sales and service selves, Dürr has successfully ex- cant extent from Germany are the of balancing and diagnostic systems, panded its capacities on the sub- rotative conveyor system for pre- a 25-year-old operation. It is also ca- continent with a view to effectively treatment and E-Coating (“RoDip”), tering for other industries. Another serving the local market. Recently the application technology and the business unit for cleaning and filtra- the company took a share in the new dry scrubber system for paint tion systems is operating from Pune. execution of a paintshop project in separation in the paint cabin (“Eco- Furthermore, Dürr India stepped Thailand. Deployment of Indian DryScrubber”). into the fast developing energy and experts for China, Germany and As a world leader, Dürr is target- environmental systems segment Morocco and the fact that almost ing OEM orders with a key role about two years ago. Currently the a quarter of the engineering work played by the passenger and com- second big project on a thermal oxi- done at Dürr India’s main office in mercial vehicle segment. dizer plant for a chemical company Chennai related to projects for the With Dürr’s entry in India, the lo- in Andhra Pradesh is in progress and Dürr Group outside India reflect the cal customers have access to world another project will be started soon high level of competence achieved class painting technology available in Gujarat. With this enhanced ac- by the company with an employee at a competitive price. Dürr on a tivity, Dürr is contributing a lot to strength of 195.

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York plan to launch premium axle, maintenance-free suspension

Buoyant on its design, development and manufacturing excellence for an entire suite of trailer axles and truck/trailer aggregates, York India, a Singapore-based company, will unveil its new products at Auto Expo 2012. York traces its origin to York Trailers, UK, one of the largest and reputed manufacturers of trailers and axles in Europe. York excels in customized solutions and innovative designs for specific markets like Asia-Pacific, Australia and India. salient features like outboard brake regular maintenance. With a wide variety of offerings drum for easy maintenance and Torque arms and spring seats of already available in the Indian mar- coarse thread wheel bolts for better the suspension are made of high ket, the company is launching its life. strength steel casting with eye bolt Premium Axle in 13 tons category Improved lubrication system is auto locks for torque retention. An- and maintenance-free suspension in the special feature of this axle. Hub other innovative product feature is India. Designed specifically for In- greasing is possible without disman- the improved case hardened replace- dian conditions, these new products tling the hub. Axles are fitted with able wear pad (bolted type) for bet- offer economy of usage, with endur- separate grease nipple for hub greas- ter wear resistance and easy replace- ance and trouble-free performance ing. ment. characteristic of York’s existing Maintenance-free suspension is York, a Tata brand known for its product range. another of York’s innovative prod- reliable premium quality products The Premium 13-ton axles are ucts being launched in the indian for the trailer industry, supports its manufactured with long life axle market. The suspension, manufac- products with reliable aftermarket beam having standard track lengths tured using fewer components, of- service. It has strong service & spare of 1850 mm and 1950 mm. Option fers durability with low tare weight. parts set-up in all major cities in In- available is for track length up to Designed to carry 12-ton weight it is dia. Its team of 30 service engineers 3000 mm. The new products offer built with a ride height of 560 mm. located in all major cities is in close It has significant features like taper contact with the valuable customers For the first time in India, York is poly bushes to minimize end play in to ensure trouble-free operation. manufacturing axles with in-built torque arms and equalizers pins. With a new add-on production ca- provision for tyre inflation system to Castle nuts and auto locks are used pacity of one lakh axles, the R&D centre and training facility at Pune, help, maintain and correct tyre pres- in all fasteners provided in the suspension, which relieves the custom- York is poised to offer many more sure in trailers as well as increase ers of regular maintenance. It also innovative products to the Indian tyre life by at least 20 per cent. reduces losses due to negligence in trailer industry. w

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Commercial Vehicle Supplier Award for WABCO

WABCO Holdings customer satisfaction Inc., a global technol- amongst distributors, ogy leader and tier- fleets and vehicle op- one supplier to the erators,” said Mr. Nick commercial vehicle Rens, WABCO Vice industry, has just an- President, Trailer Sys- nounced that the Inde- tems and Aftermarket. pendent Automotive “Our service capabili- Aftermarket Federa- ties and standards dif- tion (IAAF) of the UK ferentiate WABCO in has named WABCO the aftermarket, thus as the “Commercial providing customers Vehicle Supplier of with safe, efficient and the Year” for 2011, peak performance over marking the fourth the lifetime of their time the company has commercial vehicles.” earned this award in He added: “This the last six years. award shows that WA- IAAF is UK’s larg- BCO has an excellent est trade association partnership with our representing inde- distributors as they en- pendent automotive sure that our end users parts distributors, af- receive the right part, termarket service cent- at the right time, every ers and garages as well time. WABCO distrib- as parts manufacturers utors also support our and importers. end users with excel- Mr. Nick Best, IAAF President lent technical knowledge,” said Mr. said: “It is WABCO’s fourth year “This Award recognizes Chris Chapman, Regional Leader, winning this top award, an achieve- service excellence, high United Kingdom and North Amer- ment unmatched by any other sup- quality products and ex- ica Aftermarket. “As fleets increas- plier, and another mark of WA- pert technical support and ingly operate across borders, our BCO’s leadership and consistent we congratulate WABCO on customers value WABCO’s service performance.” their success as ‘Commer- excellence and product quality not “WABCO is proud to be honored cial Vehicle Supplier of the only in the UK but also throughout once again by the UK’s leading af- the whole European aftermarket.” termarket trade association, as we Year’ for 2011.” are passionate about maximizing – Mr. Nick Best w

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Torotrak-Allison transmission project progresses to next stage

Gearless traction drive islative pressure to improve company Torotrak PLC is fuel economy. In the US, new progressing to the next stage regulations from the National in its programme with Al- Highway Traffic Safety Ad- lison Transmissions Inc, the ministration (NHTSA) and world’s largest supplier of the Environmental Protection automatic gearboxes for mid- Agency require heavy trucks to large-size commercial ve- to achieve fuel consumption hicles. The programme has and CO2 emissions savings of moved through an important around 20 per cent from the milestone that has proved the 2018 model year onwards. transmission’s required per- Affecting vehicles built and formance on concept hard- sold in 2017, commercial ware. The next phase of the vehicle manufacturers must programme will develop pro- move quickly to ensure they totypes of a fully representa- have solutions in place. tive production design. “The new US regulations Having completed an ex- signal a change of priority tensive process of knowledge from the legislators, shifting transfer to Allison personnel, “Torotrak’s completion of a substan- the emphasis from reductions Allison Transmissions will tial proof-ofconcept programme with in noxious emissions to im- lead the programme towards Allison allows the programme to enter provements in fuel economy,” production of transmissions commented Torotrak Chief while Torotrak provides on- the next phase, proceeding to produc- Executive Dick Elsy. “Toro- going specialist technical sup- tion-representative hardware.” trak’s variable drive technol- port and engineering consul- – Mr. Jeremy Deering, Torotrak Commercial Director ogy can help manufacturers to tancy. improve commercial vehicle Mr. Jeremy Deering, Torotrak id, is as important to success as is fuel efficiency and emissions. We Commercial Director said: “Toro- the disciplined engineering staged know from the work to date that trak has re-shaped its engineering approach and forensic attention to Torotrak technology is most effec- delivery structure over the last six detail in planning. We are engaged tive at saving fuel in vehicles with months to provide the most relevant with a number of suppliers with a stop-start duty cycles, a big part support as programmes such as Al- view to establishing relationships to of the commercial vehicle market. lison’s move closer towards com- support Torotrak licensees.” We have a proven technology with mercialisation. Helping develop the The timing of the programme an appropriate timescale for intro- production supply chain for impor- means Torotrak’s technology could duction which can be implemented tant variable drive components, such be part of the commercial vehicle in- cost-effectively.” as the discs, rollers and traction flu- dustry’s response to the growing leg- Torotrak technology is being de-

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veloped for use in a number of other cal, downsized engines, which form vehicle systems that reduce CO2 a significant part of CO2 strategies, emissions. The company’s compact still provide the driveability car buy- continuously variable transmission ers expect. Testing of the system is (CVT) is a key part of mechanical underway at Torotrak, and talks flywheel hybrid systems for cars and with vehicle manufacturers and Tier commercial vehicles. One suppliers are in progress. Torotrak’s Rotrak joint venture is “Torotrak’s technologies are developing a variable supercharger based around the concept of simple that will ensure the more economi- variable devices that help recover

Part of Torotrak’s strategy is to offer technology that can be implemented at a significantly lower cost of investment and can sit alongside more conventional transmission arrangements.

and reduce waste energy or that enable more radical engine downsiz- ing,” said Deering. “This is helping position Torotrak in new markets, and we are currently engaged with a number of Tier One suppliers and vehicle manufacturers that are looking for ways to meet stricter environmental targets.” The company’s commercial progress is reflected in its improved financial position. Torotrak recently announced half-year results that showed a cash balance of £8.8m, up from £8.3m in 2010, strengthened by a £3.5m licence payment from Allison Transmissions. Torotrak continues to conduct extensive testing and evaluation work for an unnamed European truck and bus manufacturer and has an ongoing licence agreement with Tata Motors.

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QH Talbros’ JV with Musashi of Japan for making ball joints

ball joint manufacturer. Musashi Seimitsu, founded in 1938 and headquartered in Aichi, Japan, has global sales of 127 billion yen as of March 31, 2011. Employ- ing over 8,000 persons in multiple plant locations spread across the US, Europe and Asia, Musashi is a leading player in ball joints, design development and testing. Musashi Seimitsu will support QHT with its design and techno-

Mr. Vidur Talwar, Joint Managing Director, QH Talbros Ltd. Talbros is all set to rev up its growth strategy despite the prevailing bearish trend in the automotive market. With its recent technical alliances, the automotive components manufacturer has been on an overdrive to widen its foot-print. While the gasket manufacturing division, Tal- bros Automotive Components Ltd. (TACL), has set up a joint venture with Magneti Marelli of Italy through its subsidiary Sistemi Sospensio- ni for manufacture of suspension systems and modules in India, QH Talbros Ltd. (QHT) has entered into a technical assistance agreement with Musashi Seimitsu Industries, the Japanese

Under the agreement, the two companies will jointly undertake designing and development of ball joints, as well as approval of prototypes leading to mass production.

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logical expertise, referred to as a full spectrum of ball joint components and modules, thus offering in the Indian market the most advanced lightweight solutions in line with the automotive manufacturer requirements. Commenting on the agreement, Mr. Vidur Talwar, Joint Managing Direc- tor, QH Talbros Ltd., said, “the new products will be lighter, more versatile, more steering and suspension components by April 2012. long-lasting and better than the ex- with an annual installed capacity of On its journey to becoming the isting ones”. 18 million+ assemblies with a port- best in class, to walk hand in hand Mr. Rajeev Mittal, President, QH folio of more than 1,200 products with a global technology leader who Talbros, observed that the alliance is catering to all major automobile shares the common commitment to on royalty basis and shall work on segments. It also has equity part- product, quality and performance, case-to-case, depending upon the nerships with the Affinia Group of talks are on with global players in customers. the US for steering and suspension Japan, Korea and Taiwan in the field QH Talbros already manufactures components and plans to beef up its of gaskets, ball joints and peripher- portfolio to the next level with the als. Two more JVs are likely to be “We might look at convert- latest technical agreement. inked by March 2012. ing technology agreements An investment of Rs. 20 crores Despite the sluggish market, the into joint ventures with through debts and equity funding Talbros Group is targeting a growth our partners in the future. has been made to expand the ca- rate of over 15 per cent in the cur- We shall look at technical pacity at the Pune plant and to set rent fiscal, of which QH Talbros alliances before signing a up the sixth facility in Chennai for will achieve in excess of Rs. 350 JV as engagement before manufacturing steering and suspen- crore. In 2010-11, QH Talbros had marriage.” sion components for Daimler’s new achieved a sale of Rs. 303 crore. – Mr. Vidur Talwar product, Bharat Benz. The plant is expected to commence production w

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JOST’s new trailer axle and suspension for Indian market

JOST, a leading producer of fifth wheel couplings, kingpins and tel- escopic landing gear, and the Ger- man axle manufacturer Gigant have set up a joint venture in India. The project is for production of a new trailer axle designed especially for the Indian market at the JOST factory in Jamshedpur. “With the production and sale of a specially developed axle, we are The axle has a beam made of pre- strengthening our activities in the mium fine-grained steel with shrink- Indian sub-continent,” explained fitted welded stress parts. As with all JOST CEO Lars Brorsen. JOST trailer components, e-coating JOST opened its plant for fifth reliably protects them against corro- by the rotating swash plates, which wheel couplings at Jamshedpur in sion in the long term. mean a static balance is maintained 2008. The new axles will also be The new axle offers significant between stresses on the axles during produced there. advantages. The wheel heads are normal vehicle operation. Whilst JOST has the production designed with the brake drum be- Care has been taken to ensure easy facilities and an existing sales com- fore the wheel hub, which allows the serviceability. The spare parts have pany in India, Gigant offers its vast drum to be dismantled without hav- been standardized to fit existing di- experience in the development and ing to open the hub unit or the wheel mensions readily available in the In- manufacture of premium, sturdy ax- bearing. As a result, the hub and dian market. les and suspension systems to the bearing need not be adjusted while The Jost Group company Tridec joint venture. “Designed for resist- replacing the brake linings. will exhibit its products at Auto ance to bending and torsional strain, Mechanical spring suspension Expo for the first time. The products the JOST Gigant axles fulfil all the systems for display are the HF-E hydraulic demands of use under the high stress The new axle is combined with steering system to get the optimum conditions that we see in India,” mechanical spring suspension sys- steering angles, depending on the says Markus Gehle, Gigant CEO. tems, which is typical in India. Dual trailer configuration such as the and tri-axle versions are both avail- number of axles, axle spread, etc. “At the same time, we are in- able. The suspension is equipped The second product is the TP-O creasing our competitiveness in with leaf springs, which are made hydraulic pendular axle suspen- the Indian market as a complete up of several layers of springs with sion. Tridec can combine the TP-O provider of chassis and connec- a consistent profile and trapezoidal suspension with its ride height con- tiered lengths. Individual springs tion components for trailers.” trol system for easy changes in ride can thus be easily replaced. The height and comfortably get the trail- – Mr. Lars Brorsen ends of the springs are supported er back into the ride height. w

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Caterpillar setting up plant to manufacture Perkins engines

Caterpillar Inc. has Lavin said. “The invest- announced that it will ments we announced to- build a new, state-of-the- day will ensure that our art $150 million engine customers have access manufacturing facility to world class solutions in India to produce Per- to complete projects on kins branded 4000 Se- time and at the lowest ries engines. Perkins is a owning and operating wholly-owned subsidiary costs.” of Caterpillar. Caterpil- As part of its 2015 lar is also investing an corporate strategy, Cat- additional $62 million erpillar is aggressively in its existing off-high- investing to increase way truck manufactur- capacity for a wide ing facility in Chennai. range of products in key The new investment to growth markets such expand truck capacity is as India and is continu- in addition to the $108 ing to invest to support million investment for customers in devel- Chennai the company an- oped economies such as nounced in 2010. North America, Europe Together these new and Japan. investments which will Perkins Model - 402C - 05 Mr. Thieneman said: help support the company custom- accelerate road construction and “This new investment will play a ers in India and other growth mar- overall infrastructure development, role in developing our technology kets are part of Caterpillar’s plan to and Caterpillar and our dealers are further while benefiting our cus- become the leader in its industry in continuing to make investments in tomers who are playing a vital role India. India to support these growth plans,” in the transformation of the Indian Caterpillar Group President Rich economy.” Lavin and Caterpillar India and “As our earlier investments The location for the new Perkins ASEAN Country Manager Kevin in India have neared com- engine facility is yet to be decided. Thieneman announced the new in- pletion, Caterpillar is mov- However, site selection is expected vestment proposal at a function held ing rapidly to respond to to be finalised soon. to celebrate the 40th anniversary of market conditions in India Caterpillar currently has three manufacturing facilities, a logistics Caterpillar’s manufacturing facility and to make these addi- in Thiruvallur, near Chennai. services base and a research and de- “The Government of India has tional new investments.” velopment center in India. embarked on an aggressive plan to – Mr. Thieneman w

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GNA Group offers a variety of quality auto components

It was in 1946 that Sardar an integrated infrastructure. Amar Singh initiated rear axle GNA Axles Ltd. excels in the shaft manufacturing at Meh- engineering, design, manufac- tiana in Punjab which marked ture, supply and total logistic the birth of the GNA Group support of rear axles, spindles that later emerged a global and splined shafts. leader in the field. Over the Over the years GNA Axles has years, the group grew and relentlessly built upon its lead- expanded through three gen- ership position, and today it is erations of a single family, all India’s largest manufacturer and devoted to the manufacture of undisputed expert in the sphere quality auto components. of rear axle shafts, spindles and The GNA Group’s different splined shafts. plants, spread over 2,75,000 GNA manufactures rear axle sq. metres, are Asia’a larg- shafts with flanges upto 325 mm est integrated auto component and length upto 1,200 mm. A manufacturing facility today. wide range of splined shafts in Its products have worldwide the range of 100 mm to 1,600 acceptability. Continuous mm are also manufactured to technology upgradation and meet a variety of transmission pioneering initiatives have requirements. brought forth innovative prod- GNA Duraparts specialises in ucts at the best possible value to The company facilities are colos- ring gears & epicyclic gear train for users across all light, medium and sal, state-of-the-art and to a large ex- varied automobile applications, the heavy vehicle segments. The range tent automated. These cover every range covering outer dia. 400 mm, serves a wide automotive applica- aspect of product development and width upto 100 mm and module tion in the domestic aftermarket as production – forging, heat treatment, upto 6. well as in the OE market worldwide. machining, testing and balancing. GNA Udyog Ltd. specialises in The company specialises in axle Each group company is fully inde- propeller shafts, propeller shaft shafts, gears and propeller shafts. pendent, yet draws on the benefits of components and propeller shaft as- Few companies can trace their semblies. The products meet a va- roots so deep; fewer still can draw The GNA performance out- riety of automobile requirements, upon such wealth of manufacturing look is based on maximiz- ranging from LCVs through MCVs experience. GNA has absorbed all ing quality that is vital and to HCVs. Assembled shafts things good. However it is the syn- for long-term growth. The upto 2,200 mm are currently being ergy of new technology and fresh manufactured. All propeller shafts thinking that spurs the company on company vision is to be the are dynamically balanced upto 4000 to become “the preferred automotive preferred automotive sup- RPM. supplier worldwide”. plier worldwide. w

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A range of quality products from 3M Automotive Aftermarket By N. Balasubramanian, Editorial Team 3M Automotive Aftermarket solutions provide advanced and quality products that cater to the entire automotive res- toration process, with more than 700 products and a big global customer base. 3M is the trusted brand in the automotive aftermarket segment. From dents to collision repairs, paint preparation systems to masking solutions, it provides a comprehensive range of solutions. Mr. Ninad Gadgil, Division Man- ager, Automotive Aftermarket, 3M India Ltd., spoke to MOTORINDIA on the company’s story. He said the automotive aftermar- Mr. Ninad Gadgil, Division Manager, Automotive Aftermarket, 3M India Ltd. ket has two divisions – auto care and collision repair. While the auto care than commercial vehicle owners. try, our business galloped. These focusses more on two-wheelers and According to him, both auto care OEMs were aware of our services four-wheelers, the collision repair and collision repair products are ap- and wanted us to adopt the same caters to accident repair for all kinds proved by them. Once services are techniques here as in other coun- of vehicles. Auto care centres focus approved by OEMs, 3M appoints tries. We always took a ‘solutions on four-wheelers only as individual service providers at the dealership and training approach’ rather than car owners are keener on maintain- where the technicians are extensive- upgrading along with import of ing the car’s exteriors and interiors ly trained to use the products. The products. Training programmes are company is dominant in the non- held in OEMs in which we closely “The response in the In- paint segment with a market share of participate. Our product lines are dian market has been fan- 50-60 per cent. The collision repair understood well and are specified at business commenced in 1993-94 the right stage of repair. The OEMs tastic. When international and is growing at a healthy pace. encourage the dealerships to use our auto majors started com- Commenting on the Indian mar- products lines due to our hands-on ing into the country, our ket, Mr. Gadgil said: “The response execution-oriented approach. We business galloped.” in the Indian market has been fan- take pride in helping the Indian – Mr. Ninad Gadgil tastic. When international auto ma- body shop technician and upgrading jors started coming into the coun- his skills and processing knowledge.

