Vol. 4 No. 22

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ContentsContentsThe International Front 17New Members' in ACMA Fold 18

Change in Details 19Quality Certification 19

Executive Committee Meeting 3From the Regions 3National Activity 15

ACMA EC Members' Interaction with VW India, MumbaiACMA EC Member's Interaction with Mr. Harpal Singh Chairman - CII (NR) and Chairman & Mentor Emeritus, Fortis Healthcare Ltd., Mumbai

6th ACMA (NR) QC Competition, New Delhi4th ACMA (SR) QC Competition, Bangalore 4th ACMA (WR) QC Competition, Pune

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INTERACTION WITH VOLKSWAGEN INDIA PVT. LTD.

Continuing with the healthy tradition of organising interactions with key vehicle manufacturers in India coinciding with the Executive Committee Meetings, ACMA EC Members had an interaction with Volkswagen India Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. K. K. Swamy, Vice President & Managing Director; Mr. Mahesh Kodumudi, Executive Director-Corporate Purchasing and Mr. Neeraj Garg, Director–Sales & Marketing, VW India, joined the Interaction with the ACMA EC Members.

Mr. J. S. Chopra, President, ACMA gave a brief welcome to the team and initiated the interactions.

The Presentations made by VW team emphasised on Volkswagen’s plans, it’s strategies, it’s open views on the Indian Auto component Industry, stringent Supplier evaluation criteria which were quite candid and informative. Some highlights of the presentation made by VW are:

Volkswagen’s expectations from the component manufacturers:

1) To Match VW’s quality on components - To deliver world class quality cars

2) To Offer competitive costs – Attractive prices (car/parts)

3) More flexibility for tailor-made changes for the Indian customer

Volkswagen’s Group Supplier Strategy in India :

Volkswagen shared a candid view of their present assessment of the Indian supply base which is given as below:

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGMUMBAI: JUNE 1, 2009

The “Nanhi Chhan” Project was launched on 27th August 2008 from Galiara at Golden Temple. Mr. Harpal Singh is the Founder Chairman of the ‘Nanhi Chhaan’ Foundation – Impact Projects, which is an inspirational initiative in support of the girl children and the environment protection.

Mr. Singh presented the major challenges faced by the entire world - The first being the degradation of the environment and the second being an adverse gender ratio. He highlighted these issues as the social agenda of the country which require urgent and transformational attention. “Protecting the girl children and preserving the trees is vitally important if human life is to be preserved on the planet. Most importantly it has to be done in a fundamentally different way” he stated.

He further added that the Nanhi Chhaan Foundation was set up to address these issues as part of its vision and mission. In an inspiringly new approach the Foundation seeks to make a positive impact for protecting the girl children and for preserving trees through the positive power of faith. The initiative cuts across all segments of society and faiths and invokes citizens to urgently act to raise awareness and to actively participate in corrective actions. The idea was to bring every faith under one umbrella for a common goal. In a symbolic gesture families who visit their respective places of religious worship receive plant saplings as religious offerings whenever a girl enters their family either as a new born or as a bahu (bride), he stated. Both – little girls and saplings – are nature’s ‘greatest givers’ and by receiving saplings from places of religious worship, he hoped that citizens would imbibe the message of their preservation with divine reverence.

The distribution and ritualistic planting of these saplings further be done in homes, schools, factories, institutions, parks and other places to spread awareness ; raise debate and propel citizens to recognise the horrors of female infanticide, female feticide and the destruction of forest cover. Most importantly citizens need to recognise that natures’ two great givers, mothers (when girls grow up) and trees are facing unprecedented destruction and the continuation of such harm would seriously threaten human life itself, he stated and raised this as serious issue and the need to pay immediate attention to these issues.

