20080303-0016-ANE.qxd 2/27/08 3:15 PM Page 16 PAGE 16 · www.autonewseurope.com March 3, 2008 Car Cutaway Caparo, Saint-Gobain, Denso win big with the Tata Nano UK-based supplier Caparo presses and assembles 60 percent of the ogy is the result of very sophisticated analysis to ensure high-quality, the car. Denso of Japan provides the windshield wiper system for what Tata Nano’s inner structural panels at its new facility adjacent to the low-cost production,” Caparo Group CEO Angad Paul said in a state- has been called the cheapest car in the world (€1,700). Indian automaker’s plant in Singur, West Bengal, India. “The body ment. Caparo started production only six months after agreeing to the technology is relatively conventional, but the manufacturing technol- deal. Saint-Gobain Sekurit of France produces the all the windows for Steven Wingett MANIFOLD AND CONVERTER ASSEMBLY: CAMSHAFT: ENGINE BLOCK: MUFFLER ASSEMBLY: BRONZE SYNCHRONIZER RINGS: SHIFT ELEMENTS: MANUAL SHIFTER: WINDOW CRANK LEVER: COMPLETE SEATS: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER: EMCON TECHNOLOGIES MAHLE MIGMA TEKSID ALUMINUM EMCON TECHNOLOGIES NATESAN SYNCROCONES INA FICOSA ITW AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS JOHNSON CONTROLS DELPHI CYLINDER LINER: WINDSHIELD WIPER SYSTEM: COOPER FOUNDRY DENSO GASKETS: WASHER SYSTEM: FEDERAL-MOGUL FICOSA ENGINE MOUNTS: HVAC MODULE: VIBRACOUSTIC BEHR; SUBROS FUEL FILTERS: MAHLE BODY ELECTRIC PARTS: BOSCH PISTONS: FEDERAL-MOGUL GLAZING: SAINT-GOBAIN SEKURIT INTERNATIONAL TORQUE ROD: VIBRACOUSTIC SHEET METAL COMPONENTS: PARKASH AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIES STARTER MOTOR: BOSCH; LUCAS-TVS HOOD SEALS: JYCO SEALING TECHNOLOGIES CRANKSHAFTS: DVS INDUSTRIES HOOD LATCH: SHIVANI LOCKS WATER PUMP MECHANICAL SEAL: MECCANOTECNICA UMBRA WHEELARCH HEMMING: EDAG TECHNOLOGIES INDIA CAMSHAFTS: MAHLE FUEL SUPPLY PUMP: CONTINENTAL ENGINE SEALING: SIGMA FREUDENBERG NOK WHEEL BACK PLATE: YESHSHREE PRESS COMPONENTS ALTERNATOR: BOSCH; LUCAS-TVS BRAKE LININGS: CON ROD BEARING: RANE BRAKE LININGS KIRLOSKAR OIL ENGINES RUBBER HOSE: BRAKE SYSTEM: VAID ELASTOMER PROCESSORS BOSCH REAR COIL SPRING: REAR SHOCK ABSORBERS: REAR WHEEL BEARING: SIDESHAFTS: EXHAUST SILENCER RUBBER MOUNTINGS: AIR INDUCTION: AIR CLEANER: DOOR HANDLE: DOOR PLASTIC MEMBRANE: FUEL LEVEL SENSOR: STEEL WHEEL: STUMPP, SCHUELE & SOMAPPA TENNECO FAG GKN DRIVELINE AUTOFLEX TACO VISTEON AUTOMOTIVE MAHLE ITW AUTOMOTIVE SELLOWRAP MANUFACTURING CONTINENTAL WHEELS INDIA Suppliers wanted: If you are a supplier and have questions or want your information considered for our cutaway features, contact Steven Wingett at [email protected]. 1/2 page Heuliez.