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The OEMs have given us good support and value what we bring to the table. Though we are present from 1993, the real game started in 1998.” 3M in India has manufacturing facilities in Bangalore, Ahmeda- bad, Pune and Pondicherry with more than 1,800 employees. They are multi-product plants and are not restricted to the automotive aftermarket. The plant at Pimpri in Pune and in Bangalore manufacture aftermarket products. Some products are localised while a few others are sourced from different 3M plants around the world. Primarily, the volume requirement determines whether the Indian market can af- ford localised production and also the plant capacity. The company also outsources a the large network of products which collect feedback, analyse them and few products in India, but it is done is evident in the availability of 3M put them before the back-end R&D strictly as per 3M formulations and products in the smallest of towns. team. Our Indian team is connected specifications. “We have a strong Region-wise business spread in In- to global product developers. We base in India, one reason being our dia indicates that the South contrib- should have technological expertise localisation. We have a unique posi- utes 35-40 per cent, North and West in six or seven platforms to be suc- tion of having global expertise, local 25-30 per cent each and the East ac- cessful in automotive aftermarket”, talent, local understanding of Indian counts for 5-10 per cent. The busi- Mr. Gadgil added. body shop, service centres and con- ness is quite well spread with sales 3M Automotive Aftermarket Di- sumer needs. It has poised us for people present in most States. vision’s collision repair business future growth in this market”, Mr. “Collecting customer voice is an in India provides a comprehensive Gadgil remarked. important aspect for us. We encour- range of solutions to body shops and OEMs are not interested in just a age them to let us know what the service shops. The products have product supplier relationship; they dealerships face on the shop-floor. been endorsed by all prominent look at enhanced production. On Our people spend time observing OEMs, with a well-qualified sales the collision repair side they look technicians at work while we focus team backed by a technical team to at a value chain on the auto-refinish on technology and innovation. We support the requirements of body process. The product line is suited shops. for the entire process and produc- The company’s USPs for 3M India, the Indian leg of the tivity comes ahead of cost in their the Indian market are fo- global leader 3M, has shown con- priority. cused on the collision re- sistent growth over the years, and 3M solutions are greatly balanced pair business, training, with a quality-driven strategy, it is between consumer needs and dealer- skill-development and bound to continue making steady ships’ profitability. Another impor- progress in the future. tant aspect of its success in India is process standardisation. w

108 MOTORINDIA l January 2012 products & components (Auto Expo preview)

Telma’s quality retarders in demand

Telma SA, the world leader in designing, manufacture and sales of electromagnetic retarders, has its products fitted in major commercial vehicles and related products to be launched at Auto Expo 2012. The company, over 60 years old, with its headquarters at Cer- gy-Pontoise near Paris, offers a range of products. The first of them is an axial product which is fitted in the driveline. The second product is the focal retarder fitted on the transmission or the drive axle. The third one is a light weight product line. These systems are widely used on heavy trucks, transit buses, shuttle buses, motor-coaches, fire trucks, ambulances and other vehicles. Telma retarders can be found in many products on display at Auto Expo, including the newly-launched Volvo, AMW and Eaton.

FN72-20

TELMA @ AUTO EXPO 2012 • Telma Focal retarder FN71-95 is directly mounted on the gear box in Vol- vo’s Asia Bus • Telma Axial retarder FN72-20 is mounted on the chassis in between the propeller shaft in AMW’s 6X2 Multi Axle Front En- gine bus • Telma focal retarder FC71-40 is fitted in Eaton

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BITZER India opens second Green Point, in Mumbai BITZER India opened its second Green Point in India, in Mumbai, on November 28. At the inaugural function, Mr. Rob de Bruyn, Managing Director, said that with the ongoing high growth of BITZER India, this Green Point is part of a new facility housing a substantially larger administration headquarters, service and training centre over three levels, all under one roof. It gives the opportunity to offer even better after-sales services for BITZER compressors and its customers in India. Each Green Point workshop in India combines the local market understanding with the global vision of a leading manufacturer. BITZER continues to lead the market with its innovative compressor solutions for its OEM customers, and even now leads in a new era in compressor after-sales services in India. The workshop is fully air-condi- tioned to ensure that high dust and sors. In addition to the workshop correctly satisfied. Compressors are humidity level does not negatively environment is the correct tools and repacked and dispatched with war- influence the high cleanliness de- equipment to manage the heavy na- ranty for customer confidence. mands of quality rebuild to BITZER ture of handling the compressors. As part of the Green Point by reciprocating and screw compres- BITZER’s strong commitment to BITZER service and parts centres, occupational health and safety de- training has been considered for The New Delhi Green Point which mands the correct lifting and move- both hands-on and theoretical edu- opened in February last has ment equipment ensuring the staff cational programs at the same sit- ting. BITZER India has established proved beyond doubt that the have the tools to work safely and efficiently. modules for compressor servicing, market confidence for original Testing of compressors is carried in field repairing, fault diagnosis, spareparts and lubricants is a out after the repairs to ensure the re- preventative maintenance and test- key success factor in India. pair and the operational demands are ing. w

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HV Axles merged with HV Transmissions

HV Transmissions (HVTL) has been amalgamated into HV Axles (HVAL) and HVAL has been renamed TML Drivelines. The amalgamation will harness synergies and help the two entities emerge a total driveline solutions provider, backed with appropriate skills and expertise. The pool- ing and efficient utilisation of resources will help TML Drivelines grow stronger. TML Drivelines commenced operations on November 14. For the second quarter of 2011-12 (July-September) it reported a profit after tax of about Rs. 55 crores and for the first half of the year about Rs. 112 crores. In the 22 crores and HV Transmissions a profit of about Rs. 20 same quarter last year, HV Axles reported a profit of Rs. crores. w

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KSPG AG and four divisions to present entire product range

KSPG AG, with its subsidiaries, Pierburg GmbH, Pierburg Pump Technology GmbH and KS Gleit- lager GmbH, as well as the Motor Service Division, will be showcas- ing its products at Auto Expo for emission reduction such as electric and pneumatic EGRs as well as EGR radiator modules for a Euro 4 application. Pierburg Pump Technology GmbH, a specialist in automotive pumps, will be presenting pneumatic water and vacuum pumps as well as variable on-demand oil pumps for reduced fuel consumption and Electromotive EGR valve less CO2 emissions. KS Gleitlager GmbH is presenting its entire prod- (KOEL) in Pune. KOEL is India’s ing partnership, in which the Indian uct range of high-duty plain bear- biggest producer of plain bearings company successfully manufactures ings. and focuses mainly on the Indian Kolbenschmidt pistons under li- Since 2007, Pierburg India Private home market. The company has cence. Ltd. in Pune has been producing more than 60 years of experience KS Aluminium-Technologie components for emission reduction in producing plain bearings, and, GmbH (ATAG) within the group as well as pumps for the Indian au- with around 600 employees at the specializes in engine blocks and cyl- tomotive industry. Ahmednagar and Pune plants, gen- inder heads and bolsters its market Only in October last, had KSPG erated sales of about Euro 20 million presence through a licence agree- taken over the plain bearing opera- in this sector in 2010-11. ment with Jaya Hind Industries Ltd. tions of Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd. The KOEL range of plain bearings in Pune. The agreement covers de- comprises bearings, bushings and velopment and production of cylin- “In India, ‘Made in Germany’ thrust washers for engines, mainly der heads, crankcases, bedplates and enjoys very high prestige, and so for the passenger and commercial additional castings for national and we expect a large turnout at the vehicle as well as the agricultural international carmakers as well as machinery sectors. Among the com- other automotive vendors. German Pavilion. We will mainly pany’s customers are Maruti, Mahi- Auto Expo, an event regarded as be displaying products from our ndra & Mahindra, Tata Motors, Hy- a trend-setter for future technologies Indian plant, presently in use by undai, Ford and Honda. in the Indian automotive and en- OEMs and fulfilling current emis- Two further KSPG subsidiaries gine sector, is comparable to IAA in sion standards.” are also operating in India: KS Kol- Frankfurt. According to estimates, benschmidt GmbH holds 20 per cent the booming Indian motor vehicle – Mr. Guenter Maassen, Senior Business in Shriram Pistons & Rings Ltd. The market will rank internationally Development Manager, Asia Pacific piston producers share a long-stand- No.3 by 2030. w

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Konvekta air-conditioning unit coming up in India

Almost all companies suffered a and China. drop in profits or even losses in 2009 Whilst other companies had to let and the expectations for 2010 were staff go as a result of the crisis, no more than subdued. Konvekta AG too one at Konvekta was made redundant. registered a severe drop in the global And now, at the end of 2011, the order demand for air-conditioning systems books of this air-conditioning special- and adapted to the market situation by ist from the North Hessia region in cutting the working hours at its plants Germany are full to the brim again. in Schwalmstadt, Turkey, Argentina This is reflected in the recent recruit-

ment of 50 new employees at the headquarters in Schwalmstadt. One of the drivers that helped the company out of the crisis was the world’s lightest air-conditioning system of the model series “UL” (UltraLight) and the great progress in the air-conditioning systems with the environmentally-

friendly refrigerant CO2. Other factors of success are Konvek- ta’s innovative power and the associated systematic analysis of potential market opportunities combined with the corporate courage to not just wait out the crisis but to invest. All this has led to the erection of a new production site near Mumbai which will open soon. Primarily, the plant will produce bus air-conditioning systems and cooling systems. Having already recorded a high level of interest from potential customers, the company has been able to win new key accounts in China and Russia over the past few months. For example, Moscow city will receive 2,400 buses with Kon- vekta rooftop air-conditioning units. Konvekta made good use of the crisis period to improve its structures and focus its strategy more specifically on market opportunities. It aims to ensure that 2012 will be successful by continuing with this strategy. w

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Omni Matrix solutions for CV cabled connectors

The heavy commercial truck segment the complete range of coiled cabled connectors has grown by leaps and bounds in the for different types of commercial vehicles, with past decade. The technology earlier options for different signals to be transmitted. There are six variants of these connectors with seen only in passenger luxury vehicles customizable end assemblies and sockets. has now been integrated in many ad- Termination of the wires on the company vanced commercial vehicles as the products is not achieved by using fasteners industry standard. As a result, this or solder but by using a proven, more reliable calls for a more superior and robust crimping technology. Crimping is performed construction in the way the signals on the insulator as well as the conductor, which are transmitted from the cab to the helps in reducing the forces acting on the contact, thereby prolonging the life of the product. trailer. The contacts are stamped, thereby reducing the To answer this need, Omni Matrix Pvt. weight of the input copper, and the design of the Ltd. has developed end-to-end solutions for contact helps reduce arcing during operation. The special product features are excellent The design of this product has taken into con- sideration the ease of assembly by avoiding recoil memory, restoring force of 180 N, cy- mechanical fasteners and using threads and clic extension within the limit of 220,000 snap fits instead. cycles, excellent abrasion resistance of the Omni Matrix Pvt. Ltd. is engaged in cable from dust and fluids, flame-retardant manufacturing jumper cables for the heavy vehicle segment. It will start supplying to sheathing, voltage of 12 & 24 volts, operat- OEM customers from early next year. It ing temperature of -40°C to +80°C, and pull has stamping, precision machining and resistance of up to 150 N. The product is wa- injection moulding facilities located in Bangalore for manufacturing high ter-resistant up to IP 54. The cable is IP 69K precison, high volume parts. compliant. w

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SKF firm on retaining market leadership in bearings

By R. Natarajan, Managing Editor & Publisher “Our ability to be both local and global is a major strength of our knowledge of technology at SKF. Our technology platforms include Seals, Bearings, Lubrica- tion systems, Mechatronics and services. The way we use the technology platforms is an advantage for SKF.” – Mr. Tom Johnstone inate waste and invest for growth. The company has made 21 acquisitions since 2003, of which 19 focus on the industrial market. Lincoln, one of their latest acquisitions, is

Mr. Tom Johnstone, President and CEO, AB SKF, addressing the Technical Press Day a very strong brand in the lubrica- meet in Mumbai tion segment, and it is one brand the AB SKF, established in 1907, has cal business share of the company. company is keen to keep, develop grown into one of the world’s largest Western Europe continues to be the and strengthen. The addition of Lin- companies, with its presence in over dominant region with a share of 41 coln to the SKF Group has seen the 130 countries. SKF Technical Press per cent, but the contribution of the latter enjoy a much better customer- Day, a unique initiative of the com- Asia-Pacific region is on the rise reach in the Indian market, and to- pany held in Mumbai, witnessed the with China accounting for 50 per gether they would add a lot more coming together of its senior execu- cent of the region’s sales and India value to the customers. tives, including Mr. Tom Johnstone, for 20 per cent. However, there are SKF has launched new products President and CEO, AB SKF, Mr. indications that the Asia-Pacific at regular intervals which constantly Rakesh Makhija, President - Asia, region, with a healthy growth rate, provide the much-needed techno- SKF Group, and Mr. Shishir Jo- may as well outmuscle Europe for logical boost to industries. One of shipura, Managing Director, SKF the top spot. the recently launched products is the India Ltd. SKF care is a platform on which On the occasion, Mr. Tom John- the company’s operations function, Long term targets stone presented an overview of the and it includes Business care, Em- l 15% Operating margin level company’s progress at the global ployee care, Environment care and l 8% Annual sales growth in local level. He outlined the key growth Community care. currencies areas in terms of sector-wise busi- The main targets are to accelerate l 27% ROCE (Return On Capital ness spread and also the geographi- profitable growth, reduce cost, elim- Employed)

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“Bearing is the last part to fail as the Globe but the first to be noticed.” Award for Best CSR Company. – Mr. Shishir Joshipura This stands tes- new, patented, innovative wheel- timony to its ef- bearing unit, the low friction X- forts in providing Tracker which has set standards in the best quality emission technology. It offers a re- in all the products to customers duction of 1.2 gm of CO2 emission per litre of fuel. across the globe. The company has increased its Mr. Rakesh focus on research and development Makhija high- over the years, as evident in the 25 lighted the com- per cent increase in investment on pany’s develop- R&D this year as compared to the ments in Asia. five per cent last year. Four new China continues factories have been set up in the last to be the focal two years, two in India, at Hard- point in Asia, war and Ahmedabad. Three new with second po- ones, including those in Mysore and sition India’s Bangalore, are also coming up. The contribution on Mysore factory, for seals business, the rise. SKF has will be operational by the first half a solid platform Mr. Shishir Joshipura, Managing Director, SKF India Ltd., sharing his views of 2012. The new facility in Ban- in Asia with galore, to be ready by the first half knowledge bases, manufacturing fa- The key customers of SKF include of 2013, will be dedicated to the cilities and research centres spread Tata Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra lubrications division and is aimed across many countries, including Ltd. and Bosch in the automotive at bringing SKF and Lincoln under China, India, Taiwan, Indonesia and sector, which speaks for the quality one roof. There are 17 solutions fac- Singapore. of their products. It is also a proud tory of the company. A solutions Mr. Shishir Joshipura threw light supplier of the largest single bearing factory is the SKF way of bringing on SKF India’s progress, achieve- in India, one with a diameter of 6½ the competence of what it has to ments and plans for the future. The metres. It has secured the American offer customers. It is a window to company has a country-wide reach Railroad approval to serve the glo- SKF with its expert team available through its 350 authorised distribu- bal market with railway seals, which at each solution factory to support tors, apart from a network of over it would begin with the Indian Rail- customers. The solution factory in 15,000 retailers who reach out to ways. Pune is the company’s first in India. small and remote regions. The SKF India has been presented the Commenting on SKF care, Mr. company has registered an annual Best Bearings Company Award in Johnstone said: “We intend to pro- growth of over 15 per cent in the India for the fifth consecutive year vide green solutions to customers last seven years. The automotive by Dun & Bradstreet Rolta Corpo- which are environmental-friendly. segment accounts for almost 46 per rate Award. With its ambitious tar- Community care is about us taking cent of the company sales. The in- gets and a robust growth strategy, an active role in contributing to the dustrial sector adds another 46 per the company is sure to remain a mar- community.” cent, with the remaining 8 per cent ket leader in the bearings industry. SKF has won many awards such coming from exports. w

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SKF’s Global Technical Centre opened in Bangalore SKF inaugurated its Global Technical Centre in India (GTCI) in Ban- galore on December 14. The opening of the centre further reinforces SKF’s global strategy to start such centres near its customers that focus on product innovations for all five SKF platforms – bearings, seals, mechatronics, lubrication systems and services. GTCI will have its strong focus on serving customers in India and South-East Asia, as From left, Mr. Arun Shivaram, Director, Global Technical Centre, India, Mr. Shishir Joshipu- ra, Managing Director & Country Head, SKF India, Mr. Tom Johnstone, CEO-SKF AB, Mr. well as global projects Rakesh Makhija, President Asia-CSKF Group, and Mr. Filippo Zingariello Director, Group for SKF. Technology Development at SKF in Bangalore “India is an important market for India and internationally,” said Mr. “With the launch of GTCI, our SKF, and we are committed to sup- Tom Johnstone, SKF President and customers in India will benefit port the unique needs of customers CEO. “One of our driving forces is from ‘closer to home’ availability in growing economies. At the same to deliver significant energy and car- of SKF’s global knowledge and time, we are focused on world lead- bon savings to our customers with expertise to address the growing ing research and innovation both in our solutions”. need in India for newer technol- The company has invested The opening of GTCI is part of ogy development at a faster pace,” SKF’s technology strategy to de- said Mr. Shishir Joshipura, Country around Rs. 500 million in which velop a global product development Head, SKF in India. “Addition- GTCI will employ approximately and engineering organization. The ally, over the last two years, SKF 400 engineers working in the new center marks the second devel- opened three factories in Ahmeda- areas of product engineering, opment phase and will incorporate bad, Mysore and Haridwar to meet development and testing, as well the existing Global Testing Center the growing demand of customers as a global laboratory for met- opened in 2009 and the Automo- and the expanding product base in allurgy, chemistry and bearing tive Development Centre opened in the region”. 2004, both of which are located in performance analysis. Bangalore. w

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ORBIT expands to further contribute valuable innovative solutions

Established in 1990 in Gujarat, Orbit Bearings is one of the leading manufacturers of Taper and Cylindrical Roller Bear- ings for Automotive & Industrial Applica- tions for its OEM Customers manufacturing Trucks, Truck Trailers, Agriculture Trac- tors, Transmissions, Engines, Compressors, Industrial Gearboxes etc. The Company is headquartered in Rajkot, Gujarat with its international office located in Germany. As a process driven technical solutions provider, Orbit is the 1st Indian Company to export HUB bearings to various European truck trailer manufacturers and now for its Indian customers also. It is one of the fastest growing bearing enues on Research & Development to identify better companies in India with more than 30% growth rate per ways to combine new systems and processes for im- annum. proving product performance. Over the years, Orbit has evolved from being a manu- Orbit has also setup a virtual simulation testing for its facturing oriented company to a knowledge based en- automotive customers and is investing heavily in fric- gineering entity that helps its customers to design, test tion management processes to improve fuel efficiency. and customize bearing solutions as per their require- This is part of the “Green” initiative taken by the com- ments. The commitment to quality has made Orbit a pany to become more environment friendly and help its Preferred Supplier to various National and International customers to do the same. Companies. The key focused areas of the company in- Orbit, since a long time, has been exporting to Heavy clude product design, prototype development, product Vehicle Industry in North America, Europe and Latin engineering and testing, Material and product technol- America. Apart from a significant international pres- ogy and application engineering. Mr. Vinesh Patel, ence, there is an important domestic base in the form Managing Director, Orbit Bearings said: “We strive to of Indian clients such as Ashok Leyland, Mahindra & help our customers by providing technically innovative Mahindra, Volvo Eicher Commercial Vehicles, Dana, solutions.” Escorts, Sonalika, Greaves, Apollo and many more. Orbit’s unique approach has helped it integrate new Commenting on exports, Mr.. Vinesh Patel said: “We and latest technology in their production cycle. The have been investing to setup testing facilities which can Company re-invests more than 5% of its annual rev- conduct endurance and validation tests for all our advanced engineering products.” “We at Orbit bearings provide advance engi- Furthermore, in order to suffice its increasing de- neering products with customized solutions to mands of its existing OEM customers and continuous our global customers at cost competitive prices.” additions of new customers to the list, Orbit is expanding its manufacturing capacity to 10 million taper and – Mr.. Vinesh Patel cylindrical roller bearings annually. w