Mr. Harpal Singh sought ACMA’s involvement in the project as the automotive industry is the tenth largest industry in the world and, the automotive sector is expected to contribute upto 10% of the country’s GDP. Further more, the component industry is expected to provide employment to twenty five million people by 2016. He requested the CEOs’ to link the distribution of saplings with every employment generated and offered, which he opined that would create a great forest cover and this would further act as a protection to save the environment from the carbon emission by the vehicles. ACMA supports innovation (quoted Nano as an example) and “Nanhi Chhan” is an innovation, and hence, it is expected of ACMA to play a key role to build a balanced nation by re-examining products, processes and manufacturing systems, engaging itself with the community and ensuring sustainability of the ecosystem, he added further. ACMA too can play a vital role to promote the project” Nanhi Chhan” by promoting gender equality, by taking up the common issues of environment and simply by distributing saplings can set the boll rolling across the India, Mr. Singh stated.

FROM THE REGIONS

EASTERN REGION

ACMA(ER) organised a one day programme on Waste Elimination at Management Training Centre, Telco Township, Jamshedpur. The objective of conducting this programme was to share the approach of companies like Tata Motors Ltd and Tata Cummins Ltd. towards Waste Elimination and hence the adaptation of methods and techniques used, by the member companies .

Mr. Killol Kamani, Dy. Chairman, ACMA(ER) and MD, Samarth Engineering Co.

PROGRAMME ON WASTE ELIMINATIONJAMSHEDPUR: JUNE 10, 2009

Interaction with Mr. Harpal Singh, Chairman–CII (NR) and Mentor & Chairman Emeritus, Fortis Healthcare Ltd. on “Nanhi Chhaan Project” - a Project on protecting the girl children and preserving the trees

Continuing the healthy tradition of Interacting with a Thought Leader during the Executive Committee Meetings, ACMA organised an Interaction with Mr. Harpal Singh, Chairman – CII (NR) and Mentor & Chairman Emeritus, Fortis Healthcare Ltd. on the new initiative “Nanhi Chhaan Project” - a Project on protecting the girl children and preserving the trees, on 1st June 2009 in Mumbai.

VW Group’s Present Assessment of the Indian Supply Base

Holds high potential for VW Group’s domestic and export requirements!

VW Group’s Present Assessment of the Indian Supply Base

VW Group’s Present Assessment of the Indian Supply Base

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P. Ltd., in his welcome speech said,”when the going gets tough, the tough ones get going. In today’s competitive world the only way to compete and survive is to follow the golden rules of Quality. A Quality Organisation is where there is a place for everything and everything is in its place, which means, we have to get rid off all that adds no value. The Deming belief- that higher quality leads to lower costs, which is also the core of Toyota production system, is to be followed religiously.”

Mr. Kamani also talked about the ACT-UNIDO Cluster programme which has brought a phenomenal change in his own company. A change that has brought a new culture in the company where Quality is a way of life. In his message to the delegates, Mr. Kamani said that they have to ensure whatever they have learnt from the faculty could be implemented in their organisation. Finally, he thanked Tata Motors Ltd. For supporting ACMA to keep the Quality movement going in the Eastern region and invited Mr. S. K. Routray, D.G.M, HR& PSD, TML, JSR to address the delegates from ACMA(ER) member companies.

Mr. S. K. Routray, in his speech, said that we can not survive without Quality. Today Quality is all pervasive. It includes customer demand, cost, value addition, elimination of waste and reduction in cost etc. Quality is what the customer wants. Today the customer is demanding, knowledgeable and ready to explore the market. Excellence does not come from big companies, small contributions also counts. With the help of interesting anecdotes, Mr. Routray very affectively gave the message to all the delegates that Quality today, is not something that comes from outward pressure, it should come from within. It should not be mere records on papers but a way of life. He also complimented ACMA for organising quality programmes for its members.

Mr. T. Dhua, Tata Motors Ltd. Jamshedpur, in his interaction with participants gave the definition of waste and added to bring change, change your mindset first. He covered the following topics broadly:• Definition of Waste• Strategic issues for Business• Toyota Production System• 5 Principles of TPS• Identifying seven types of Waste: a) Over production b) Inventories including WIP

c) Defective products, scrap d) Leakages e) Wastage of time f) Unnecessary motion & movement g) Transportation & Conveyance

h) Eliminate muda in Machine Time

Mr. Dhua added in his presentation that customers do not pay for the waste; we must eliminate waste by doing continuous improvement. He also laid stress on Kaizen and 5s and added that zero defects is the only acceptable standard. He told that inventory causes all problems and the biggest waste is doing nothing.

Mr. Dhua also showed a Kaizen project done by Tata Motors at a local sheet metal company, an ancillary to Tata Motors Ltd. The delegates could easily identify the Kaizens implemented and appreciated the simple and low cost approach.

Mr. Dhua also showed that Kaizen could possibly be done in every possible area. He showed a presentation where Kaizen was done to improve the service time given per patient at the Floyd and Delores Jones Cancer Institute at Virginia Mason Medical Center, USA. It was a presentation with good visual effects and was appreciated by all.

In the second session post lunch, Mr. Himadri Mukherjee, DGM, Master Black Belt- Six Sigma, Tata Cummins Ltd. made his presentation so interactive that the delegates were rapid firing questions and Mr. Mukherjee readily obliged them by answering all the queries. He gave one presentation on Waste Elimination through Six Sigma and one on waste elimination through kaizen.

Mr. Mukherjee discussed in detail the definition of Waste and the value added definition, The Cummins operating System, goal of companies, waste identification, six Sigma approach, kaizen approach and the case studies.

His presentation on Cam Super finish Grindmaster (Kaizen Project) and Reduction in electricity consumption of the compressed air system (Six Sigma Project) were exceptionally good, having clear and indicative visual slides, capturing the essence of Waste Elimination effectively.

Finally Vote of thanks was given by Mr. C. D. RoyBurman, Coordinator, ACT-UNIDO Cluster Programme, Samarth Engineering Co.

THEORY OF CONSTRAINTS- HOW WELL TO USE IT FOR SMESJAMSHEDPUR: JULY 7, 2009

To learn and share the experience as to how to have long-term term survivability and sustainability on a profitable basis for all stake holders, ACMA(ER) organized a talk by Mr. Bimlendra Jha, PEO, Tata Steel, on “Theory Of Constraints- How well To Use It For SMEs” on 7th July 2009 at The sonnet, Inner circle road, Bistupur, Jamshedpur. The programme was well attended by the CEOs, Plant Heads and Senior Executives of the members companies from Jamshedpur and Kolkata.

Mr. K.R. Kavra, Regional Chairman, ACMA(ER) and Chief Executive, Special Engineering Services, Kolkata, welcomed all by introducing Mr. Bimlendra Jha, PEO, Tata Steel. Mr. Jha, an engineering graduate from IIT BHU in1990, in Ceramics Engineering, joined Tata Steel as a Graduate Engineer. He was the Executive Incharge (EIC) of Tata Growth Shop where he was instrumental in its significant turn around applying Theory of Constraints (TOC) and other improvement philosophies.

At Tata Steel he is credited with inventing a comprehensive improvement framework called ASPIRE that draws from the best practices of Six Sigma,

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TQM, TPM and TOC. He continues to be a mentor of the Viable Vision implementation at Tata Steel. Mr. Jha an avid reader, a very good orator and often referred to as a thought leader, has also translated Dr. Goldratt’s book “The Goal” in Hindi named “Lakshya”.

Mr. Jha in a professional manner, started his talk with a Question – what is quality of life? With each question he compelled the audience to answer and from various answers he received, again asked a question linked to that answer. it was a cleverly woven plot which finally culminated into what was called the “Theory of Constraints”. With the help of examples of Tata Growth Shop, Tata Bearings Division and many anecdotes, Mr. Jha made the session very interesting. The audience was interacting enthusiastically, asking questions, giving answers, was always alert without showing a hint of fatigue during a continuous three hour session. It was a session, where the speaker was talking continuously, smoothly, flawlessly and with ease and his command over the subject was evident.