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KCI Bearings increasing capacities to meet growing demand

KCI Bearings a leading manufacturer of There is continuous innovation in ings, Taper & Hub Bearings, King Pin specialty bearings and precision machined all spheres of activities to promote Bearings , Clutch release bearings, Cy- components is investing Rs.10 crore to ex- the objective of Value Engineering lindrical roller bearings, Ball Bearings, pand its production capacity to meet, grow- to benefit our customers. KCI has Centre joint bearings, Water pump bearing demand of OEM and aftermarket. This been pioneer in introducing Steel ings, Idlers and Tensioners, etc. new project is scheduled to commence and Polyamide cage assembly used Considering the wide acceptance production during the last quarter of 2012 in transmission of heavy commercial from the market and the overall poten- at a new location near the existing plant, at vehicles of Tata Motors Ltd. KCI has tial of growth, this business division is Surendranagar, Gujarat. This new initiative also achieved the distinction of in- being looked as one of the most impor- will help KCI increase its present manufac- troducing needle cages from advance tant growth drivers for the company. turing capacity of bearings from 5 million to engineering plastic like STANYL spe- At present KCI have about 120 channel about 8 million bearings per annum. cially developed for Tata Motors, 207 partners on all India bases, which reach Established in 1970, the company started platform. These initiatives have led to out to about 5000 strong base of retailers. shifting gears into the fast lane only after successful development of perform- In addition to its network of channel part- starting its own marketing since March, ance roller bearings with extended ners, KCI is also supported by a network 2010. It has been aggressively expanding life with substantial cost savings. Dur- of 25 branches of George Oakes Ltd only its team strength, customer base and prod- ing the year 2009-10 KCI received in south India. The revenue growth for uct offerings. The top line growth of 40 “Supplier of Excellence” award from aftermarket during the year 2011-12 is % during the year 2010-11 is expected to HVTL in Value Engineering category. expected to be about 120 %.on YOY ba- continue its run during next couple of years, In automotive segment , the ma- sis. by combination of various factors like in- jor OEM customers are Tata Motors Being an OEM supplier KCI bearings creased share of OEM business, thrust on Ltd, TML Drivelines Ltd, Man Force are preferred choice in light, medium, exports, expansion of aftermarket division Trucks Pvt.Ltd, Mahindra Navistar heavy commercial vehicles, buses, trac- and new product introductions. Automotives Ltd, Tractors & Farm tors and passenger car segments. The KCI Bearings (India) Pvt Ltd, is one of Equipments Ltd, Escorts Limited, Lu- automotive industry has been growing the most diversified, specialized bearing cas TVS Ltd, ZF Steering Gear India since last few years, and it has led to a manufacturer and solution provider of au- Ltd, Rane TRW Steering Systems Ltd, significant demand supply gap in the tomotive and textile bearings, located at Munjal Showa Ltd, Force Motors Ltd, market for specialized bearings. KCI has Surendranagar, Gujarat. KCI is known to Avtec Ltd, to name a few. Recently swiftly carved a niche during just few provide technologically advanced futuristic KCI has been approved by VE com- months from its progressive launch, in products & systems to meet highest global mercial Vehicles Ltd to supply needle the aftermarket. KCI has also already standards of safety, reliability, cost and ex- Roller bearings for their transmission started exporting number of bearings to tended product life cycle. It is also a single and Madras Engineering Industries for south Asian countries and efforts are on source supplier of Needle Roller bearings to Needle Thrust Bearings. KCI is also to tap the European markets very soon. many reputed customers in India. in talks with various other tractor and In order to create more awareness Over the period, KCI has evolved into a passenger car manufacturers to devel- about its products and achieve deeper reliable organization and a preferred choice op bearings and engine components. penetration levels in the market KCI is for its customers. This has been achieved by After Market & Exports actively participating in Trade Fairs, continuous development of products, proc- Automotive aftermarket has become Auto expo’s, organizing mechanic meet- ess, and people, through qualitative custom- very important business division for ings , road shows, to showcase its prod- er participation and strong R & D activi- KCI. Launched only in July 2010 KCI ucts and services. A dedicated Sales and ties. KCI bearings are designed, developed, bearings have been widely accepted service support through its team members manufactured, and tested in house to ensure by its end-users, for its quality, service and offices spread across India, which is extended life in the most adverse operating and competitive price. At present KCI proving very vital in making KCI a popu- conditions to make it one of the most reli- supplies over 450 verities of bearings lar choice for its high performance auto- able brand in the automotive industry. which include, Needle Roller bear- motive bearings. w

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Leyland Deere ties up with Corporation Bank, IOB

Ashok Leyland John Deere Construction Equipment Company Pvt. Ltd. and Corpora- tion Bank have executed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) under which the bank will offer Leyland Deere customers finance at very competitive terms, pan-India. Leyland Deere, a joint venture between Ashok Leyland and John Deere Construction & For- estry Co. of the US, has launched its very first ve- Mr. S. Pattabiraman, General Manager, Corporation Bank, and Mr. C. Anand, Vice Presi- dent - Marketing, Leyland Deere, exchanging the documents after signing the MoU hicle – the 435 backhoe loader. Displayed at the recently- operations at its state-of-art facility ers, pan-India. held EXCON 2011 in Bangalore the in Gummidipoondi, near Chennai, IOB’s leadership in financing vehicle generated tremendous cus- with the manufacture of backhoe SME/SRTO/Priority Sector custom- tomer response. loaders. ers will be further strengthened with Leyland Deere has commenced Mr. C. Anand, Vice President - this relationship, stated Mr. K. Sub- Marketing, Leyland Deere, said the rahmanyam, General Manager of With this MoU, Corpora- excellent terms offered by Corpora- the bank. tion Bank wishes to further tion Bank for the company’s quality enlarge its funding sup- products would prove to be a win- Attractive and transparent port to SME/priority sec- win proposal for the mutual custom- terms of IOB, coupled with ers. Leyland Deere’ high qual- tor customers as well as The company has also signed an strengthen its bonds with MoU with Indian Overseas Bank ity products, will result in the Ashok Leyland Group. (IOB) through which the bank can customer delight, – Mr. S. Pattabiraman, General offer finance at very competitive – Mr. Anand, Vice President - Manager, Corporation Bank terms to Leyland Deere’s custom- Marketing, Leyland Deere w

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TVS Automobile Solutions’ plan for fresh tie-ups, JVs

TVS Automobile Solutions, TVS & Sons are planning to a subsidiary of TVS & Sons, expand their dealership and is planning to make a couple service outlets and would of strategic tie-up and joint look to set up 100 more out- venture announcements at lets by 2015 and create an Auto Expo 2012. “The deals employment opportunity for are in the final stage, and we around 5,000 people by then. are hoping to make a couple Besides expansion, the com- of announcements at Auto pany is also looking to invest Expo”, said Mr. R. Dinesh, substantially on skill devel- Joint Managing Director, opment. TVS & Sons Ltd. “We believe these centres The new joint venture / ac- would help upgrade talent not quisitions are expected to be only for our companies but with companies in the north- for other businesses involved ern and western regions of in this sector also. We expect India where the company proactive steps by the State already has its presence, and and Central Governments this move would further ex- to declare the services sec- pand its businesses in these tor as a key area of focus, as regions. employment generation at all Mr. Dinesh said: “We have levels takes place in this sec- ambitiously set a target to Mr. R. Dinesh, Joint Managing Director tor in a large way”, Mr. Di- double the volume of our current would be looking to expand our busi- nesh added. businesses by 2015. We are not a nesses more in these regions through TVS & Sons currently is in the South India-based company any- strategic tie-ups and JV partnerships business of four-wheeler and CV more as we already have our pres- and further diversify our business dealership, automobile parts distri- ence in States like Madhya Pradesh, across the country.” bution, logistics and four-wheeler Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra. We TVS Automobile Solutions and aftermarket business (TVS Automo- bile Solutions). The company also “Skill development is a very important and key aspect for the has its presence in countries like the US, the UK, Germany, Spain, Thai- service industry, and we would be investing resources and cre- land, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, and ate infrastructure to ensure that the right quality people are is looking to expand its businesses available across the country.” to other countries across the globe. – Mr. Dinesh w

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The decline of lead acid batteries

By Dr Peter Harrop, Chairman, IDTechEx

In historical terms, the death of least reducing the required lithium- the flint tool, cooking by dung and ion battery size and cost in vehicles other bygone technologies, occurred as lithium-ion battery costs tumble. very rapidly. This was because sev- This is creating a multiplier effect eral factors conspired to bring in the in reducing the need for lead acid. better alternative, and this created a Investors see the lead acid battery multiplier effect. So it is with lead industry as standing on an escalator acid batteries. To this huge industry going down – faster and faster – even and the magazines that write about it, though sales statistics have yet to re- there is a long-term, if unspectacular, flect this. future for the lead acid battery in ve- Stop-start needing better hicles – the main use. batteries Conventional “reciprocaur” car Stop-start – automatically switch- sales are still increasing in number, ing off the engine when the vehicle thanks to China and other emerging stops, however briefly – is a way of nations. At first sight, there seems improving fuel consumption by gar- to be ongoing use of lead-acid traction battery power nering a useful reduction in emissions. However, for ve- in all electric bikes, forklifts, boats and mobility vehi- hicles frequently stopping and starting, like urban cars, cles for the disabled – say, 35 million vehicles yearly. buses and delivery vehicles, the lead acid battery has The same power is used, not for traction, in 70 million difficulty coping, particularly at low temperatures. The conventional vehicles yearly. (www.IDTechEx.com/ problem is compounded when these “micro-hybrids” eVehicles) seek to capture and regenerate braking energy. Lithium- However, every month another threat appears that ion batteries are therefore increasingly preferred as bet- seems modest, but, on closer examination, constitutes a ter microhybridisation emerges. serious nail in the coffin for an industry that has served Hybrid electric vehicles are really taking off, particu- the world for well over one hundred years. Recent ex- larly industrial and commercial vehicles that currently amples are the advent of better “stop start” in regular constitute 60 per cent of the expenditure on electric ve- vehicles, replacement of regular on-road vehicles with hicles by land, sea and air. Add to that the Toyota Prius electric vehicles, introduction of lithium-ion batteries which is headed for a one million-a-year sales level into forklifts, e-bikes and the like, impending use of in only a few years from now. Also look at the huge fuel cells in fleets, China suddenly shutting down most number of new hybrid and pure electric models becom- of its lead acid battery production, battery suppliers and ing available and the likelihood that urban pure electric governments focussing more of their R&D on alterna- on-road vehicles will be very popular by the end of the tives, tougher pollution laws worldwide, consumers decade. demanding much better vehicle performance and su- On-road fleets are even likely to make automated bat- percapacitors and other devices replacing batteries or at tery swapping and the alternative of hydrogen fuel cells,

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viable. Major launches of both are impending. (www. with a throttle – so-called e-bikes – a high proportion of IDTechEx.com/EVcars) which are scooters, meaning your feet are on a platform. Forecasts for on-road hybrid and pure electric cars With a trend to these larger two-wheelers, lead acid can- with modern batteries see them at 10-20 per cent of glo- not keep up with performance demands. Almost all of bal production in 2022, but lead acid will be displaced the use of lead acid batteries in the 31 million two-wheel earlier from much of the rest because of that preference electric vehicles being sold this year is hostage to an infor lithium-ion based stop-start. True, there is an inel- creasingly irritated Chinese bureaucrat’s pen, and if you egant interim stage where hotel facilities in some mi- think that is wild-eyed scaremongering consider what crohybrids and some full hybrids are performed by a has just happened with Chinese lead battery production. separate lead acid battery. China wants to leapfrog in technology, and there is Industrial and commercial vehicles get something no leapfrogging on offer with lead acid batteries. Just better. The lead acid batteries in a forklift seem cheap hideous pollution injuries from smelting, making and until you realise that they may have one set cooling, an- disposing of lead batteries in China. The Chinese Gov- other charging, and another in use and, even when they ernment has therefore cut lead acid battery manufacture do not, life is painfully short. Today the pressure is to to 42 per cent of what it was in 2010. Earlier, the US had reduce manual intervention and that, and seen the number of enterprises making lead acid batter- performance, is why lithium- ies drop from 133 in the 1970s ion batteries are coming to 33 today. But in China it in for indoor pure electric was not due to market forc- industrial vehicles as well es but to a government de- as outdoor forklifts and cision. Pollution is a major earthmovers, where hy- driver here. Few of the 1,930 brids are best and lead acid inspected manufacturers completely unacceptable in will remain. The many un- a hybrid powertrain. Indeed licensed sites will be sought today, even a nickel metal hy- and destroyed. dride battery tends to be unacceptable in Now Xia Qing, Chief En- new hybrid powertrains on grounds of lanthanum ra- gineer and former Vice Presi- tioning, poor self-leakage and poor energy density lead- d e n t of China Research Academy of ing to inadequate pure electric range. Environmental Sciences, says, “low cost high pollution Lithium-ion batteries in e-bikes times have gone away.” (www.IDTechEx.com/evAsia) Almost all electric two-wheelers have lead acid bat- Outside China, the ever tougher emission laws impact teries today, but look closer, and you realise that is be- everything from tugboats to aircraft, and half measures cause nearly all of them are bicycles in China. Lead acid like microhybrids with occasional retention of a lead is almost entirely shunned for other countries because of acid battery are increasingly inadequate in addressing its heavy weight and poor life and performance. Worse, those vehicle requirements. Consumer demands for ve- in China an increasing number of cities are banning or hicle performance are also ever more strident, resulting severely restricting electric bikes, the reasons includ- in five-year warranties, better fuel economy, longer all ing accidents, causing congestion and lead pollution. It electric range and more, none of which helps lead acid has proved impossible to control the disposal of lead to cling on. acid batteries from over 100 million electric bikes in Impending use of fuel cells use, whatever the law says in China. (For more infor- Fuel cell cars are to be in production shortly. Their mation read Light Electric Vehicles 2011-2021 www. consumer proposition will be no range anxiety, five IDTechEx.com/LEV.) minute refuelling and saving the planet. But even more As if that were not enough, even in China, bikes are compelling is the business case for using these, as yet moving from mainly battery-assisted pedalling to bikes expensive, devices in fleets of forklifts, taxis, buses

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and trucks because they have no tors or more commonly supercapac- technologies have been combined problems of hydrogen distribution itors. They have four times the life in experimental “supercabatteries”, and their operators look at payback of rechargeable batteries, tolerate and there are lead acid versions of and green image more than up-front much faster charge-discharge and these, though they are not the most cost. Lead acid batteries will be the employ readily available materials. promising. losers. Traditionally they are used across Death by a thousand cuts Lithium-ion batteries are expen- batteries in electric vehicles to Clearly, lead acid batteries are sive, but their costs will drop to at cope with regenerative braking and suffering death by a thousand cuts least one-third in the next decade, fast charging stations. Their self- and the end will come more sud- according to developers, while tiny discharge and energy density has denly than most expect. We concede new range extenders and multi- been poor, but now there are some that a few people still make tools out ple energy harvesting reduce the that self-discharge in a month rather of flint and niche markets for lead amount of battery needed anyway. than a day and some now have the acid will remain. Nonetheless, there See www.electricvehiclesre- energy density of a lead acid battery. may be an alternative view, and search.com for reports “Energy Har- Certain electric buses run on super- IDTechEx seeks a proponent of lead vesting for Electric Vehicles 2011- capacitors alone. acid batteries to speak at its forth- 2021” and “Range Extenders for Indeed, Elon Musk, founder of coming Electric Vehicles Land Sea Electric Vehicles 2011-2021”. Tesla electric car company, thinks Air event in San Jose, California, Electrochemical double layer ca- supercapacitors are the future, not during March 27-29 next (www. pacitors are known as ultracapaci- batteries. On that journey, both IDTechEx.com/evUSA) w

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FAIASPDA apprehensions over impending GST The Government will be introducing GST very shortly. For the purpose, it proposes to introduce a Constitution Amendment Bill in Parliament. The draft Bill has laid down contours of the proposed regime. The Bill stipulates that the powerful GST Council will be created to act as a joint forum for the Centre and the States which will decide on the rate of tax, threshold limits, etc. The entire process needs to be handled in a systematic manner. Addressing the 49th annual general meeting of FAIASPDA in Mumbai, Mr. U.K. Bhaskaran Nair, the new President of the Federation, said since the Government has not issued even a White Paper till date, the trade and industry is unable to compre- hend the dimensions of the proposed tax and offer its suggestions with regard to implementation of Mr. U.K. Bhaskaran Nair, President, FAIASPDA the new tax regime. However, the Federation will try period. The Government would do well to exempt the to convince the Government of the need for not fixing automotive spareparts trade from the ambit of these a higher rate of taxes on spareparts and a higher serv- rules on the ground that they are engineering items, Mr. ice tax on the items used in the automobile trade and Nair added. industry. Mr. Bhaskaran Nair, a soft-spoken young man, en- The automobile trade and industry contributes much tered the automobile business after his academic career for the country’s economic development by providing with French Motor Car Co. Ltd., Guwahati, and later on employment to lacks of people directly or indirectly. shifted to MGF Ltd. of Cochin. He started his independ- Therefore, the very purpose of introducing the new tax ent venture in 1982 under the name & style of Associ- has been defeated, keeping in view that there are other ated Auto Enterprises in Calicut. Now he is the Manag- taxes in force. At the same time, it will be impossible ing Partner in Associated Agencies, Calicut. to bring about uniformity in VAT all over the country. Mr. Nair is closely associated with a lot of activities The Standards of Weights & Measures (Packaged connected with rural development and social and eco- Commodities) Rules, 1977, is also not practicable for nomic, upliftment of the down-trodden. Widely trav- the trade in view of the nature of business and huge elled, he is fully aware of the problems of the automo- volume of items stored and handled for an indefinite bile spareparts trade and industry. He is also closely associated with CASPDA, Calicut, “The laws should be made simple and transpar- which he served in various capacties such as Secretary ent. Imposing four per cent VAT on the trade in- and Vice President. He is also associated with the Fed- stead of 12.5 per cent would bring many traders eration of All Kerala Automobile Spare Parts Dealers within the tax net.” Associations which he served as General Secretary for – Mr. U.K. Bhaskaran Nair eight years. w

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awards

EEPC’s ambitious export target of $100 billion for 2012-13 Awards presented to excellent performers The Tamil Nadu Governor, Dr. K. Rosaiah, has said that EEPC has set an ambitious export target of $100 billion by 2012-13 with its special promotional efforts in the focus regions of South-East Asia, Africa, Latin America and Commonwealth countries. Inaugurating the regional export award presentation function of the EEPC-India Southern Region in Chennai, the Governor disclosed that EEPC has plans to organise one of the largest engineering sourcing shows in Canada which is expected to attract about 750 businessmen Mr. Antony Lobo, Special Director - International Operations, Ashok Leyland Ltd., from around the world and an Indian receiving the EEPC’s Top Exporter - Gold Trophy from Dr. K. Rosaiah, Tamil Nadu Governor, at a special function held in Chennai contingent of over 6,000 business- of over 19 per cent. In this scenario, overseas markets and to represent men. the Award winners for 2009-10 are them in matters concerning common Dr. Rosaiah also presented the real national heros. and individual interests at all fora. EEPC Awards for 2009-10 to 60 en- He disclosed that the Southern EEPC India is having at present gineering firms for their exemplary Region is estimated an account for 13,000 members comprising small, export performance. 20 per cent of engineering exports in medium and large-scale manufac- In his keynote address, Mr. Aman 2009-10. This is no mean achieve- turers and merchant-exporters, of Chadha, National Chairman, EEPC ment. which 2,750 are from the southern India, said that 2010-11 is an ex- Referring to the extremely com- region. tremely difficult year for exporters, plex global economic environment, The Southern Region is constantly particularly engineering export- Mr. Chadha stressed the need to step engaged in organising export aware- ers. India’s engineering exports in up efforts since export receipts are ness programmes, topical seminars, 2009-10 dropped to $32.5 billion the real earnings for the nation un- workshops and training programmes from $40.5 billion in the previous like capital receipts like loans, FDI on various facets of export and im- year, registering a negative growth and portfolio investment which have port transactions. As a result, many Engineering exporters have to to be played back. engineering firms, particularly from become increasingly cost com- Earlier, in his welcome address, the SSI sector, have made a wel- petitive so that they can face Mr. R.K. Mutha, EEPC Regional come beginning on the export front challenges of an uncertain glo- Chairman (South), said the EEPC while several others have started ex- mission is to provide trade promo- porting to unexplored markets as in bal trading environment. tion services and assistance for busi- Latin America, he added. – Mr. Aman Chadha nesses to function competitively in w

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Mr. Kalaiichelvan Mananathan, Jt. Managing Director, Man- Mr. R. Meenakshi Sundaram, Manager - OE Marketing, atec Electronics Pvt. Ltd., receiving the Silver Shield. At the Rane Engine Valve Ltd., receiving the Silver Shield centre is Mr. Aman Chadha, Chairman, EEPC India

Mr. & Mrs. Vijaykumar, Managing Director, Accurate Prod- Mr. M.K. Unnithan, Managing Director, Sankar Sealing Sys- ucts Corporation Pvt. Ltd., being presented the EEPC Sil- tems Pvt. Ltd., collecting the Silver Shield ver Shield

The Tamil Nadu Governor presenting the EEPC Silver Mr. Nirmal Kumar, Managing Director, Devendra Exports Shield to Mr. C. Nagarajan, Senior Manager (Export), Ad- Pvt. Ltd., being presented the Silver Shield dison & Co. Ltd.