Mr. Jha explained that The Theory of Constraints (TOC) is a philosophy of management and improvement originally developed by Dr. Eliyahu M. Goldratt and introduced in his book “The Goal”. It is based on the fact that, like a chain with its weakest link, in any complex system at any point in time, there is most often only one aspect of that system that is limiting its ability to achieve more of its goal. This weakest link (or links) is the “Constraint” and for that system to attain any significant improvement, that constraint must be identified

and the whole system must be managed with it in mind. The body of knowledge and analytical tools (the TOC Thinking Processes) that give power to TOC come from experience in the "accurate sciences" and are based on rigorous, but easily understood, cause-and-effect logic. These tools also provide the ability to support the development of breakthrough solutions through the premise that in the real world, all systemic conflicts that inhibit action are the result of unexamined assumptions that can be identified and corrected for true win-win solutions.

The TOC Thinking Processes, taken as a whole, provides an integrated problem-solving methodology that addresses not only the construction of solutions, but also the need for communication and collaboration that successful implementation requires.

Quite simply put ToC it is an overall management philosophy that has its basis in the manufacturing environment. Using the TOC philosophy enables the managers to achieve most of the goals that the system is designed for. Mr. Jha also gave a small problem to the audience to solve. This was just to assess whether they have captured the essence of the “TOC” or not.

Finally Mr. Killol Kamani, Dy. Chairman, ACMA(ER) and MD, Samarth Engineering Co. P. Ltd. gave the vote of thanks. The memento was presented to Mr. Bimlendra Jha by Mr. S. K. Behra, Past Chairman, ACMA (ER) and MD, R. S. B. Transmissions (I) Ltd.

NORTHERN REGION

Based on the overwhelming feedback received from the previous programme on SMED & POKA YOKE held in March 2009, ACMA (NR) again organised a one day training programme on ‘POKA YOKE & SMED’ on 12th June, 2009. The focus was to minimise the unwanted activities and thus reducing waste of time and product.

Mr. Sanjay Malhotra, Regional Council Member (NR), ACMA and Managing Director, Jumps Auto Ltd., welcomed the participants and the faculties of the day, Mr. Manoj Mathur and Mr. Rakesh Gupta, Senior Counselor, ACT- ACMA Centre for Technology for the training programme.

Mr. Malhotra mentioned that SMED & POKA Yoke are the two tools which help in reducing ‘Waste’ in all Organisations by limiting excess Motion, Inventories and Waiting Time. He specified that the programme is specially designed to bridge cost pressures, which is of utmost importance in today’s highly competitive scenario.

Mr. Manoj Mathur also said that SMED is a method introduced by ‘Shigeo Shingo’, ‘to reduce setup durations’ from hours to minutes. The main goal of SMED is to reduce setup time to less than 10 minutes i.e. single digit. SMED is most beneficial to the organisation that processes and produces a variety of products on single machine, line or cell. He also illustrated how adopting SMED

TRAINING PROGRAMME ON POKA YOKE & SMEDNEW DELHI: JUNE 12, 2009

process leads to ‘reduction in Inventory, Repair and Scrap’ and ‘Increase in productive run time’ and how SMED could be applied to any department of an Organisation i.e. HR, Production, Inventory. Thus by eliminating MUDAs(wastes) in process, one can significantly reduce Lead Time and supply the Quality product to customer in more swiftly manner.

Mr. Rakesh Gupta took over the session and explained about Poka Yoke. He said that POKA YOKE is a technique for achieving Zero Defect and is a highly effective way to reduce ‘Mistakes’ and boost ‘Quality’ and is a device which prevents incorrect parts from being made or assembled or easily identifies a flaw or error.

Root causes of defects, Error Proofing Techniques and Devices were also discussed at length.

The workshop was actively attended by 29 participants from 10 member companies.

Programme on Theory of Constraints

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6TH QUALITY CIRCLE COMPETITIONNEW DELHI: AUGUST 1, 2009

Quality Circles have become a way of life in membership. This was reflected by the overwhelming response to the 6th QC Competitions organised by ACMA (NR) on 1st August 2009 at PHD House, New Delhi.

The participation have been growing steadily over the years and to accommodate an overwhelming 48 QC Teams from 35 member companies, the Competition was held in three concurrent streams, with three sets of Jury members. There were more than 380 delegates and the level of participation was very encouraging.

Welcoming the participants, Mr. Ramesh Suri, Chairman – NR, ACMA stated that QC has a vital role to play in improving the process in any organisation and enhances the grass-root level employee involvement in the activities of the organization, hence strengthens the organisation, as a whole.

Mr. Suri while addressing the delegates, expressed happiness at the large and overwhelming response for the competition. He urged to the participants to learn from each other and share the learning’s of the day with colleagues who were not present. Mr. Suri reiterated the importance of Quality Circle concept and emphasise the need for inculcating this among entire workforce and making quality a way of life for the benefit of everyone.

Speaking at the Valedictory Session, the Chief Guest, Mr. D.K. Sethi, Chief General Manager (Supply Chain-I), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd., said that the most important thing is that ‘the spirit of Quality Circle has taken roots in organisations’. Mr. Sethi further suggested that the emphasis should be on giving autonomy to the supervisors along-with their teams, to handle the problem related to their work area independently and confidently, which will ultimately help to improve the quality, control the costs and ensures that the ownership is taken by everyone involved.

Mr. Sethi said that the competing QC Teams represent the best face of QC from their organization and success of Organisation lies in making QC initiative widespread and deep rooted.

Position Name of QC Team Company Name1st Incredible Napino Auto & Electronics Ltd.2nd Shrestha Motherson-Sumi Systems Ltd.3rd Vijeta Mindarika Ltd.

Thanking Mr. D.K. Sethi and the Jury members, Mr. Suri mentioned that many insights have been given by the Jury and the Chief Guest, which would be useful for all the companies to implement and learn from. He also thanked all the Co-sponsors of the event, the Jury members, the QC Teams and the Participants for making the event a great success, by their overwhelming response.

SOUTHERN REGION

Mr. S Thiagarajan, Zonal Coordinator, Karnataka and Hosur, handed over certificates to the successful candidates of the First Six Sigma Black Belt Programme held in Bangalore from July to December 2008, on June 13, 2009.

Speaking on the occasion, he mentioned that the first batch of companies for the Six Sigma Black Belt Programme completed their programme in December 2008 and the successful candidates have managed to save their respective companies a lot in terms of time, cost, efficiency and process improvements after applying concepts that they learnt during the session. The key is participating and attempting, he mentioned and acknowledged the efforts of all the participants irrespective of whether they succeeded or not in the programme. He also appreciated the relentless commitment shown by the Faculty Mr. Ram Narayan and hoped to have many more such programmes in future.

Mr. Ram Narayan, the faculty for this programme, has provided training to over 20 batches in ACMA across India, he remarked and after the success of the ACMA programmes, he now conducts similar sessions for CII as well, he added.

The following candidates were certified during the event:1. Brakes India Ltd (Showa Engineering Ltd) - Mr. C Sukumar2. Estee Auto Pressings - Mr. S Muthusamy3. Harita Seating Systems - Mr. M Gururajan

FIRST SIX SIGMA BLACK BELT PROGRAMME – ACMA (SR- KARNATAKA AND HOSUR) CERTIFICATION CEREMONY BANGALORE: JUNE 13, 2009

4. Owari Precision Products - Mr. B Murthy5. Sree Lakshmi Industrial Forge & Engineers Ltd. - Mr. Manjunath6. Sree Lakshmi Industrial Forge & Engineers Ltd. - Mr. K Chandrashekar7. Sundaram Clayton Ltd. - Mr. Anurag Agarwal

Incredible : Napino Auto & Electronics Ltd. Shrestha : Motherson-Sumi Systems Ltd. Vijeta : Mindarika Ltd.