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ECT 2011 discusses emission control challenges in detail

nical Presentations Booklet” and inaugurated the “ECT 2011 Exposition” The technical exposition with 19 stalls proved a great venue for networking. The exhibitors showcased their global technologies and confirmed the positive response received from OEMs as well as participants. The two-day conference had world-renowned speakers and international experts in emission-related

Mr. Nitin R. Gokarn, Jt. Secretary (MoRT&H), lighting the traditional lamp to inaugurate ECT 2011 technologies sharing their vision, knowl- The Emission Controls Manufac- derstanding the magnitude of the edge and experiences for the future. turers Association (ECMA) organ- problem and working out a plausible Dignitaries from the US and Eu- ised the 4th International Conference solution that the 4th International rope shared their experiences and on “ECT 2011 – After Treatment Seminar on “ECT 2011” was held. best practices in the area of vehicu- Technologies, 2013 & beyond” in The delegates comprised manufac- lar emission control, providing the New Delhi on November 9 and 10. turers of emission control devices, delegates an insight into how each With environmental issues now officials from Pollution Control government is committed towards firmly embedded into the politi- Boards and regulatory bodies, R&D cal mainstream, emission control heads for oil and petroleum compa- Manufacturers of emission con- experts, along with the automotive nies, professors from engineering trol components updated the industry, face the challenge of pro- institutes and technocrats from the delegates on the new global ducing more efficient and green / vehicle industry. technologies that are now avail- emission-friendly vehicles whilst at The chief guest, Mr. N.R. Gokarn, able and adopted in Europe and the same time responding to the glo- Jt. Secretary, briefed the gathering the US for meeting tighter emis- bal demand to meet stringent future on the initiatives being taken by the emission norms. Government to curb emissions. He sion standards for all on-road It was with this objective of un- also launched the “ECT 2011 Tech- and off-road vehicles.

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At the inaugural session of ECT 2011 conference are (from left) Mr. B. R. Gosain, Executive Director, ECMA, Mr. Amit Arora, Secretary, ECMA, Dr. Robert O’Keefe, Vice President, HEI - USA, Mr. Nitin R. Gokarn, Jt. Secretary, MoRT&H, Mr. Dirk Bos- teels, Executive Director, AECC - Brussels, Mr. Dhananjay Tapasvi, Managing Director, Johnson Matthey, and Dr. Joe Kubsh, Executive Director, MECA - USA improving the ambient air quality considered how the industry should to meet emissions targets and se- through initiatives not only for new take the optimum technologies for- cure a sustainable and competitive vehicles but also for in-use vehicles. ward into the mainstream vehicle automotive industry for the years The vehicle industry has seen a technology that will result in a ro- ahead. significant growth in two- and three- bust yet cost-effective framework w wheeler population in Asian cities, and in India in particular, with the Indian Emis- sion Standards one of the strictest around the world. There were seven technical sessions and one closing panel discussion. The panel covered critical issues highlighted at the conference to provide a timely opportunity for industry stakeholders, policy- makers and analysts to dis- cuss the latest developments in emission, fuel and engine technologies. Further, the delegates Mr. Nitin R. Gokarn, discussing technologies with exhibitors at ECT 2011 expo Media Partner: MOTORINDIA

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ALUCAST 2011, a big success

Mr. P.N. Sadhu, Technical Advisor, Sunbeam Auto Ltd. and Patron, ALUCAST 2011, Mr. Ujjwal Munjal, Executive Director, Rockman Industries Ltd., and Dr. Bernhard Fritsche, President Die-casting, Buhler Druckguss AG, jointly inaugurating ALU- CAST 2011 LUCAST 2011, or- The inaugural session of the con- workers to sustain the industry. ganised by the Alu- ference was presided over by Mr. Addressing the inaugural session, minium Casters Ujjwal Munjal, Executive Direc- Mr. Munjal said: “Today growth A tor, Rockman Industries Ltd., as in India is driven by rural prosper- Association of India, Delhi the Chief Guest and Dr. Bernhard ity, rapid urbanisation and a young Centre, recently proved a Fritsche, President Die-casting, thriving population. Die-casting is a big success, providing a Buhler Druckguss AG, was the capital-intensive business and, over much-needed platform for Guest of Honour. Mr. P.N. Sadhu, the years, capital has become scarce knowledge-sharing for the Technical Advisor, Sunbeam Auto and expensive. Most aluminium die- Ltd. and Patron, ALUCAST 2011 die-casting fraternity. With was a pillar of strength and wisdom Ours is an industry with a set of its theme ‘Optimization of at the event. He shared his multi- unique opportunities and chal- Die-Casting Processes’, the decade experience in the die-casting lenges, and I am sure we can set event witnessed a very good industry, stressing on the need for higher goals, aspirations and advancement in die-casting tech- turnout of interested die- targets for ourselves. casters. nology and want of more dedicated

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casters are in the SME sector with limited access to finance and capital. This has dented profitability and the ability to generate fresh capacity over the past year. OEMs are putting the latest platforms on the assembly line. Auto component makers and die-casters have a big challenge to bridge the technology gap.” The two-day event witnessed presentation of technical papers that enabled the participants to under- stand the know-how of the industry better. A catalogue show was organised where exhibitors presented the latest products and developments Mr. P.N. Sadhu, presenting a memento to the chief guest Mr. Ujjwal Munjal from their company. Mr. Sudam Maitra, Managing casting of liquid aluminium alloys hard-wearing it also has good elec- Executive Officer (Supply Chain), into metal moulds to get the pre- trical and thermal conductivity. The Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (MSIL), ferred shape. What makes die-cast- die-casting products that are used by presided over as the Chief Guest at ing play an important role in the au- the automotive sector include cylin- the valedictory session. tomotive industry is its lightweight. ders, pistons and engine sumps. Aluminium die-casting involves Apart from being lightweight and w

The winning team of ALUCAST 2011 Media Partner: MOTORINDIA

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CMPDA Auto Show sets new record

he second edition of the Coimbatore Auto Show 2011, organised by the Coimbatore Motor Parts Dealers Association (CMPDA), proved a huge suc- Tcess compared to the first event held a year ago. This was made possible with the collective and comprehensive approach of the Association members. This was also reflected in the number of participants of over 200 and almost all the leading vehicle and auto component manufacturers displaying their new products in the show held for the first time in the CODDISIA fair grounds.

Mr. K. Ramaswamy, Chairman, Roots Group of Companies, inaugurating the Coimbatore Auto Show in the presence of the Association members. The torch-bearers of the winning CMPDA team

Mr. S. Muthukrishnan, Consultant, Delphi-TVS Diesel Sys- tems Ltd., (left), with his team. The AL-TVS stall, a perfect combination for genuine spares

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The tastefully decorated stall of Castrol, the world leader in lubricants Bosch, the auto components boss

India’s two-wheeler battery king AMCO with its latest innovations The young and dynamic IPL team

The globally popular Meritor products on display The unbeatable Apollo tyre Media Partner: MOTORINDIA

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AUTOMATICA 2012 to focus on safe man-machine co-operation

ince introduction of their use quite a few years ago, it has become hard to imagine Sindustry without robots. Their strengths lie in power, quickness and stamina. Their limitation is that they can only flex their muscles in separate cells for safety reasons in most cases. The future: an increasing number of safety barriers will fall. The reason is that modern technology is providing such a high degree of safety that people and robots can work hand in hand. Mr. Rajesh Nath, VDMA Managing Director Visitors to AUTOMATICA 2012, the International work area without spatial separation using safety barri- Trade Fair for Automation and Mechatronics to be held ers or light grids. at the New Munich Trade Fair Centre during May 22- The Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology 25, can obtain an overview of the far-reaching perspec- and Automation (IPA) in Stuttgart is one of the most tives provided by “safe man-robot co-operation”. active research institutes dealing with the safety aspects The further development of “safe robots” enables a of man-robot co-operation. Martin Hägele, Department space-saving cell concept without rigid barriers on the Head of Robot Systems, believes that enormous poten- one hand. On the other, it opens the door to new ap- tial has become available with the standard: “Man-robot plications involving people and robots, for example, in co-operation makes it possible to combine the strengths installation, medical technology and the service sector. of people and robots and consequently to automate proc- Various colleges and institutes have worked out ba- esses which were previously not economically feasible. sic principles for this over the years, which link sensor Thanks to co-operation, workplaces can be designed er- technology with control and process control engineering gonomically and costs can be reduced overall, thanks to as well as mechanics and consequently create new au- the higher degrees of automation.” tomation possibilities. The way into industrial practice is also being smoothed by the norm ISO 10218-1 with People have high cognitive skills, are creative respect to the safety aspects of man-robot co-operation and can adapt quickly to complex situations. On (also referred to as human-machine collaboration). It the other hand, robots have untiring repetitive contains safety requirements for industrial robots, so accuracy, even when there are heavy loads. that people and robots can work together in a defined – Mr. Martin Hägele

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that ‘people and robots work togeth- specific, proprietary hardware for er’. As a result, we redefined robot the future of robots. This especially requirements, which are implemented concerns the required safety con- best with a light-construction design trol technology. After all, reliable and integrated force-torque sensors.” transfer of complex data structures It is absolutely clear for KUKA that such as sensor values and positions the limits of safety concepts custom- provides unexpected possibilities ary on the market today must be over- compared to conventional, parallel- come with new solutions involving wired safety systems. w

The German Center for Air and Space Travel (DLR) is also putting this principle to work. The institute is leading worldwide in the area of safe man-robot collaboration. For example, it has conducted biomechanical / medical injury investigations with the goal of developing a “standardized crash test procedure” for robots similar to the automobile sector. One highlight of the institute is a lightweight construction robot, which represents successful technology transfer. KUKA developed it further to become a product for the research world. It was also able to demonstrate the benefits of its special skills impressively in an industrial environment in a pilot application for axle gear mounting at Mercedes-Benz. Dr. Sami Haddadin, head of the group “Human-Robot Interaction” at DLR, explained: “In the development of lightweight construction robots, KUKA and DLR bet not only on robot engineering, but also based their work on the idea

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Fiem Industries chief honoured with Special Awards With a current staff strength of 6,000, Fiem Industries also has an R&D Centre in Japan and boasts an annual turnover of more than Rs. 4,170 million. A strong believer that determina- tion and hard work are the key to success, Mr. Jain was inspired to set up a manufacturing unit for producing automotive components. Start- ing off with only one unit, he slowly started expanding operations, and today he is a leading entrepreneur with eight manufacturing units Mr. J.K. Jain, Chairman & Managing Director, Fiem Industries Ltd., being conferred the prestigious Doctor of Honours (Business Management) by the Senate across different States in India. and Board of Directors of the Open International University for Complementary Mr. Jain visualizes that India is Medicines. going to be a manufacturing and Mr. J.K. Jain, Chairman & Man- growth in the Indian automotive R&D hub in Asia for the automobile aging Director, Fiem Industries Ltd., industry. With 35 years of experi- industry and therefore has plans for has been conferred the prestigious ence, he is one of the pioneers of the substantial expansion and product Doctor of Honours (Business Man- automotive components industry in diversification to meet the country’s agement) by the Open Internation- India. future demand. w al University for Complementary Medicines, Colombo, Sri Lanka. The degree was conferred by the Senate and Board of Directors of the University on his fulfilling the quali- fying requirements at a special function held recently. Mr. Jain has also been presented the Outstanding Entrepreneurship Award by Enterprise Asia, a leading NGO, for his outstanding and exemplary achievements in entrepreneurship. Mr. Jain began his career as an entrepreneur by working on his family business when he saw the potential Mr. Jain with the Outstanding Entrepreneurship Award

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The dignitaries at the Golden Jubilee celebration Texspin Golden Jubilee function largely attended An ambitious target of Rs. 1,000 crores set Texspin Bearings Ltd. re- The event also witnessed the pres- “Total Satisfaction”. cently celebrated its 50 ence of business associates, suppli- At the ceremony which was well years of operations on a ers, media professionals and key organized by Texspin, Mr. Dipen political leaders who testified at the Makwana, Director, assured the cus- grand scale at its main plant closing ceremony that Texspin has tomers by saying: “The automotive in Gujarat. All domestic OEM always stood by its mission state- industry has evolved substantially and overseas clients were ment of being a prominent transna- in the last several years as we all invited to the gala function, tional automotive company provid- know, and to keep Texspin aligned which witnessed the par- ing “Enhanced Value Creation” and with all expectations of customers ticipation of the top-notch the Texspin team is 100 per cent determined, equipped and fully ready executives from Tata Mo- to offer and deliver as per your ex- tors Ltd., Ashok Leyland, VE pectations.” Commercial Vehicles, Ma- He said Texspin’s tradition has al- hindra & Mahindra, BMW, ways been to provide innovative de- ZF Group, Thyssen Krupp, sign solutions and be a partner to the Valeo, TAFE, Escorts Ltd, automotive industry for providing solutions first and then the products. New Holland, Sona Steering, He also spoke on the several Rane, and many others. highlights of the products that

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Texspin has pioneered. Texspin has been the first company to introduce over 25 products in the Indian market. Mr. Makwana made a special mention of Texspin’s testing and validation center which is the largest and most versatile for the bearing industry. All this was possible because the quest to question and challenge the existing technologies and enhance them by testing and validating with real condition simulations. Texspin has made huge investments on infrastructure, grinding lines, heat treatment capabilities, etc. “We are committed to continue adding values for our clients and Mr. Vishal Makwana spoke at our communities in a changing world, and are looking forward length on the founder, Mr. C.M. to our further journey wherein we have set a goal of achieving a Makwana. Established in 1961, the company faced a lot of challenges Rs. 1,000-crore turnover within the next 5-10 years.” during the early days. – Mr. Bhupendra Makwana, Chairman & Managing Director At the closing ceremony, Mr. ings Ltd., profusely thanked all He also appreciated the commit- Bhupendra Makwana, Chairman & those present for their continued pa- ment and passion the employees Managing Director, Texspin Bear- tronage. have for the company, their business associates and suppliers who have been with the company for long. A generation leadership All the clients present in large Even at 85, Mr. C.M. Makwana, the company Founder, is numbers at the function were taken hale and hearty and has been the guiding force as well as around the Texspin plant and its a morale-booster for Texspin Bearings Ltd. state-of-the-art facilities. The com- His son Mr. Bhupendra Makwana, Chairman & Managing pany had arranged a systematic plant Director, has taken the company to still greater heights tour which allowed the customers to freely walk around the manufactur- and has set a very ambitious target of Rs. 1,000 crores on ing facility and have a glimpse for the occasion of the company’s Golden Jubilee celebration. themselves of the qualitative ap- Mr. Dipen Makwana, the eldest son of Mr. Bhupendra proach that Texspin embraces at Makwana, who joined the family business eight years ago every stage of the products turned after completing the double degree in entrepreneurship out. covering business and skill in Melbourne, Australia, has All the Indian and overseas clients plans to expand operations at the global level. were extremely delighted as they were escorted by key executives of

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the company who explained in detail the extensive manufacturing process, R&D activities, quality control aspects and, most importantly, new product developments with extensive testing and validation, as also the infrastructure which the company has developed over the decades. After the plant tour, the clients were extremely upbeat and appreciated the vast infrastructure and technological advances that Texspin has made over the years. Further, talking to the customers present, many prominent industry leaders gave their own testimonies about Texspin and how they have been a key supporter in all aspects, including challenging product developments, critical juncture development and delivery support. All the customers spoke highly of Texspin and its management style. The company has shown double- “I would like to reiterate our 100 per cent commitment and de- digit growth for the past four con- termination to fulfill our customers’ expectations. The largest secutive years. It has enhanced capacities in the existing plant and has challenge is to take Texspin forward for the next 50 years. This acquired new land of over 10 acres is a huge challenge on our shoulders which we are fully deter- in Ahmedabad for further expan- mined to accomplish.” sion. Product expansion includes ta- – Mr. Dipen Makwana, Director - Business Development per roller bearings, cylindrical roller bearings, intermediate cones, etc. tion of its management and employ- bearing, concentric slave cylinder The company has evolved right ees enabling the company to serve for clutch system, kingpin bearings from its establishment in 1961 by the global market. and other products continue to pro- C.M. Makwana at a 500 sq. ft. hut- Texspin develops and manufac- vide unmatched solution to the cus- like shed with only four machines in tures precision products like trans- tomer. a small town called Ranpur in Gu- mission components, steering com- Today Texspin is a major player jarat. The basic needs like electric- ponents, suspension components in the Indian bearing industry, sup- ity, skilled labor and raw materials and engine components. It offers plying its products to overseas auto- were not easily available. However, customized solutions that meet the motive markets as well. Texspin’s success story is only be- specific requirements of automotive cause of the hard work and dedica- manufacturers. Its clutch release w

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Bus air-conditioning: Climate-friendly refrigerants the right choice ? here is growing awareness of the problematic effect that synthetic sub- stances have on the earth’s atmosphere. The European Union has recog- Tnised this and, for environmental reasons, has laid down strict regulations for refrigerants used in air-conditioning units in powered vehicles in its Mobile-Air- Conditioning Directive (MAC).

As of January 1, 2011, vehicle manufacturers must undertake to use refrigerants with a global warming potential (GWP) of less than 150 in accordance with EC No. 842/2006 in the air-conditioning units in vehicles approved as new types. This also applies for all registered passenger cars and light commercial vehicles (less than 1.3 t). The bus industry is also mentioned in this Directive. A date for the prohibition of R-134a has not yet been defined but is expected any moment. A further legal issue related to the use of refrigerant is defined in the contains chlorine and elements that closed systems. The refrigerant es- Chemicals & Climate Protection Act damage the ozone layer, was re- capes permanently during the life which states that only specialised placed in the air-conditioning units cycle of the vehicle. The average personnel with a personal certificate with the chemical FC-refrigerant leak rate for R134a in new buses is may carry out work on systems with R134a (tetrafluoroethane - a hydro- 13.3 per cent refrigerant per year in fluorinated refrigerants. The com- carbon that contains fluorine) that is coaches and 13.7 per cent in urban pany also needs to be certified. used today. Whilst this substance is buses. As of 1989, the refrigerant R12 much more environmentally-friend- According to information pub- (CFC chlorofluorocarbon), which ly than normal CFC, it still has a lished by the “Deutschen Umwelth- GWP with a factor of 1430 and was ilfe e.V.”, buses in Germany emit- In 1993 only five per cent of all declared to be an interim solution at ted almost 100 tonnes of refrigerant new city buses had air-condition- the time. R134a in 2008. The quantity of re- These synthetic refrigerants start frigerant released from buses cor- ing units. By 2008 this had risen to become a problem when they responds to 140,000 tonnes of CO2 to 64 per cent. In 2011 all new escape into the environment in the equivalents a year. This equates to coaches in Germany were fitted event of accidents or during main- the annual CO2 emission of 90,000 tenance. Also, the vehicle air-condi- economic small passenger cars driv- with air-conditioning systems. tioning systems are not hermetically en normally.