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VISIT TO SUNDARAM CLAYTON LTD, HOSUR AND AN INTRODUCTION TO THEIR TPM PRACTICES CHENNAI: JUNE 13, 2009

ACMA (Southern Region – Karnataka and Hosur) organised a visit to the Die Casting Division of Sundaram Clayton Limited (SCL) on 13th June 2009, so that members could see the facilities and also understand their Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) practices. Around 22 members joined the visit.

Introducing the Die Casting division at SCL, Mr. S Srinivasu, General Manager, mentioned that this division was established in 1998 and has over 500 employees today and a 100crores turnover. He said that the company focused on Total Employee Involvement (TEI).

Sundaram Clayton’s Hosur plant which manufactures Aluminium die casting for the two-wheeler and four-wheeler segment started its manufacturing activity in 2003 and began TPM activities a year and a half ago, he explained. The Company has a turnover of Rs 100 crores with around 400 employees. TPM aims at enhancing overall plant/equipment effectiveness through a systematic approach resulting in Zero Breakdown, Zero Accident and Zero Defect (Zero BAD). It ensures waste elimination at every level through focussed improvement activities.

Mr. Srinivasu went on to trace the journey of TPM from how it was conceptualised to what it is today. He observed that there are no institutes

o f f e r i n g d i e -casting as a course o p t i o n . H e n c e when companies expand, there is not much of theory-backing. TPM at SCL started in 2002, he said, as a result of perceived chal lenges l ike i m p r o v i n g profitability, achieving quality, stability and reducing manufacturing cost. The areas of focus were improving equipment efficiency and employee capability, he explained.

SCL follows the 8 pillar approach of TPM, he explained and spoke in detail about a few of them. He said that Autonomous Maintenance, Focused Improvement, Progressive Maintenance, Quality Maintenance, Education & Training, Environment & Safety and Initial Control were the various pillars.

Following the presentation, a quick visit to the shop floor was organised, wherein the concepts were demonstrated.

AN ILLUSTRATIVE WORKSHOP ON POKA YOKE & KAIZENCHENNAI: JUNE 24, 2009

Poka-Yoke & Kaizens are now a culture in our production and manufacturing processes, said Mr. J. Sridhar, Zonal Coordinator (Chennai & Nearby), while welcoming the participants at the Workshop and visit on Poka Yoke & Kaizen at WABCO-TVS India Ltd. on 24th June 2009.

As humans, we are bound to make mistakes and the concept of Poka-Yoke is to take care of human errors by mistake proofing the processes at various points, he said. Kaizen he said is a tool for continuous improvements or change to be come good if literally translated.

The customer today is very demanding he said. You may put yourselves in the customer’s shoes and think of buying things for yourself or for your home. You would expect the product to be perfect and in running condition which could be put to use immediately. If not, we complain, think bad about the product and the brand and also talk about our experience with others, Mr. Sridhar said.

Co-relating the example he said, each and every product we make has an equal effect on our businesses and services. If produced defectively and deliver to the customer, it hurts the brand of the company we work for and in turn us the workers of the company. Besides there could also be a cost for producing a defective product said Mr. Sridhar.

Welcoming the participants Mr. B. Thiagarjan, In-charge of Training at WABCO-TVS, said that the brand TVS depicted Trust Value and S e r v i c e a m o n g s t a l l customers. Mr. Thiagarajan then gave a brief overview of the company, its products, customers, awards won etc. Total spend in R&D is to the tune of 5% tot 6% of the turnover, he said.