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70 per cent. Carbon dioxide (R744) is neither toxic nor flammable (safety data sheet). Measurements by the pro- fessional association for traffic (BG Verkehr) have confirmed the harm- lessness of the use of R744 in buses. The maximum occupational exposure limit value (MAK) for R744 is 5000 ppm. This value was not ex- ceeded in the tests. Due to the high pressure, an air- conditioning system that is operated with carbon dioxide is also ideal for reversing the cooling process. The In addition to the environmental environmentally neutral (GWP = 0). air-conditioning system can there- aspects, there is also a financial cri- A system operated with R744 fore be used as a heat pump for the terion. A current survey showed that has a higher efficiency level than a bus heating system. In contrast, a the price for R134a has increased by R134a system. Almost 25 per cent heat pump with R134a would not 100 per cent in recent years. Whilst less fuel is used for the same cooling supply enough output at tempera- R134a cost 13 Euros per kg in 2001, performance (UBA 2008, ADAC tures below 0°C due to the lower it now costs 26 Euros. 2008, Hrnjak, SAE ARCRP1, pressure levels. The question now is what refrig- 2007). This not only reduces the The transcritical operation and the erant should be used in the bus air- exhaust gas emissions, it also cuts high pressure means that the exist- conditioning units in the future? down on operating costs. ing cooling system needs to be com- Alternatives Thanks to the simple and non- pletely modified. The increased cost A more environmentally compat- hazardous handling of R744, the in- caused by these changes will be am- ible alternative to the refrigerant spection times compared to R134a ortized within five-six years. R134a is the chemical refrigerant are reduced by more than half. Due HFO-1234yf is a chemically HFO 1234yf and the natural refrig- to the fact that R744 is not a chemi- manufactured refrigerant. The cli- erant R744 (CO2). cal refrigerant, it is also not subject mate protection goals defined by R744 is a natural component in to the Chemicals & Climate Protec- RL 2006/40/EC are achieved with a the air and only has a GWP of a fac- tion Act. The purchasing costs per GWP of 4. The low GWP value of tor of 1. As it is a waste product of kg of refrigerant are over 90 per 4 is achieved because the substance industrial processes and the envi- cent lower which, in turn, equates is quickly decomposed in the at- ronmental effect has already been to an overall savings potential in mosphere. Moisture plays the major “booked”, its further use is therefore terms of the service costs of around role here. Additives are mixed in to ensure that the refrigerant does not decompose in the air-conditioning In the future, environmentally-friendly air-conditioning unit. This prevents premature de- systems, in particular for all-electric buses and hybrid composition of the R-1234yf in the system. Also, much more care needs busses, could be low-emission hermetical systems with to be taken during servicing com- electrical compressors. pared to R134a. w

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Pre-Automechanika St. Petersburg fringe program to woo visitors

chains and the Russian aftersales market. Experts estimate the market volume of automotive components and spare parts at $900 million for the St. Petersburg region. The average annual market growth is 17-22 per cent, which makes the region the largest and most promising in Rus- sia. The Russian market volume amounted in 30.2 million units in 2010. At the moment 80 per cent of automotive component producers are focused on the secondary market and 20 per cent on the primary market. The Association of European issues as the latest trends in the Rus- The biggest manufacturers of Businesses in Russia (AEB), the sian automotive industry, supplier automotive components and spare strategic partner of Messe Frankfurt market development, investment parts in the Russian market are Lear, RUS, will provide consulting sup- opportunities in the Russian region, Bosch and Federal Mogul. There are port for organising the extensive legal framework of the automotive 270 domestic and around 50 foreign fringe program and carry out full in- component industry, standardization manufacturers operating in the Rus- formation support of Automechan- and logistics in automotive supply sian market. ika St. Petersburg 2012. The fringe program will give a full insight into the current condition of the automotive industry and cover such topical

The main exhibition objective is to market new products, services, obtaining new business contacts and participants in the production and supply of automotive components and spare parts, equipment for the automotive industry and system maintenance and service.

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‘CEAT-PRO Knowledge Series’ IndianOil mobilises to help fleet owners bonds of over Rs. 1,400 crores The Indian tyre major CEAT try is booming it lacks a common Ltd. organized a knowledge plat- platform to engage customers and form – ‘CEAT PRO’ – for fleet help them build best practices. At owners in Chennai to help them CEAT, we believe in partnering better their business and reduce with our customers and the auto- operation costs. The interactive mobile industry to gain value and platform gave fleet owners access optimum growth, thus “CEAT to best practices and ideas across PRO” was launched.” This is not diverse areas of the Indian trucking a selling but a knowledge plank, industry. to share ideas and best practices. Mr. RS Butola, Chairman As part of CEAT will engage industry experts Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. has raised over Rs. 1,400 crores from the Indian its fleet excel- and help create bond markets after a gap of nearly 2½ lence pro- value for the years. gram, CEAT end customer IndianOil’s issue of secured redeem- PRO knowl- by assisting able non-convertible bonds opened for edge series aims him with new subscription on private placement basis to create a common platform for technology, information and best on December 15. The ‘AAA’ rated bonds sharing information and resources practices.” have a maturity of five years with put and and thus helping fleets compete on The Indian truck transporta- call option at the end of the 18th month. a flatter turf. The panelists speak tion market is approximately Rs. The issue has been placed through about the benefits of telematics to 38,000 crores, of which over 80 book-building route in a coupon range customers, AMC and maintenance, per cent lies in the unorganised of 9.20-9.45 per cent per annum payable lubrication for one’s fleet, radiali- sector. Despite recent develop- annually. Well received by institutional zation and how to better manage ments, the overall awareness of investors, particularly FIIs and banks, the credit. new technologies and industry best issue, which was launched with an original size of Rs. 500 crores, was oversub- Speaking on this occasion, Mr. practices is quite low. Penetration scribed over three times with subscrip- Vinod Kumar, Head (Marketing), of new age systems such as the tion aggregating to approximately Rs. CEAT Ltd., observed: “Though Fleet Management software or the 1,600 crores. the Indian transportation indus- GPS systems is quite dismal and is IndianOil has decided a cut-off cou- mostly restricted to only a select pon rate of 9.28 per cent, i.e., the lower CEAT has also started India’s first few big transporters. and only transportation awards of the book-building range. As per mar- The first step in this direction ket sources, this is one of the finest pric- – the India Road Transportation is the CEAT ‘PRO’ knowledge ings achieved by any corporate in recent Award (IRTA) – to take forward seminar series, where top indus- times. the knowledge platform and to try experts share their views on a The proceeds of the bond issue would start recognizing the achievers variety of topics, thus helping fleet be utilised for meeting capex of ongoing in the transportation sector. owners. domestic projects.

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Comparative Production, Domestic Sales and Exports Date for : April-November 2011 (Number of Vehicles) Category Production Domestic Sales Exports Segment/Subsegment April-November April-November April-November Segment/Subsegment 2010-11 2011-12 %change 2010-11 2011-12 %change 2010-11 2011-12 %change I Passenger Vehicles ( PVs ) Passenger Cars 1,561,685 1,573,604 0.76 1,264,142 1,219,509 -3.53 272,451 330,616 21.35 Utility Vehicles(UVs) 199,803 226,687 13.46 202,208 224,558 11.05 2,497 3,219 28.91 Vans 139,887 156,782 12.08 138,415 152,617 10.26 1,652 1,257 -23.91 Total Passenger Vehicles (PVs) 1,901,375 1,957,073 2.93 1,604,765 1,596,684 -0.50 276,600 335,092 21.15 II Commercial Vehicles (CVs) M&HCVs Passenger Carriers 36,582 32,540 -11.05 31,803 28,494 -10.40 6,517 5,600 -14.07 Goods Carriers 173,245 207,616 19.84 163,496 185,151 13.24 11,380 11,942 4.94 Total M&HCVs 209,827 240,156 14.45 195,299 213,645 9.39 17,897 17,542 -1.98 LCVs Passenger Carriers 29,332 35,141 19.80 29,520 32,366 9.64 2,207 3,484 57.86 Goods Carriers 222,273 305,425 37.41 191,981 253,954 32.28 24,870 35,618 43.22 Total LCVs 251,605 340,566 35.36 221,501 286,320 29.26 27,077 39,102 44.41 Total Commercial Vehicles 461,432 580,722 25.85 416,800 499,965 19.95 44,974 56,644 25.95 III Three Wheelers Passenger Carrier 451,575 522,161 15.63 278,065 269,860 -2.95 177,695 256,553 44.38 Goods Carrier 63,080 72,900 15.57 61,575 71,022 15.34 1,061 1,237 16.59 Total Three Wheelers 514,655 595,061 15.62 339,640 340,882 0.37 178,756 257,790 44.21 IV Two wheelers Scooter/Scooterettee 1,356,468 1,685,750 24.27 1,315,780 1,623,691 23.40 31,165 61,628 97.75 Motor cycles/Step-Through 6,902,099 8,058,832 16.76 5,896,528 6,773,534 14.87 992,002 1,279,193 28.95 Mopeds 459,769 511,317 11.21 454,840 504,824 10.99 4,577 6,475 41.47 Total Two wheelers 8,718,336 10,255,899 17.64 7,667,148 8,902,049 16.11 1,027,744 1,347,296 31.09 Grand Total of All Categories 11,595,798 13,388,755 15.46 10,028,353 11,339,580 13.08 1,528,074 1,996,822 30.68 Segment & Company wise report for the month of Nov.’11 and cumulative for April-November 2011 (Number of Vehicles) Category Production Domestic Sales Exports For the month of Cumulative For the month of Cumulative For the month of Cumulative Segment/Subsegment November April-November November April-November November April-November Manufacturer 2010 2011 2010-11 2011-12 2010 2011 2010-11 2011-12 2010 2011 2010-11 2011-12 I Passenger Vehicles ( PVs ) A: Passenger Cars BMW India Pvt Ltd NA NA 2,338 3,148 NA NA 3,171 3,442 0 0 0 0 Fiat India Automobiles Pvt Ltd 803 1,123 15,272 11,799 1,023 1,037 14,956 10,351 0 177 1,022 1,347 Ford India Pvt Ltd 7,049 10,020 69,468 75,704 7,305 8,118 62,415 58,620 804 1,769 5,686 17,171 General Motors India Pvt Ltd 6,769 5,950 59,558 61,560 6,788 6,445 57,009 58,095 12 50 295 287 Hindustan Motors Ltd 652 81 5,605 1,940 419 135 5,285 1,907 0 0 0 4 Honda Siel Cars India Ltd 5,361 1,882 38,816 26,719 4,070 1,952 39,180 31,504 4 11 59 34 Hyundai Motor India Ltd 43,389 56,040 389,830 420,503 31,501 34,878 238,333 248,305 13,002 22,080 155,891 166,843 Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd 960 1,304 7,308 12,180 876 1,127 5,824 11,652 0 0 1,500 0 Maruti Suzuki India Ltd 95,936 89,718 715,165 579,624 87,618 73,078 621,271 505,148 9,784 8,749 95,945 72,599 Mercedes-Benz India Pvt Ltd* NA NA 2,564 3,746 NA NA 2,731 3,098 0 0 0 0 Nissan Motor India Pvt Ltd 9,661 13,384 29,546 83,343 1,048 2,663 5,572 15,085 6,551 8,032 6,551 67,802 Renault India Pvt Ltd 0 48 0 1,134 0 101 0 988 0 0 0 0 SkodaAuto India Pvt Ltd 1,456 2,682 11,635 20,031 1,652 2,560 11,717 17,483 0 0 0 0 Tata Motors Ltd 13,202 22,567 183,149 162,258 12,234 23,540 163,401 147,350 324 322 5,502 4,529 Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt Ltd 761 8,258 6,720 52,875 793 8,775 7,012 52,129 0 0 0 0 Volkswagen - Audi 0 0 0 0 NA NA 1,205 2,319 0 0 0 0 Volkswagen India Pvt Ltd 3,951 6,509 24,711 57,040 4,612 6,722 25,060 52,033 0 0 0 0 Total A: Passenger Cars 189,950 219,566 1,561,685 1,573,604 159,939 171,131 1,264,142 1,219,509 30,481 41,190 272,451 330,616

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Segment & Company wise report for the month of Nov.’11 and cumulative for April-November 2011 (Number of Vehicles) Category Production Domestic Sales Exports For the month of Cumulative For the month of Cumulative For the month of Cumulative Segment/Subsegment November April-November November April-November November April-November Manufacturer 2010 2011 2010-11 2011-12 2010 2011 2010-11 2011-12 2010 2011 2010-11 2011-12 B: Utility Vehicles(UVs) BMW India Pvt Ltd NA NA 0 2,714 NA NA 256 2,453 0 0 0 0 Force Motors Ltd 197 519 2,089 2,900 200 454 2,074 2,770 0 0 0 1 Ford India Pvt Ltd 81 126 2,091 1,914 199 204 2,017 1,868 0 0 0 0 General Motors India Pvt Ltd 1,481 1,903 12,152 14,465 1,576 1,937 13,165 15,351 0 8 5 60 Hindustan Motors Ltd 170 122 1,784 1,455 160 112 1,778 1,435 0 0 0 0 Honda Siel Cars India Ltd 0 0 0 0 35 30 371 195 0 0 0 0 Hyundai Motor India Ltd 0 110 133 1,079 39 122 108 1,131 0 0 0 0 International Cars & Motors Ltd 29 49 465 335 76 52 521 338 0 0 0 Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd 12,071 18,514 109,541 129,763 11,447 16,686 107,822 125,554 237 221 1,830 2,608 Maruti Suzuki India Ltd 237 274 3,108 3,965 199 180 4,428 4,296 11 9 128 123 Mercedes-Benz India Pvt Ltd* NA NA 0 0 NA NA 197 403 NA NA 0 0 Nissan Motor India Pvt Ltd 0 0 0 0 31 25 312 173 0 0 0 0 Renault India Pvt Ltd 87 245 73 223 0 0 SkodaAuto India Pvt Ltd 160 218 291 1,595 189 68 291 974 0 0 0 0 Tata Motors Ltd 3,166 4,057 25,923 26,586 3,106 3,612 25,683 26,476 69 25 534 427 Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt Ltd 4,377 5,125 42,226 39,671 4,449 5,181 42,495 39,852 0 0 0 0 Volkswagen - Audi 0 0 0 0 NA NA 687 1,062 0 0 0 0 Volkswagen India Pvt Ltd 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 Total B: Utility Vehicles(UVs) 21,969 31,104 199,803 226,687 21,706 28,736 202,208 224,558 317 263 2,497 3,219 C: Vans Force Motors Ltd 47 0 178 100 34 4 102 136 0 0 0 0 Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd 8 2,553 59 16,263 7 2,121 56 16,182 0 15 0 15 Maruti Suzuki India Ltd 15,102 9,078 107,014 100,848 14,686 9,612 105,182 97,973 256 144 1,486 1,054 Tata Motors Ltd 3,763 5,713 32,636 39,571 4,262 5,677 33,075 38,326 45 54 166 188 Total C: Vans 18,920 17,344 139,887 156,782 18,989 17,414 138,415 152,617 301 213 1,652 1,257 Total Passenger Vehicles (PVs) 230,839 268,014 1,901,375 1,957,073 200,634 217,281 1,604,765 1,596,684 31,099 41,666 276,600 335,092 II Commercial Vehicles (CVs) M&HCVs A: Passenger Carriers Ashok Leyland Ltd 2,507 1,571 16,261 14,156 1,710 1,220 12,798 11,302 523 527 2,949 3,016 JCBL Ltd 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 Mahindra Navistar Automotives Ltd 0 0 355 117 14 0 368 4 0 0 0 0 SML Isuzu Ltd 209 300 2,480 2,171 146 177 2,052 1,989 0 0 4 5 Tata Motors Ltd 1,525 1,131 15,593 12,982 1,284 1,339 14,405 12,134 356 310 3,430 2,480 VE CVs - Eicher 63 248 1,566 2,684 86 168 1,850 2,640 1 8 129 99 Volvo Buses India Pvt. Ltd. 45 57 327 429 45 57 330 424 0 0 0 0 Total A: Passenger Carriers 4,349 3,307 36,582 32,540 3,285 2,961 31,803 28,494 880 845 6,517 5,600 B: Goods Carriers Ashok Leyland Ltd 4,177 6,598 40,904 41,525 2,132 4,423 36,967 36,345 727 692 3,615 4,239 Asia Motor Works Ltd 501 715 3,903 7,360 616 720 4,035 6,736 0 0 0 0 Daimler India Commercial Vehicles NA NA 188 120 NA NA 103 85 0 0 0 0 Mahindra Navistar Automotives 251 268 766 1,236 92 245 177 1,623 0 0 0 0 SML Isuzu Ltd 474 501 2,838 3,193 361 401 2,477 2,847 23 32 138 236 Tata Motors Ltd 15,016 18,290 107,287 131,656 13,419 14,725 102,837 116,988 862 625 6,873 6,745 VE CVs - Eicher 2,311 3,117 16,654 22,023 1,924 2,543 16,273 20,140 51 23 754 722 VE CVs - Volvo 94 38 705 503 113 68 627 387 0 0 0 0 Total B: Goods Carriers 22,824 29,527 173,245 207,616 18,657 23,125 163,496 185,151 1,663 1,372 11,380 11,942 Total M&HCVs 27,173 32,834 209,827 240,156 21,942 26,086 195,299 213,645 2,543 2,217 17,897 17,542 LCVs A: Passenger Carriers Ashok Leyland Ltd 40 14 675 1,001 42 17 446 254 2 182 82 485 Force Motors Ltd 839 1,581 8,654 11,314 728 1,373 8,395 10,820 0 0 84 76 Hindustan Motors Ltd 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 9 Mahindra Navistar Automotives 261 244 3,388 3,155 214 266 3,273 3,140 0 0 0 0 SML Isuzu Ltd 134 286 1,887 2,373 205 207 1,972 2,160 0 0 24 19 Tata Motors Ltd 1,522 1,213 12,956 15,048 1,388 1,316 13,795 13,785 281 278 1,717 2,809

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Segment & Company wise report for the month of Nov.’11 and cumulative for April-November 2011 (Number of Vehicles) Category Production Domestic Sales Exports For the month of Cumulative For the month of Cumulative For the month of Cumulative Segment/Subsegment November April-November November April-November November April-November Manufacturer 2010 2011 2010-11 2011-12 2010 2011 2010-11 2011-12 2010 2011 2010-11 2011-12 VE CVs - Eicher 62 175 1,772 2,248 93 81 1,639 2,207 48 10 293 86 Total A: Passenger Carriers 2,858 3,513 29,332 35,141 2,670 3,260 29,520 32,366 331 470 2,207 3,484 B: Goods Carriers Ashok Leyland Ltd 0 784 24 1,541 1 814 1 1,391 0 0 0 0 Force Motors Ltd 635 605 5,217 5,361 623 621 5,045 5,010 20 0 39 86 Hindustan Motors Ltd 39 12 313 149 20 11 266 138 0 0 0 25 Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd 9,701 14,221 71,377 94,113 7,692 11,241 63,755 80,791 965 1,835 6,818 12,155 Mahindra Navistar Automotives Ltd 438 540 3,693 4,048 356 584 3,601 3,690 0 0 0 0 Piaggio Vehicles Pvt Ltd 251 881 6,192 8,197 474 843 6,045 7,965 0 0 12 10 SML Isuzu Ltd 213 263 960 1,199 167 160 670 827 60 20 300 202 Tata Motors Ltd 17,885 27,699 130,344 185,790 14,726 22,265 109,534 150,154 2,080 2,735 17,138 22,241 VE CVs - Eicher 673 658 4,153 5,027 416 379 3,064 3,988 84 36 563 899 Total B: Goods Carriers 29,835 45,663 222,273 305,425 24,475 36,918 191,981 253,954 3,209 4,626 24,870 35,618 Total LCVs 32,693 49,176 251,605 340,566 27,145 40,178 221,501 286,320 3,540 5,096 27,077 39,102 Total Commercial Vehicles 59,866 82,010 461,432 580,722 49,087 66,264 416,800 499,965 6,083 7,313 44,974 56,644 III Three Wheelers A: Passenger Carrier Atul Auto Limited 799 1,211 6,248 9,069 781 1,166 6,135 8,885 0 36 140 176 Bajaj Auto Ltd 35,588 44,623 285,729 342,713 14,983 16,112 132,616 128,203 19,007 25,696 157,497 220,000 Force Motors Ltd 0 0 84 286 0 1 31 9 0 56 84 406 Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd 3,797 5,574 28,313 34,490 3,413 4,600 27,181 32,765 286 460 1,624 2,416 Piaggio Vehicles Pvt Ltd 13,226 12,755 101,867 99,461 11,508 10,844 91,920 86,015 1,091 1,426 9,971 12,825 Scooters India Ltd 451 617 4,238 5,301 529 751 4,198 5,209 0 0 0 0 TVS Motor Company Ltd 2,973 3,276 25,096 30,841 1,650 858 15,984 8,774 1,509 1,848 8,379 20,730 Total A: Passenger Carrier 56,834 68,056 451,575 522,161 32,864 34,332 278,065 269,860 21,893 29,522 177,695 256,553 B: Goods Carrier Atul Auto Limited 472 1,098 5,440 8,136 483 1,074 5,467 8,094 0 10 2 26 Bajaj Auto Ltd 266 776 2,229 5,109 205 702 1,942 5,042 0 0 174 0 Force Motors Ltd 0 0 15 0 0 0 106 0 0 0 0 0 Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd 1,272 1,414 12,123 13,242 1,055 1,289 11,362 12,605 12 32 180 470 Piaggio Vehicles Pvt Ltd 5,399 5,063 39,076 40,577 5,332 4,723 38,451 39,641 94 191 705 741 Scooters India Ltd 574 710 4,197 5,836 565 755 4,247 5,640 0 0 0 0 Total B: Goods Carrier 7,983 9,061 63,080 72,900 7,640 8,543 61,575 71,022 106 233 1,061 1,237 Total Three Wheelers 64,817 77,117 514,655 595,061 40,504 42,875 339,640 340,882 21,999 29,755 178,756 257,790 IV Two wheelers A: Scooter/Scooterettee Bajaj Auto Ltd 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 Hero MotoCorp Ltd 29,128 38,657 214,381 289,486 27,168 35,576 204,118 263,596 1,960 3,081 10,528 24,971 Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India 73,989 119,821 603,323 758,662 68,278 117,850 588,744 744,875 1,234 1,710 8,896 11,860 Mahindra Two Wheelers Ltd 15,430 13,214 114,138 106,590 14,144 8,029 103,286 100,197 176 330 1,162 1,273 Suzuki Motorcycle India Pvt Ltd 20,873 26,631 142,404 171,720 20,587 26,722 142,080 171,718 0 5 90 95 TVS Motor Company Ltd 35,992 51,896 282,222 359,292 35,433 41,132 277,525 343,305 800 3,169 10,489 23,429 Total A: Scooter/Scooterettee 175,412 250,219 1,356,468 1,685,750 165,610 229,309 1,315,780 1,623,691 4,170 8,295 31,165 61,628 B: Motor cycles/Step- Through Bajaj Auto Ltd 256,825 345,420 2,300,918 2,650,447 193,174 228,407 1,631,881 1,780,756 71,862 103,560 674,816 892,702 H-D Motor Company India Pvt Ltd 0 98 0 453 0 94 0 373 0 0 0 0 Hero MotoCorp Ltd 392,238 498,115 3,230,722 3,844,405 382,138 485,381 3,151,607 3,750,098 10,100 12,724 80,649 84,227 Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India 62,423 79,472 495,553 544,535 51,171 72,120 444,298 484,112 8,733 7,618 50,969 59,323 India Yamaha Motor Pvt Ltd 30,741 45,024 229,659 326,454 22,710 28,178 179,837 239,038 7,600 10,984 53,683 78,396 Royal Enfield (Unit of Eicher Ltd) 4,954 7,204 34,727 52,826 4,897 6,853 33,132 50,782 135 149 1,606 1,887 Suzuki Motorcycle India Pvt Ltd 5,177 5,688 29,561 39,906 4,852 3,678 29,011 34,387 0 920 449 4,591 TVS Motor Company Ltd 67,564 78,573 580,959 599,806 49,534 44,359 426,762 433,988 13,461 18,249 129,830 158,067 Total B: Motor cycles/Step-Through 819,922 1,059,594 6,902,099 8,058,832 708,476 869,070 5,896,528 6,773,534 111,891 154,204 992,002 1,279,193 C: Mopeds TVS Motor Company Ltd 55,062 67,269 459,769 511,317 54,574 64,915 454,840 504,824 80 1,005 4,577 6,475 Total C: Mopeds 55,062 67,269 459,769 511,317 54,574 64,915 454,840 504,824 80 1,005 4,577 6,475 Total Two wheelers 1050,396 1377,082 8718,336 10255,899 928,660 1163,294 7667,148 8902,049 116,141 163,504 1027,744 1347,296 Grand Total of All Categories 1405,918 1804,223 11595,798 13388,755 1218,885 1489,714 10028,353 11339,580 175,322 242,238 1528,074 1996,822 *Mercedes-Benz India Pvt Ltd : November Production for 2010 was 427 units and domestic sales was 521, November production for 2011 was 650 units and domestic sales was 505 units

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Category & Company wise summary report for the month of November 2011 and YoY Growth (Number of Vehicles) Category Production Domestic Sales Exports For the month of Cumulative For the month of Cumulative For the month of Cumulative Segment/Subsegment November April-November November April-November November April-November Manufacturer 2011 YoY Growth 2011-12 YoY Growth 2011 YoY Growth 2011-12 YoY Growth 2011 YoY Growth 2011-12 YoY Growth I Passenger Vehicles (PVs) BMW India Pvt Ltd NA - 5862** - NA - 5895** - 0 - 0 - Fiat India Automobiles Pvt Ltd 1,123 39.85 11,799 -22.74 1,037 1.37 10,351 -30.79 177 - 1,347 31.80 Force Motors Ltd 519 112.70 3,000 32.33 458 95.73 2,906 33.55 0 - 1 - Ford India Pvt Ltd 10,146 42.30 77,618 8.47 8,322 10.90 60,488 -6.12 1,769 120.02 17,171 201.99 General Motors India Pvt Ltd 7,853 -4.81 76,025 6.02 8,382 0.22 73,446 4.66 58 383.33 347 15.67 Hindustan Motors Ltd 203 -75.30 3,395 -54.05 247 -57.34 3,342 -52.68 0 - 4 - Honda Siel Cars India Ltd 1,882 -64.89 26,719 -31.16 1,982 -51.72 31,699 -19.85 11 175.00 34 -42.37 Hyundai Motor India Ltd 56,150 29.41 421,582 8.11 35,000 10.97 249,436 4.61 22,080 69.82 166,843 7.03 International Cars & Motors Ltd 49 68.97 335 -27.96 52 -31.58 338 -35.12 0 - 0 - Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd 22,371 71.57 158,206 35.33 19,934 61.67 153,388 34.90 236 -0.42 2,623 -21.23 Maruti Suzuki India Ltd 99,070 -10.97 684,437 -17.07 82,870 -19.15 607,417 -16.89 8,902 -11.43 73,776 -24.38 Mercedes-Benz India Pvt Ltd* NA - 3746# - NA - 3501# - 0 - 0 - Nissan Motor India Pvt Ltd 13,384 38.54 83,343 182.08 2,688 149.12 15,258 159.31 8,032 22.61 67,802 934.99 Renault India Pvt Ltd 135 - 1379 - 174 - 1211 - 0 - 0 - SkodaAuto India Pvt Ltd 2,900 79.46 21,626 81.33 2,628 42.75 18,457 53.71 0 - 0 - Tata Motors Ltd 32,337 60.63 228,415 -5.50 32,829 67.48 212,152 -4.50 401 -8.45 5,144 -17.06 Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt Ltd 13,383 160.47 92,546 89.08 13,956 166.23 91,981 85.79 0 - 0 - Volkswagen - Audi 0 - 0 - NA - 3,381 78.70 0 - 0 - Volkswagen India Pvt Ltd 6,509 64.74 57,040 130.83 6,722 45.75 52,037 107.62 0 - 0 - Total Passenger Vehicles (PVs) 268,014 16.10 1,957,073 2.93 217,281 8.30 1,596,684 -0.50 41,666 33.98 335,092 21.15 II Commercial Vehicles (CVs) Ashok Leyland Ltd 8,967 33.36 58,223 0.62 6,474 66.64 49,292 -1.83 1,401 11.90 7,740 16.46 Asia Motor Works Ltd 715 42.71 7,360 88.57 720 16.88 6,736 66.94 0 - 0 - Daimler India Commercial Vehicles NA - 120 -36.17 NA - 85 -17.48 0 - 0 - Force Motors Ltd 2,186 48.30 16,675 20.21 1,994 47.59 15,830 17.78 0 - 162 31.71 Hindustan Motors Ltd 12 -69.23 151 -51.76 11 -45.00 138 -48.12 0 - 25 - JCBL Ltd 0 - 1 - 0 - 1 - 0 - 0 - Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd 14,221 46.59 94,113 31.85 11,241 46.14 80,791 26.72 1,835 90.16 12,164 78.10 Mahindra Navistar Automotives Ltd 1,052 10.74 8,556 4.32 1,095 61.98 8,457 13.99 0 - 0 - Piaggio Vehicles Pvt Ltd 881 251.00 8,197 32.38 843 77.85 7,965 31.76 0 - 10 -16.67 SML Isuzu Ltd 1,350 31.07 8,936 9.44 945 7.51 7,823 9.09 52 -37.35 462 -0.86 Tata Motors Ltd 48,333 34.45 345,476 29.79 39,645 28.65 293,061 21.82 3,948 10.31 34,275 17.55 VE CVs - Eicher 4,198 35.03 31,982 32.46 3,171 25.88 28,975 26.94 77 -58.15 1,806 3.85 VE CVs - Volvo 38 -59.57 503 -28.65 68 -39.82 387 -38.28 0 - 0 - Volvo Buses India Pvt. Ltd. 57 26.67 429 31.19 57 26.67 424 28.48 0 - 0 - Total Commercial Vehicles 82,010 36.99 580,722 25.85 66,264 34.99 499,965 19.95 7,313 20.22 56,644 25.95 III Three Wheelers Atul Auto Limited 2,309 81.67 17,205 47.20 2,240 77.22 16,979 46.35 46 - 202 42.25 Bajaj Auto Ltd 45,399 26.62 347,822 20.79 16,814 10.71 133,245 -0.98 25,696 35.19 220,000 39.53 Force Motors Ltd 0 - 286 188.89 1 - 9 -93.43 56 - 406 383.33 Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd 6,988 37.86 47,732 18.04 5,889 31.80 45,370 17.71 492 65.10 2,886 59.98 Piaggio Vehicles Pvt Ltd 17,818 -4.33 140,038 -0.64 15,567 -7.56 125,656 -3.62 1,617 36.46 13,566 27.07 Scooters India Ltd 1,327 29.46 11,137 32.03 1,506 37.66 10,849 28.47 0 - 0 - TVS Motor Company Ltd 3,276 10.19 30,841 22.89 858 -48.00 8,774 -45.11 1,848 22.47 20,730 147.40 Total Three Wheelers 77,117 18.98 595,061 15.62 42,875 5.85 340,882 0.37 29,755 35.26 257,790 44.21 IV Two wheelers Bajaj Auto Ltd 345,420 34.50 2,650,447 15.19 228,407 18.24 1,780,756 9.12 103,560 44.11 892,702 32.29 H-D Motor Company India Pvt Ltd*** 98 - 453 - 94 - 373 - 0 - 0 - Hero MotoCorp Ltd 536,772 27.39 4,133,891 19.99 520,957 27.28 4,013,694 19.61 15,805 31.05 109,198 19.76 Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India 199,293 46.10 1,303,197 18.59 189,970 59.04 1,228,987 18.97 9,328 -6.41 71,183 18.91 India Yamaha Motor Pvt Ltd 45,024 46.46 326,454 42.15 28,178 24.08 239,038 32.92 10,984 44.53 78,396 46.04 Mahindra Two Wheelers Ltd 13,214 -14.36 106,590 -6.61 8,029 -43.23 100,197 -2.99 330 87.50 1,273 9.55 Royal Enfield (Unit of Eicher Ltd) 7,204 45.42 52,826 52.12 6,853 39.94 50,782 53.27 149 10.37 1,887 17.50 Suzuki Motorcycle India Pvt Ltd 32,319 24.07 211,626 23.06 30,400 19.50 206,105 20.47 925 - 4,686 769.39 TVS Motor Company Ltd 197,738 24.66 1,470,415 11.15 150,406 7.79 1,282,117 10.61 22,423 56.36 187,971 29.73 Total Two wheelers 1,377,082 31.10 10,255,899 17.64 1,163,294 25.27 8,902,049 16.11 163,504 40.78 1,347,296 31.09 Grand Total of All Categories 1,804,223 28.33 13,388,755 15.46 1,489,714 22.22 11,339,580 13.08 242,238 38.17 1,996,822 30.68 *Mercedes-Benz India Pvt Ltd : November Production for 2010 was 427 units and domestic sales was 521, November production for 2011 was 650 units and domestic sales was 505 units ** Only for April-Oct # only for April-Sep *** Cumulative data is only for July-November 2011 168 MOTORINDIA l January 2012 statistics

Sub-segment & Company wise report for the month of Nov.’11 and cumulative for April-November 2011 (Number of Vehicles) Category Production Domestic Sales Exports For the month of Cumulative For the month of Cumulative For the month of Cumulative Segment/Subsegment November April-November November April-November November April-November Manufacturer 2010 2011 2010-11 2011-12 2010 2011 2010-11 2011-12 2010 2011 2010-11 2011-12 I Passenger Vehicles ( PVs ) A: Passenger Cars - Upto 5 Seats Micro:Seats upto-4, Length Normally <3200 mm, Body Style-Hatchback, Engine Displacement Normally upto 0.8 Litre Regular: Tata Motors Ltd (Nano) 1,320 6,429 41,812 40,497 509 6,401 40,976 39,646 0 6 1 1,728 Total 1,320 6,429 41,812 40,497 509 6,401 40,976 39,646 0 6 1 1,728 Mini:Seats upto-5, Length Normally <3600 mm, Body Style-Hatchback, Engine Displacement Normally upto 1.0 Litre Regular: General Motors India Pvt Ltd (Spark) 2,614 705 22,272 18,193 2,785 1,041 22,360 17,437 1 9 56 55 Hyundai Motor India Ltd (Santro, Eon) 6,938 16,305 79,444 101,776 6,995 12,540 55,104 69,866 1,337 2,409 25,630 24,485 Maruti Suzuki India (M800, A-Star, Alto, Wagon R) 60,746 54,064 446,763 366,411 53,489 38,921 361,887 298,830 9,498 8,551 87,627 64,853 Total 70,298 71,074 548,479 486,380 63,269 52,502 439,351 386,133 10,836 10,969 113,313 89,393 Compact:Seats upto-5, Length Normally between 3600 - 4000 mm, Body Style-Sedan/Estate/Hatch/Notchback, Engine Displacement Normally upto 1.4 Litre Regular: Fiat India Automobiles (Palio, Grande Punto) 620 913 8,974 8,591 722 814 8,598 7,568 0 124 903 1,080 Ford India Pvt Ltd (Figo) 5,544 7,850 56,028 60,922 5,482 6,106 50,810 44,811 793 1,714 4,928 16,530 General Motors India Pvt Ltd (Beat, UVA) 2,821 4,408 26,088 34,250 2,833 4,660 24,548 31,971 5 26 147 127 Honda Siel Cars India Ltd (Jazz, Brio) 480 1,071 1,336 4,190 330 1,048 3,462 5,016 0 10 15 21 Hyundai Motor India Ltd (i10, Getz, i20) 31,862 31,988 270,828 259,997 21,845 17,322 157,565 139,042 10,170 16,462 116,064 123,889 Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (Ritz, Swift, Estilo) 23,788 22,911 184,184 139,577 23,014 22,159 176,328 133,533 261 47 7,810 7,144 Nissan Motor India Pvt Ltd (Micra) 9,661 12,364 29,546 79,411 1,029 1,514 5,384 11,876 6,551 8,032 6,551 67,802 SkodaAuto India Pvt Ltd (Fabia) 703 1,024 4,247 11,966 970 1,155 4,546 10,816 0 0 0 0 Tata Motors Ltd (Indica, Indigo CS) 9,388 14,992 115,611 109,200 9,219 16,185 96,509 96,132 258 257 4,337 2,430 Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt Ltd (Liva) 0 3,954 0 16,148 0 4,328 0 15,861 0 0 0 0 Volkswagen India Pvt Ltd (Polo) 2,084 2,368 16,434 28,150 1,975 3,160 16,341 25,592 0 0 0 0 Total 86,951 103,843 713,276 752,402 67,419 78,451 544,091 522,218 18,038 26,672 140,755 219,023 Super Compact:Seats upto-5, Length Normally between 4000 - 4250 mm, Body Style-Sedan/Estate/Hatch/Notchback, Engine Displacement Normally upto 1.6 Litre Regular: Hyundai Motor India Ltd (Accent) 2,681 3,408 23,588 25,560 1,192 682 10,587 6,696 1,495 3,209 14,197 18,469 Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd (Verito) 960 1,304 7,308 12,180 876 1,127 5,824 11,652 0 0 1,500 0 Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (Dzire) 9,865 10,542 70,435 60,923 9,810 10,403 69,815 60,787 20 44 473 228 Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt Ltd (Etios) 0 3,817 0 30,776 0 3,943 0 30,173 0 0 0 0 Specialty: Volkswagen India Pvt Ltd (Beetle) 0 0 0 0 30 8 314 58 0 0 0 0 Total 13,506 19,071 101,331 129,439 11,908 16,163 86,540 109,366 1,515 3,253 16,170 18,697 Executive: Seat upto-5, Length Normally between 4500 - 4700 mm, Body Style-Sedan/Estate/Notchback, Engine Displacement Normally upto 2 Litre Mid-Size:Seats upto-5, Length Normally between 4250 - 4500 mm, Body Style-Sedan/Estate/Hatch/Notchback, Engine Displacement Normally upto 1.6 Litre Regular: Ford India Pvt Ltd (Ikon, Fiesta) 1,505 2,170 13,440 14,782 1,823 2,012 11,605 13,809 11 55 758 641 General Motors India Pvt Ltd (Aveo) 364 116 2,946 923 291 84 2,747 1,054 6 12 89 81 Hindustan Motors Ltd (Lancer) 15 60 442 303 15 29 443 249 0 0 0 0 Honda Siel Cars India Ltd (City) 4,597 512 32,745 19,770 3,003 652 30,751 23,831 1 1 33 9 Hyundai Motor India Ltd (Verna) 1,900 4,339 15,801 33,069 1,455 4,331 14,894 32,606 0 0 0 0 Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (SX4) 1,537 2,201 13,783 12,713 1,305 1,433 13,241 11,662 5 107 35 374 Nissan Motor India Pvt Ltd (Sunny) 0 1,020 0 3,804 0 1,131 0 3,130 0 0 0 0 SkodaAuto India Pvt Ltd (Rapid) 0 964 0 964 0 957 0 957 0 0 0 0 Tata Motors Ltd (Indigo, Manza) 2,494 1,146 25,726 12,561 2,506 954 25,916 11,572 66 59 1,164 371 Volkswagen India Pvt Ltd (Vento) 1,633 3,783 4,734 26,459 2,413 3,055 5,391 23,405 0 0 0 0 Specialty: Hindustan Motors Ltd (Ambassador) 625 20 5,069 1,595 391 106 4,710 1,613 0 0 0 4 Total 14,670 16,331 114,686 126,943 13,202 14,744 109,698 123,888 89 234 2,079 1,480 Executive:Seats upto-5, Length Normally between 4500 - 4700 mm, Body Style-Sedan/Estate/Notchback, Engine Displacement Normally upto 2 Litre Regular: Fiat India Automobiles Pvt Ltd (Linea) 183 210 6,298 3,208 301 223 6,358 2,783 0 53 119 267 General Motors India Pvt Ltd (Optra, Cruze) 970 721 8,252 8,194 879 660 7,354 7,633 0 3 3 24 Hindustan Motors Ltd (Cedia) 12 1 94 38 13 0 132 41 0 0 0 0 Honda Siel Cars India Ltd (Civic) 4 180 3,191 1,740 477 161 3,338 1,740 0 0 3 0 Hyundai Motor India Ltd (Elantra) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (Kizashi) 0 0 0 0 0 162 0 336 0 0 0 0 Renault India Pvt Ltd (Renault FLUENCE ) 0 48 0 1,134 0 101 0 988 0 0 0 0 SkodaAuto India Pvt Ltd (Laura) 458 300 4,558 4,335 403 329 4,436 3,746 0 0 0 0 Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt Ltd (Corolla) 761 487 6,720 5,951 784 488 6,713 5,949 0 0 0 0 Volkswagen India Pvt Ltd (Jetta) 234 225 2,964 1,497 191 359 2,332 1,905 0 0 0 0