M r. T. R . N a r a s i m h a n , Manager-TQC, WABCO TVS while making his presentation mentioned that Kaizen is

actually a way of life philosophy, assuming that every one wants improvement in all aspects of our life. The Kaizen philosophy is one of the key concepts used for Total Quality Control, Quality circles, small group activities etc. Key elements of Kaizen are quality, effort, involvement of all employees, willingness to change, and communication, he said. Mr. Narasimhan showed various Kaizens initiated and implemented by the workmen at their work place. The company also encourages these initiatives by way of recognition and rewards he said. He also depicted the involvement of various levels of people at the Retention, Continuity and Breakthrough Kaizens. The company in turn has benefited by making the job easier, safer, more efficient at the same time saved money and time by promoting Kaizen culture. To avoid inadvertent error is the meaning and philosophy of Poka Yoke, said Mr. Narasimhan. Places where errors can happen Poka Yoke is applicable he said. Simple machines and mechanisms are used to foolproof the system or process to minimise defects getting passed on to the next customer or process. He however cautioned that Poka Yoke is not a solution to the defect problem and that investigation of the defect cause is essential for elimination. Operators are the best people to identify areas of potential mistakes and can give simple ideas to address them. While Poka Yoke help in error proofing, it also helps in eliminating inspection – a non value added activity, avoids mix-up and helps in flexible manufacturing. The presentations were followed by a guided tour to the plant and the participants were shown areas where Kaizens and Poka Yoke were implemented.

Visit to Sundaram Clayton Ltd.

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ACMA (Southern Region–Karnataka & Hosur) organised a presentation by Mr. V Karthikeyan, Director – Technical, EDS Technologies on the Latest Trends in PLM. This session aimed to demonstrate how PLM can improve business processes as well as maintain innovation through this difficult period.

The main presenter, Mr. Karthikeyan, with over 23 years in the field of product development and CAD/CAM/CAE product support and services, started his career with Ashok Leyland Limited, in the product development team in Chennai. He was actively involved in new des ign deve lopment fo r p a s s e n g e r a n d c o m m e r c i a l transportation applications. His current profile in EDS Technologies includes managing multi location technical

teams in the areas of PLM and Real Time Visual Simulation product support. The presentation highlighted the importance of a Digital Economy. Mr. Karthikeyan mentioned that the key Industry Drivers were Globalisation, Cost Reduction, Product Life Cycle and Competition. He explained the concept of Virtual Design and elaborated on the CAD/CAM methodology and Digital Mockup. He described solutions for various stages – Concept, Design prototype, Product release, Change control, Manufacture/maintenance and service.

4TH ACMA (SOUTHERN REGION) QUALITY CIRCLE COMPETITION BANGALORE: JULY 11, 2009

The recently concluded 4th ACMA (Southern Region) Quality Circle Competition held at Bangalore had 46 QC teams vying with each other for the coveted winner’s trophy. The Competition which was held on 11th July 2009 at the Builders’ NGV Club, Bangalore had 57 observers, encouraging their respective teams to excel. The programme was convened by Mr. P S Bashyam, Vice President, Sundaram Auto Components Ltd. The event was co-sponsored by Delphi – TVS Diesel Systems Ltd, Denso Kirloskar Industries Pvt. Ltd, Kirloskar Toyoda Textile Machinery Pvt. Ltd, TG Kirloskar Automotive Pvt. Ltd and Toyota Boshoku Automotive Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. S. Thiagarajan, Zonal Coordinator (Karnataka & Hosur), ACMA (SR), welcomed the jury panel, participants and guests to the programme. Speaking on the occasion, he mentioned that QC is being practised in many companies and has proved to be a successful tool for problem solving and team building. This group effort brings in a high level of bonding and confidence amongst the team members and in turn with the management, he remarked. He also explained in brief about ACMA, its membership, services and its emphasis on quality.

Mr. V Ramesh, Vice President – Quality Assurance and Product Design and Development, at Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt. Limited, was the Jury Chairman and also the Chief Guest at the Inaugural Session. He mentioned that this type of competition gives a fantastic platform for workmen/ associates/ team

members to showcase their great potential in solving problems at their work site. He said that he has been observing the improvements in the Quality Circle activities over the years in the Indian manufacturing industry. The number of Deming Award winners in India, the ever increasing exports of our manufacturing goods to highly competitive and quality conscious USA and European markets and big multinationals coming to our country and putting up factories one after another are truly a recognition of the huge leap India has taken in continuously improving the quality, cost and delivery of manufacturing, he added. He mentioned that at Toyota this activity is carried out at all times, irrespective of economic boom or doom. Rather it is a way of life for us to do kaizens in quality, cost and delivery through QC activities, he explained. Actually, the recession is a blessing in disguise for us to further level up our skills in all aspects of manufacturing, I wish other companies also to do the same for long term benefit, he said.