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Sub-segment & Company wise report for the month of Nov.’11 and cumulative for April-November 2011 (Number of Vehicles) Category Production Domestic Sales Exports For the month of Cumulative For the month of Cumulative For the month of Cumulative Segment/Subsegment November April-November November April-November November April-November Manufacturer 2010 2011 2010-11 2011-12 2010 2011 2010-11 2011-12 2010 2011 2010-11 2011-12 Specialty: BMW India Pvt Ltd (3 Series) NA NA 1,065 1,172 NA NA 1,372 1,299 0 0 0 0 Hindustan Motors Ltd (EVO X) 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 Mercedes-Benz India Pvt Ltd (C-Class)* NA NA 1,229 1,835 NA NA 1,278 1,473 0 0 0 0 Volkswagen - Audi (A4) NA NA 0 NA NA 0 707 1,310 0 0 0 0 Total 2,622 2,172 34,371 29,108 3,048 2,483 34,022 29,207 0 56 125 291 Premium:Seats upto-5, Length Normally between 4700 - 5000 mm, Body Style-Sedan/Estates, Engine Displacement Normally upto 3 Litre Regular: Honda Siel Cars India Ltd (Accord) 280 119 1,544 1,019 260 91 1,629 917 3 0 8 4 Hyundai Motor India Ltd (Sonata) 8 0 169 101 14 3 181 95 0 0 0 0 Nissan Motor India Pvt Ltd (Teana) 0 0 0 128 19 18 182 77 0 0 0 0 SkodaAuto India Pvt Ltd (Superb) 295 394 2,830 2,766 279 119 2,735 1,964 0 0 0 0 Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt Ltd (Camry) 0 0 0 0 3 16 202 140 0 0 0 0 Volkswagen India Pvt Ltd (Passat) 0 133 579 934 0 140 658 1,059 0 0 0 0 Specialty: BMW India Pvt Ltd (Gran Turismo, 5 Series) NA NA 1,273 1,976 NA NA 1,431 1,905 0 0 0 0 Mercedes-Benz India Pvt Ltd (E-Class)* NA NA 1,015 1,633 NA NA 1,078 1,351 0 0 0 0 Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt Ltd (Prius) 0 0 0 0 6 0 97 6 0 0 0 0 Volkswagen - Audi (A6, A7) NA NA 0 NA NA 0 488 754 0 0 0 0 Total 583 646 7,410 8,557 581 387 8,681 8,268 3 0 8 4 Luxury:Seats upto-5, Length Normally Over 5000 mm, Body Style-Sedan/Estates, Engine Displacement Normally upto 5 Litre Regular: BMW India Pvt Ltd (7 Series) NA NA 0 0 NA NA 307 203 0 0 0 0 Mercedes-Benz India Pvt Ltd (S-Class)* NA NA 320 278 NA NA 272 195 0 0 0 0 Volkswagen - Audi (A8) NA NA 0 0 NA NA 5 189 0 0 0 0 Volkswagen India Pvt Ltd (Phaeton) 0 0 0 0 3 0 24 14 0 0 0 0 Total 0 0 320 278 3 0 608 601 0 0 0 0 Coupe:Roadster- 2 Doors; 2/4 Seater, retractable/firm roof Regular: BMW India Pvt Ltd (6 Series, Z4) NA NA 0 0 NA NA 61 35 0 0 0 0 Mercedes-Benz India (E-Coupe, E-Cabrio, CLS, CLK, SL Roadster, SLK Roadster)* NA NA 0 0 NA NA 103 74 0 0 0 0 Nissan Motor India Pvt Ltd (370Z) 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 Volkswagen - Audi (R8, RS5) NA NA 0 0 NA NA 5 66 0 0 0 0 Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 175 177 0 0 0 0 Exotics:Upto 5 Seats, Price >Rs. 1 Crore Mercedes-Benz India Pvt Ltd* NA NA 0 0 NA NA 0 5 0 0 0 0 Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 Total Passenger Cars 189,950 219,566 1,561,685 1,573,604 159,939 171,131 1,264,142 1,219,509 30,481 41,190 272,451 330,616 B: Utility Vehicles(UVs) B: Utility Vehicles/ Sports Utility Vehicles; 2x4 or 4x4 offroad capability ; Generally ladder on frame ; 2 box ; 5 Seats or more but upto 10 Seats UV1:Length <4400 mm, Price upto Rs.15 Lakh Force Motors Ltd (Trax) 17 32 245 253 21 29 245 251 0 0 0 1 Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd (Bolero, ST) 5,728 8,538 48,512 59,275 5,366 7,632 47,877 58,655 9 11 219 102 Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (Gypsy) 237 274 3,108 3,965 195 180 4,358 4,276 11 9 128 123 Tata Motors Ltd (Sumo) 1,090 2,112 10,812 12,111 1,290 1,964 10,528 12,354 39 19 333 260 Total 7,072 10,956 62,677 75,604 6,872 9,805 63,008 75,536 59 39 680 486 UV2:Length 4400 - 4700 mm, Price Upto Rs. 15 Lakh General Motors India Pvt Ltd (Tavera) 1,481 1,903 12,152 14,465 1,476 1,892 11,997 14,376 0 8 5 60 International Cars & Motors Ltd (Rhino) 29 49 465 335 76 52 521 338 0 0 0 0 M&M (Scorpio, Xylo, ST, Bolero) 6,343 9,976 61,029 70,488 6,081 9,054 59,945 66,899 228 210 1,611 2,506 Tata Motors Ltd (Safari, Sumo Grande) 1,681 1,764 14,041 12,014 1,578 1,504 13,426 11,690 30 6 201 90 Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt Ltd (Innova) 3,584 4,272 34,243 32,634 3,575 4,308 34,294 32,693 0 0 0 0 Total 13,118 17,964 121,930 129,936 12,786 16,810 120,183 125,996 258 224 1,817 2,656 UV3:Length >4700 mm, Price Upto Rs. 15 Lakh Force Motors Ltd (Trax) 180 487 1,844 2,647 179 425 1,829 2,519 0 0 0 0 Tata Motors Ltd (Aria, Xenon) 395 181 1,070 2,461 238 144 1,729 2,432 0 0 0 77 Total 575 668 2,914 5,108 417 569 3,558 4,951 0 0 0 77 UV4:Price Between Rs. 15 to 25 Lakh BMW India Pvt Ltd ( X1) NA NA 0 2,443 NA NA 0 2,016 0 0 0 0 Ford India Pvt Ltd (Endeavour) 81 126 2,091 1,914 199 204 2,017 1,868 0 0 0 0 General Motors India Pvt Ltd (Captiva) 0 0 0 0 100 45 1,168 975 0 0 0 0 Hindustan Motors Ltd (Pajero CRZ, Outlander) 164 120 1,757 1,396 154 108 1,748 1,375 0 0 0 0 Honda Siel Cars India Ltd (CRV) 0 0 0 0 35 30 371 195 0 0 0 0

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Sub-segment & Company wise report for the month of Nov.’11 and cumulative for April-November 2011 (Number of Vehicles) Category Production Domestic Sales Exports For the month of Cumulative For the month of Cumulative For the month of Cumulative Segment/Subsegment November April-November November April-November November April-November Manufacturer 2010 2011 2010-11 2011-12 2010 2011 2010-11 2011-12 2010 2011 2010-11 2011-12 Hyundai Motor India Ltd (Santa Fe) 0 110 133 1,079 39 122 108 1,131 0 0 0 0 Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (Vitara) 0 0 0 0 4 0 70 20 0 0 0 0 Nissan Motor India Pvt Ltd (X-Trail) 0 0 0 0 31 25 312 173 0 0 0 0 Renault India Pvt Ltd (Koleos) 0 87 0 245 0 73 0 223 0 0 0 0 SkodaAuto India Pvt Ltd (Yeti) 160 218 291 1,595 189 68 291 974 0 0 0 0 Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt Ltd (Fortuner) 793 853 7,983 7,037 859 860 8,000 7,059 0 0 0 0 Total 1,198 1,514 12,255 15,709 1,610 1,535 14,085 16,009 0 0 0 0 UV5:Price > Rs.25 Lakh BMW India Pvt Ltd (X3, X5, X6) NA NA 0 271 NA NA 256 437 0 0 0 0 Hindustan Motors Ltd (Montero) 6 2 27 59 6 4 30 60 0 0 0 0 Mercedes-Benz India (ML-Class, GL-Class, RClass, G-Class)* NA NA 0 0 NA NA 197 403 0 0 0 0 Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt Ltd (LC, Prado) 0 0 0 0 15 13 201 100 0 0 0 0 Volkswagen - Audi (Q5, Q7) 0 0 0 0 0 0 687 1,062 0 0 0 0 Volkswagen India Pvt Ltd (Touareg) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 Total 6 2 27 330 21 17 1,374 2,066 0 0 0 0 Total Utility Vehicles(Uvs) 21,969 31,104 199,803 226,687 21,706 28,736 202,208 224,558 317 263 2,497 3,219 C: Vans ; Generally 1 or 1.5 box; seats upto 5 to 10 V1:Hard tops mainly used for personal transport, Price Upto Rs. 10 Lakh Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (Omni, Eeco) 15,102 9,078 107,014 100,848 14,686 9,612 105,182 97,973 256 144 1,486 1,054 Tata Motors Ltd (Venture) 0 580 99 4,449 0 585 0 4,157 0 0 0 0 Total 15,102 9,658 107,113 105,297 14,686 10,197 105,182 102,130 256 144 1,486 1,054 V2:Soft tops mainly used as Maxi Cabs, Price Upto Rs. 10 Lakh Force Motors Ltd (Trip) 47 0 178 100 34 4 102 136 0 0 0 0 Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd (Gio, Maxximo Van) 8 2,553 59 16,263 7 2,121 56 16,182 0 15 0 15 Tata Motors Ltd (Magic, Iris) 3,763 5,133 32,537 35,122 4,262 5,092 33,075 34,169 45 54 166 188 Total 3,818 7,686 32,774 51,485 4,303 7,217 33,233 50,487 45 69 166 203 Total Vans 18,920 17,344 139,887 156,782 18,989 17,414 138,415 152,617 301 213 1,652 1,257 Total Passenger Vehicles ( PVs ) 230,839 268,014 1,901,375 1,957,073 200,634 217,281 1,604,765 1,596,684 31,099 41,666 276,600 335,092 II Commercial Vehicles (CVs) M&HCVs A: Passenger Carriers A1: Max. Mass exceeding 7.5 tonnes but not exceeding 12 tonnes (M3 (B1) ) (b) : No. of seats including driver exceeding 13 (M3 (B2) ) Ashok Leyland Ltd 46 75 1,097 1,392 82 79 1,069 1,576 10 17 144 166 Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 Mahindra Navistar Automotives Ltd 0 0 355 117 14 0 368 4 0 0 0 0 SML Isuzu Ltd 207 292 2,424 2,115 142 171 2,005 1,940 0 0 4 5 Tata Motors Ltd 499 141 3,738 3,953 379 231 4,145 3,880 69 89 390 328 VE CVs – Eicher 53 124 1,465 2,099 73 103 1,736 2,157 0 0 117 38 Total A1 805 632 9,079 9,676 690 584 9,323 9,557 79 106 660 537 A2: Max. Mass exceeding 12 but not exceeding 16.2 tonnes (M3 (C)) (b) : No. of seats including driver exceeding 13(M3 (C2)) Ashok Leyland Ltd 2,461 1,496 15,164 12,764 1,628 1,141 11,729 9,726 513 510 2,805 2,850 JCBL Ltd 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 SML Isuzu Ltd 2 8 56 56 4 6 47 49 0 0 0 0 Tata Motors Ltd 1,026 990 11,855 9,029 905 1,108 10,260 8,254 287 221 3,040 2,152 VE CVs - Eicher 10 124 101 585 13 65 114 483 1 8 12 61 Volvo Buses India Pvt. Ltd. 7 29 175 164 7 29 185 160 0 0 0 0 Total A2 3,506 2,647 27,351 22,599 2,557 2,349 22,335 18,673 801 739 5,857 5,063 A3 : No. of seats including driver exceeding 13 and max. mass exceeding 16.2 tonnes (M3 (D)) Passenger Carrier (D) Volvo Buses India Pvt. Ltd. 38 28 152 265 38 28 145 264 0 0 0 0 Total A3 38 28 152 265 38 28 145 264 0 0 0 0 Total M&HCVs(Passenger Carriers) 4,349 3,307 36,582 32,540 3,285 2,961 31,803 28,494 880 845 6,517 5,600 B: Goods Carriers (c) Max Mass Exceeding 7.5 tonnes but not exceeding 10 tonnes Ashok Leyland Ltd 56 146 344 463 20 43 286 262 0 12 66 46 SML Isuzu Ltd 284 318 1,826 2,134 180 258 1,568 1,818 20 31 111 233 Tata Motors Ltd 390 510 3,614 4,323 597 698 4,678 6,086 20 20 386 410 VE CVs – Eicher 893 1,187 6,926 7,854 824 945 6,961 7,340 31 6 259 142 Total 1,623 2,161 12,710 14,774 1,621 1,944 13,493 15,506 71 69 822 831 (d) Max Mass Exceeding 10 tonnes but not exceeding 12 tonnes Ashok Leyland Ltd 112 384 1,563 2,619 79 298 1,487 2,145 34 32 122 168

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Sub-segment & Company wise report for the month of Nov.’11 and cumulative for April-November 2011 (Number of Vehicles) Category Production Domestic Sales Exports For the month of Cumulative For the month of Cumulative For the month of Cumulative Segment/Subsegment November April-November November April-November November April-November Manufacturer 2010 2011 2010-11 2011-12 2010 2011 2010-11 2011-12 2010 2011 2010-11 2011-12 SML Isuzu Ltd 190 177 1,011 1,045 181 143 909 1,011 3 1 27 3 Tata Motors Ltd 1,007 1,213 7,871 8,098 1,345 1,731 9,878 13,748 100 81 1,085 797 VE CVs – Eicher 950 1,269 6,591 8,850 840 1,043 6,592 8,311 12 0 148 142 Total 2,259 3,043 17,036 20,612 2,445 3,215 18,866 25,215 149 114 1,382 1,110 Total 3,882 5,204 29,746 35,386 4,066 5,159 32,359 40,721 220 183 2,204 1,941 B2: Max. Mass not exceeding 16.2 tonnes (N3 (A)) (a) : Max. mass exceeding 12 tonnes but not exceeding 16.2 tonnes ( N3 (A1) ) Ashok Leyland Ltd 2,041 2,150 13,055 15,068 736 1,209 9,532 10,939 618 531 2,849 3,316 SML Isuzu Ltd 0 6 1 14 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 Tata Motors Ltd 4,722 6,169 30,708 42,064 3,341 3,441 23,957 24,908 522 360 3,619 4,086 VE CVs – Eicher 307 403 2,279 3,520 172 390 1,849 2,893 8 17 343 433 Total B2 7,070 8,728 46,043 60,666 4,249 5,040 35,338 38,758 1,148 908 6,811 7,835 B3: Max Mass exceeding 16.2 tonnes - Rigid Vehicles (N3 (B1) ) (a) Max. mass exceeding 16.2 tonnes but not exceeding 25 tonnes Ashok Leyland Ltd 1,153 1,786 15,036 11,204 825 1,194 14,772 10,697 53 96 53 613 Asia Motor Works Ltd 444 642 3,319 6,422 562 557 3,459 5,933 0 0 0 0 Mahindra Navistar Automotives Ltd 88 102 464 568 30 123 87 754 0 0 0 0 Tata Motors Ltd 5,003 4,752 36,609 34,827 4,489 4,083 35,594 31,682 199 135 1,517 1,284 VE CVs – Eicher 59 148 489 770 36 81 493 668 0 0 4 5 VE CVs – Volvo 0 6 1 6 0 7 12 7 0 0 0 0 Total 6,747 7,436 55,918 53,797 5,942 6,045 54,417 49,741 252 231 1,574 1,902 (b) Max. mass exceeding 25 tonnes Ashok Leyland Ltd 664 1,472 5,912 8,200 396 1,234 5,678 8,155 0 0 0 0 Asia Motor Works Ltd 17 52 86 391 2 91 66 315 0 0 0 0 Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Pvt Ltd NA NA 188 120 NA NA 103 85 0 0 0 0 Mahindra Navistar Automotives Ltd 163 91 291 378 62 98 90 628 0 0 0 0 Tata Motors Ltd 3,894 5,020 28,485 39,399 2,350 3,526 16,596 27,398 21 29 266 167 VE CVs – Eicher 92 110 323 955 51 70 325 847 0 0 0 0 VE CVs – Volvo 91 20 608 337 107 47 529 241 0 0 0 0 Total 4,921 6,765 35,893 49,780 2,968 5,066 23,387 37,669 21 29 266 167 Total B3 11,668 14,201 91,811 103,577 8,910 11,111 77,804 87,410 273 260 1,840 2,069 B4: Max. Mass exceeding 16.2 tonnes- Haulage Tractor (Tractor-Semi Trailer/Trailer) (N3 (B2) ) (a) Max. mass exceeding 16.2 tonnes but not exceeding 26.4 tonnes Ashok Leyland Ltd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 433 0 Total 0 0 0 0 0 433 (b) Max. mass exceeding 26.4 tonnes but not exceeding 35.2 tonnes Ashok Leyland Ltd 81 215 2,027 1,608 32 215 2,229 1,636 16 21 61 94 Tata Motors Ltd 0 3 0 3 600 456 5,284 5,225 0 0 0 0 Total 81 218 2,027 1,611 632 671 7,513 6,861 16 21 61 94 (c) Mass mass exceeding 35.2 tonnes but not exceeding 40 tonnes Ashok Leyland Ltd 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 16 2 Asia Motor Works Ltd 40 5 351 398 29 55 338 355 0 0 0 0 Mahindra Navistar Automotives Ltd 0 75 11 290 0 24 0 241 0 0 0 0 Total 40 80 364 688 29 79 340 596 6 0 16 2 (d) Max. Mass exceeding 40 tonnes but not exceeding 49 tonnes Ashok Leyland Ltd 41 329 1,705 1,384 15 137 1,820 1,327 0 0 15 0 Asia Motor Works Ltd 0 16 147 149 23 17 172 133 0 0 0 0 Tata Motors Ltd 0 623 0 2,942 697 790 6,850 7,941 0 0 0 1 VE CVs – Eicher 10 0 46 74 1 14 53 81 0 0 0 0 Total 51 968 1,898 4,549 736 958 8,895 9,482 0 0 15 1 (e) Max. Mass exceeding 49 tonnes and above Ashok Leyland Ltd 29 116 1,260 979 29 93 1,161 1,184 0 0 0 0 VE CVs – Volvo 3 12 96 160 6 14 86 139 0 0 0 0 Total 32 128 1,356 1,139 35 107 1,247 1,323 0 0 0 0 Total B4 204 1,394 5,645 7,987 1,432 1,815 17,995 18,262 22 21 525 97 Total M&HCVs(Goods Carriers) 22,824 29,527 173,245 207,616 18,657 23,125 163,496 185,151 1,663 1,372 11,380 11,942 Total M&HCVs 27,173 32,834 209,827 240,156 21,942 26,086 195,299 213,645 2,543 2,217 17,897 17,542 LCVs A: Passenger Carriers A1: Max. Mass upto 5 tonnes (a) : No. of seats including driver exceeding 13 ( M2 (A2) ) Force Motors Ltd 518 1,130 5,355 7,328 437 948 5,175 6,914 0 0 84 71 Mahindra Navistar Automotives Ltd 228 10 2,180 1,055 179 230 2,132 1,721 0 0 0 0 Tata Motors Ltd 200 355 2,353 3,605 311 327 3,221 3,493 8 7 187 121 Total A1 946 1,495 9,888 11,988 927 1,505 10,528 12,128 8 7 271 192

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Sub-segment & Company wise report for the month of Nov.’11 and cumulative for April-November 2011 (Number of Vehicles) Category Production Domestic Sales Exports For the month of Cumulative For the month of Cumulative For the month of Cumulative Segment/Subsegment November April-November November April-November November April-November Manufacturer 2010 2011 2010-11 2011-12 2010 2011 2010-11 2011-12 2010 2011 2010-11 2011-12 A2: Max. Mass exceeding 5 tonnes but not exceeding 7.5 tonnes (M3 (A) ) (b) : No. of seats including driver exceeding 13 ( M3 (A2) ) Ashok Leyland Ltd 40 14 675 1,001 42 17 446 254 2 182 82 485 Force Motors Ltd 0 2 151 24 5 0 142 48 0 0 0 0 Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 9 Mahindra Navistar Automotives Ltd 33 234 1,208 2,100 35 36 1,141 1,419 0 0 0 0 SML Isuzu Ltd 134 286 1,887 2,373 205 207 1,972 2,160 0 0 24 19 Tata Motors Ltd 1,093 712 9,499 10,612 681 745 8,811 8,529 273 271 1,490 2,683 VE CVs – Eicher 62 175 1,772 2,248 93 81 1,639 2,207 48 10 293 86 Total A2 1,362 1,423 15,192 18,358 1,061 1,086 14,151 14,617 323 463 1,896 3,282 B2: Max. Mass upto 5 tonnes (a) : No. of seats including driver not exceeding 13 (M2 (A1) ) Force Motors Ltd 321 449 3,148 3,962 286 425 3,078 3,858 0 0 0 5 Hindustan Motors Ltd 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tata Motors Ltd 229 146 1,104 831 396 244 1,763 1,763 0 0 40 5 Total B2 550 595 4,252 4,795 682 669 4,841 5,621 0 0 40 10 Total LCVs( Passenger Carriers) 2,858 3,513 29,332 35,141 2,670 3,260 29,520 32,366 331 470 2,207 3,484 B: Goods Carriers (a) Mini Truck Segment-Max Mass not exceeding 2 tonnes Force Motors Ltd 50 0 949 696 70 35 868 289 18 0 20 0 Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd 3,990 5,879 24,704 38,357 3,755 5,050 24,679 35,232 75 500 370 3,032 Piaggio Vehicles Pvt Ltd 251 881 6,192 8,197 474 843 6,045 7,965 0 0 12 10 Tata Motors Ltd 13,308 20,099 96,501 130,913 11,110 17,273 83,757 114,149 1,088 1,499 12,155 14,562 Total 17,599 26,859 128,346 178,163 15,409 23,201 115,349 157,635 1,181 1,999 12,557 17,604 (b) Pick Ups -Max Mass exceeding 2 but not exceeding 3.5 tonnes Ashok Leyland Ltd 0 784 0 1,541 0 814 0 1,391 0 0 0 0 Force Motors Ltd 483 492 3,346 3,672 455 447 3,248 3,751 2 0 8 71 Hindustan Motors Ltd 39 12 313 149 20 11 266 138 0 0 0 25 Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd 5,711 8,342 46,673 55,756 3,937 6,191 39,076 45,559 868 1,328 6,310 9,029 Tata Motors Ltd 1,900 3,699 13,573 27,321 1,095 2,065 7,903 13,793 700 898 2,483 3,357 Total 8,133 13,329 63,905 88,439 5,507 9,528 50,493 64,632 1,570 2,226 8,801 12,482 (a) Max Mass Exceeding 3.5 tonnes but not exceeding 6 tons Force Motors Ltd 102 113 922 993 98 139 929 970 0 0 11 15 Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 7 138 94 Mahindra Navistar Automotives Ltd 388 521 3,531 3,805 314 564 3,461 3,575 0 0 0 0 SML Isuzu Ltd 0 8 13 59 7 12 15 56 0 0 0 0 Tata Motors Ltd 2,016 2,897 16,750 22,653 2,146 2,502 15,332 18,779 233 325 2,164 3,839 VE CVs – Eicher 53 51 657 864 33 44 531 836 18 1 53 99 Total 2,559 3,590 21,873 28,374 2,598 3,261 20,268 24,216 273 333 2,366 4,047 (b) Max Mass Exceeding 6 tonnes but not exceeding 7.5 tonnes Ashok Leyland Ltd 0 0 24 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Mahindra Navistar Automotives Ltd 50 19 162 243 42 20 140 115 0 0 0 0 SML Isuzu Ltd 213 255 947 1,140 160 148 655 771 60 20 300 202 Tata Motors Ltd 661 1,004 3,520 4,903 375 425 2,542 3,433 59 13 336 483 VE CVs – Eicher 620 607 3,496 4,163 383 335 2,533 3,152 66 35 510 800 Total 1,544 1,885 8,149 10,449 961 928 5,871 7,471 185 68 1,146 1,485 Total LCVs( Goods Carriers) 29,835 45,663 222,273 305,425 24,475 36,918 191,981 253,954 3,209 4,626 24,870 35,618 Total LCVs 32,693 49,176 251,605 340,566 27,145 40,178 221,501 286,320 3,540 5,096 27,077 39,102 Total Commercial Vehicles 59,866 82,010 461,432 580,722 49,087 66,264 416,800 499,965 6,083 7,313 44,974 56,644 III Three Wheelers A: Passenger Carrier A1:No. of seats Including driver not exceeding 4 & Max.Mass not exceeding 1 tonne Atul Auto Limited 799 1,211 6,248 9,069 781 1,166 6,135 8,885 0 36 140 176 Bajaj Auto Ltd 35,588 44,623 285,729 342,713 14,983 16,112 132,616 128,203 19,007 25,696 157,497 220,000 Force Motors Ltd 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 9 0 0 0 0 Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd 3,797 5,574 27,405 34,490 3,413 4,600 26,443 32,556 286 460 1,624 2,416 Piaggio Vehicles Pvt Ltd 13,226 12,755 101,867 99,461 11,508 10,844 91,920 86,015 1,091 1,426 9,971 12,825 Scooters India Ltd 203 398 2,507 3,458 269 468 2,579 3,201 0 0 0 0 TVS Motor Company Ltd 2,973 3,276 25,096 30,841 1,650 858 15,984 8,774 1,509 1,848 8,379 20,730 Total 56,586 67,837 448,852 520,032 32,604 34,049 275,682 267,643 21,893 29,466 177,611 256,147 A2:No. of seats Including driver exceeding 4 but not exceeding 7 & Max.Mass not exceeding 1.5 tonnes Force Motors Ltd 0 0 84 286 0 0 26 0 0 56 84 406 Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd 0 0 908 0 0 0 738 209 0 0 0 0 Scooters India Ltd 248 219 1,731 1,843 260 283 1,619 2,008 0 0 0 0

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Sub-segment & Company wise report for the month of Nov.’11 and cumulative for April-November 2011 (Number of Vehicles) Category Production Domestic Sales Exports For the month of Cumulative For the month of Cumulative For the month of Cumulative Segment/Subsegment November April-November November April-November November April-November Manufacturer 2010 2011 2010-11 2011-12 2010 2011 2010-11 2011-12 2010 2011 2010-11 2011-12 Total 248 219 2,723 2,129 260 283 2,383 2,217 0 56 84 406 Total Passenger Carrier 56,834 68,056 451,575 522,161 32,864 34,332 278,065 269,860 21,893 29,522 177,695 256,553 B: Goods Carrier B1: Max. mass not exceeding 1 tonne Atul Auto Limited 472 1,098 5,440 8,136 483 1,074 5,467 8,094 0 10 2 26 Bajaj Auto Ltd 266 776 2,229 5,109 205 702 1,942 5,042 0 0 174 0 Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd 510 1,034 7,638 9,955 476 881 7,549 9,327 12 32 180 470 Piaggio Vehicles Pvt Ltd 5,389 5,057 39,052 40,466 5,332 4,723 38,451 39,641 82 185 681 627 Scooters India Ltd 362 461 2,832 4,051 347 506 2,751 3,762 0 0 0 0 Total 6,999 8,426 57,191 67,717 6,843 7,886 56,160 65,866 94 227 1,037 1,123 B2: Others Force Motors Ltd 0 0 15 0 0 0 106 0 0 0 0 0 Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd 762 380 4,485 3,287 579 408 3,813 3,278 0 0 0 0 Piaggio Vehicles Pvt Ltd 10 6 24 111 0 0 0 0 12 6 24 114 Scooters India Ltd 212 249 1,365 1,785 218 249 1,496 1,878 0 0 0 0 Total 984 635 5,889 5,183 797 657 5,415 5,156 12 6 24 114 Total Goods Carrier 7,983 9,061 63,080 72,900 7,640 8,543 61,575 71,022 106 233 1,061 1,237 Total Three Wheelers 64,817 77,117 514,655 595,061 40,504 42,875 339,640 340,882 21,999 29,755 178,756 257,790 IV Two wheelers A: Scooter/Scooterettee : Wheel size less than or equal to 12’’ A1: Engine Capacity less than 75 cc Mahindra Two Wheelers Ltd 947 603 9,283 3,193 672 312 23,949 20,520 0 0 0 6 TVS Motor Company Ltd 1,200 888 12,952 11,493 1,262 670 15,076 11,258 0 0 0 0 Total 2,147 1,491 22,235 14,686 1,934 982 39,025 31,778 0 0 0 6 A2: Engine Capacity 75 cc and above but less than 125 cc Bajaj Auto Ltd 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 Hero MotoCorp Ltd 29,128 38,657 214,381 289,486 27,168 35,576 204,118 263,596 1,960 3,081 10,528 24,971 Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (Pvt) Ltd 73,989 119,821 603,323 758,662 68,278 117,850 588,744 744,875 1,234 1,710 8,896 11,860 Mahindra Two Wheelers Ltd 14,483 12,611 104,855 103,397 13,472 7,717 79,337 79,677 176 330 1,162 1,267 Suzuki Motorcycle India Pvt Ltd 20,873 26,631 142,404 171,720 20,587 26,722 142,080 171,718 0 5 90 95 TVS Motor Company Ltd 34,792 51,008 269,270 347,799 34,171 40,462 262,449 332,047 800 3,169 10,489 23,429 Total 173,265 248,728 1,334,233 1,671,064 163,676 228,327 1,276,755 1,591,913 4,170 8,295 31,165 61,622 Total Scooter/Scooterettee 175,412 250,219 1,356,468 1,685,750 165,610 229,309 1,315,780 1,623,691 4,170 8,295 31,165 61,628 B: Motor cycles/Step- Throughs : Big Wheel size more than 12’’ B2: Engine Capacity 75 cc and above but less than 125 cc Bajaj Auto Ltd 126,379 168,810 1,250,172 1,411,751 84,033 94,343 795,920 793,801 45,630 64,786 434,546 586,145 Hero MotoCorp Ltd 365,078 472,559 3,021,366 3,611,569 356,320 461,521 2,952,221 3,525,155 8,758 11,028 72,128 75,007 Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (Pvt) Ltd 16,055 15,967 129,996 120,176 12,478 12,298 117,380 96,288 2,812 3,516 14,125 23,750 India Yamaha Motor Pvt Ltd 4,397 7,081 50,852 51,290 4,164 5,481 49,954 42,812 572 1,384 6,069 7,576 TVS Motor Company Ltd 48,218 55,212 419,588 392,000 36,376 32,731 331,677 327,598 5,017 9,183 65,219 85,248 Total 560,127 719,629 4,871,974 5,586,786 493,371 606,374 4,247,152 4,785,654 62,789 89,897 592,087 777,726 B3: Engine Capacity 125 cc and above but less than 250 cc Bajaj Auto Ltd 130,446 176,602 1,050,746 1,238,569 109,141 134,056 835,961 986,829 26,232 38,774 240,270 306,557 Hero MotoCorp Ltd 27,160 25,556 209,356 232,836 25,818 23,860 199,386 224,943 1,342 1,696 8,521 9,220 Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (Pvt) Ltd 46,368 63,135 365,557 409,811 38,693 59,267 326,892 373,794 5,921 3,978 36,844 35,383 India Yamaha Motor Pvt Ltd 26,344 37,943 178,807 275,164 18,544 22,688 129,858 196,154 7,028 9,600 47,614 70,820 Suzuki Motorcycle India Pvt Ltd 5,177 5,688 29,561 39,906 4,852 3,678 29,011 34,387 0 920 449 4,591 TVS Motor Company Ltd 19,346 23,361 161,371 207,806 13,158 11,628 95,085 106,390 8,444 9,066 64,611 72,819 Total 254,841 332,285 1,995,398 2,404,092 210,206 255,177 1,616,193 1,922,497 48,967 64,034 398,309 499,390 B4: Engine Capacity 250 cc and above Bajaj Auto Ltd 0 8 0 127 0 8 0 126 0 0 0 0 H-D Motor Company India Pvt Ltd 0 98 0 453 0 94 0 373 0 0 0 0 Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (Pvt) Ltd 0 370 0 14,548 0 555 26 14,030 0 124 0 190 India Yamaha Motor Pvt Ltd 0 0 0 0 2 9 25 72 0 0 0 0 Royal Enfield (Unit of Eicher Ltd) 4,954 7,204 34,727 52,826 4,897 6,853 33,132 50,782 135 149 1,606 1,887 Total 4,954 7,680 34,727 67,954 4,899 7,519 33,183 65,383 135 273 1,606 2,077 Total Motor cycles/Step- Throughs 819,922 1,059,594 6,902,099 8,058,832 708,476 869,070 5,896,528 6,773,534 111,891 154,204 992,002 1,279,193 C: Mopeds: Engine capacity less than 75 cc & with fixed transmission, big wheelsize> 12’’ Engine Capacity<75 cc Mopeds TVS Motor Company Ltd 55,062 67,269 459,769 511,317 54,574 64,915 454,840 504,824 80 1,005 4,577 6,475 Total Mopeds 55,062 67,269 459,769 511,317 54,574 64,915 454,840 504,824 80 1,005 4,577 6,475 Total Two wheelers 1,050,396 1,377,082 8,718,336 10,255,899 928,660 1,163,294 7,667,148 8,902,049 116,141 163,504 1,027,744 1,347,296 Grand Total of All Categories 1,405,918 1,804,223 11,595,798 13,388,755 1,218,885 1,489,714 10,028,353 11,339,580 175,322 242,238 1,528,074 1,996,822 *Mercedes-Benz India Pvt Ltd : November Production for 2010 was 427 units and domestic sales was 521, November production for 2011 was 650 units and domestic sales was 505 units Source: SIAM 174 MOTORINDIA l January 2012 road transportation

Proposed electronic toll collection will save Rs. 10 billion annually The National Highways Authority of India proposes to replace manual toll collection at highway toll plazas with electronic toll collection (ETC), a nation- wide automated collection system. CRISIL Research expects this changeover to eliminate waiting time of vehicles and save fuel worth Rs. 10 billion per year. The savings in fuel will far out- weigh the initial cost of Rs. 100 per vehicle that the system requires from vehicle owners. “Currently, there are close to 525 toll plazas, operating on na- CRISIL Research. rent industry estimate of about 10 tional and State highways in India. The ETC system, based on radio per cent leakage, annual losses for Over 20,000 vehicles cross these frequency identification (RFID), road developers are estimated to be plazas daily, each queuing up for ap- comprises a wireless on-board unit approximately Rs. 12 billion. An proximately 5-10 minutes awaiting (OBU) fitted into a vehicle and automated tolling system can effec- their turn to pay the toll fare. Each a stationary roadside unit (RSU) tively address this area of grave con- vehicle consumes almost 0.5-1.0 li- placed at the toll plaza. The OBU cern for road developers and lenders tre of fuel in an hour. Collectively, is, by design, compatible at toll sta- with exposure to road projects.” these vehicles spend around 1,800- tions across the country. The RSU The system will require the Gov- 3,600 hours at toll plazas, which can sense an OBU even as a vehi- ernment to invest in two major accounts for a daily wastage of Rs. cle moves at 50 km per hour and system components to enable col- 30-60 million and an annual Rs. 10 automatically deduct toll from the lections to flow to toll operators – a billion,” says Ajay D’souza, Head, owner’s pre-paid toll account with a central database where the clearing- central clearing house. house will store account informa- The automated collection prom- Said Prasad Koparkar, Head, tion, and networks that will connect CRISIL Research: “Apart from re- toll plazas to the database. Revenues ises to eliminate waiting time ducing fuel wastage, the ETC sys- from tolled stretches will flow di- and ease congestion at toll pla- tem can plug leakages in toll col- rectly to the involved operators via zas. The system is also equipped lection. Toll leakages occur when the central clearing-house. to detect defaults in toll collec- a vehicle does not pay the requisite The system is likely to come up in toll or when booth operators under- tion. a phased manner, with pilot projects report collections. Based on the cur- on dense highway stretches.

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Top-level changes at Essar Oil

Oil and to focus on his wider executive responsibilities across the Essar Energy portfolio. These include the refining, power, and exploration & production businesses. He will remain on the board of Essar Oil as a Non-Ex- ecutive Director. With 31 years of experience, Mr. Gupta joins Essar Oil from JSW Energy where he was the Chief Execu- tive Officer and the Joint Managing Director. Prior to this, he was associated with Mangalore Refinery & Pet- rochemicals as Director - Finance. Mr. Nayyar said: “Lalit Gupta’s appointment comes at a key time for Essar Oil, where we are nearing com- Mr. Naresh Nayyar Mr. Lalit Kumar Gupta pletion of our phase one expansion at the Vadinar refin- Essar Oil Ltd. (EOL), a subsidiary of Essar Energy ery. The global refining scenario is increasingly becom- plc, has announced the appointment of Mr. Naresh Nay- ing more challenging. With his vast experience in the yar as Deputy Chairman and Mr. Lalit Kumar Gupta as energy sector in India, he would be able to create much Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Es- greater value for the stakeholders of Essar Energy.” sar Oil. Mr. Gupta observed: “I am keenly looking forward Until now, Mr. Nayyar has held the dual role of Chief to my new role. Essar Oil is amongst the world’s lead- Executive Officer of Essar Energy plc and Managing ing refiners with a robust marketing business. I am ex- Director & CEO of Essar Oil. Mr. Gupta’s appointment cited about the challenge of taking Essar Oil to greater allows Mr. Nayyar to relinquish his current role at Essar heights.” w Joydeep Roy takes over as MD of INA Bearings India In what is being seen as a smooth change of guard, Mr. Joydeep Roy has taken over as Managing Director at INA Bearings India, one of the leading manufacturers of rolling bearings and linear products as well as a renowned supplier to the automotive industry of high-precision products and systems for engines, transmissions and chassis applications. In addition to his current role as Managing Director of LuK India, his new appointment heralds a fresh chapter for INA Bearings India. Mr. Joydeep Roy, with his engineering qualification, has rich experience in Indian and Asia Pacific region automotive markets. His areas of expertise include optimising manufacturing process, optimal resource utilisation, material planning, and financial control. His strategy and ability to foresee the market has helped LuK India to quickly adapt to changing customer needs. His vision is to take INA and LuK India to greater heights through people, processes, product, technology and performance. w

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