As Jury Chairman, he appreciated the efforts made by the various teams and said that it was very difficult for the jury team to come up with the winners, considering the quality of work done and the presentations made. The teams that could not make it to top 3, should realise that they are also winners, in the sense that they gained a lot of knowledge from the presentations of other teams, he said. Continuous learning is always much more fulfilling than getting trophies, he opined.

The jury comprised of Mr. B N Jagadeesh Prasad, Hon. Vice Chairman, QCFI, Mr. M S S Murthy, Formerly Manager, Quality Control, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, Mr. N V Krishna, Formerly Regional Director – NPC and Chairman Training Advisory Committee QCFI, Mr. N K Patil, Formerly Joint General Manager – HMT, Mr. B Thej Kumar, Senior Manager Operations, TG Kirloskar Automotive Pvt. Ltd, Mr. Balagangadhara Tilak, Deputy Manager - TQM, Rane Madras Ltd, Mr. T R Narasimhan, Manager - TQC, WABCO TVS – Chennai and Mr. M Gururajan, Sr.Manager Quality - Harita seating systems Ltd. and Mr. P Sampath Kumar, Assistant Manager HRD and TQC, Harita Seating Systems.

In view of the number of participants and teams, the teams were divided into three streams.

Mr. Akash Passey, Managing Director, Volvo Buses, South Asia was the Chief Guest at the Valedictory Function and gave away the trophies.

Welcoming the dignitaries and participants, Mr. Srivats Ram, Chairman, ACMA (Southern Region) mentioned that it felt good to see so much good work being done by the teams and their involvement and sense of ownership of the products they deal in. The Southern Region is considered as the Quality Hub in the country, he said. Most of the Quality and Improvement movements have been initiated from the South, he added. Mr. Ram also briefed on ACMA and its services to the industry and also the quality certifications achieved by member companies.

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dominate the global market scenario. It was also felt that the Asia Pacific would drive future growth of automotive sector

The strategies suggested covered aspects of maintaining cost efficiency, aftermarket, value addition, new markets besides looking into diversification.

Giving an Export Financiers view, Mr. N. Shankar, Executive Director, Export-Import Bank of India mentioned that the $506 billion global auto parts and equipments market which was showing a steady growth over the past 5 years was witnessing a steep decline across continents. The auto component exports may decline by 8% in 2009-10 with continued production cuts in North American and European markets, Mr. Shankar opined.

De-risking is about risks & rewards, Mr. Shankar said.

The Current crisis according to him were driven by 3 key factors – 1st the Light Commercial Vehicle market downturn with drastic sales drop in all major markets and got extended to the BRIC Countries as well. The main drivers for which was the global recession and financial crisis. The second factor was attributed to a shift to small/basic cars and a move towards more fuel efficient technology while the third factor was due to collapse of truck sales globally compounded with low order bookings driven by frozen credit markets and reduction of trade volumes.

Mr. Shankar’s presentation touched upon :

• stimulus package provided by various countries were to the tune of 1% to 5% only

• Stimuli provided by the US Government to its automotive industry• Impact of credit insurers’ reluctance and withdrawal of coverage also were

factors for the slump.• Effect of slowdown in overall exports from the Asian countries : varied from

-21% to -35% • Currency fluctuation as a factor for risk in the Indian context over the past

one year• Looking at risk mitigating measures at firm level with rationalization of

product lines, innovations, multi-product portfolio and its alignment, etc.

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Auto NewsAuto NewsMr. Passey, in his address, mentioned that quality is one of the core values at Volvo and continues to be a driving factor in the company’s day to day activities. Emphasis on quality indicates the will and ability to engage in continuous improvement, he said. Quality is about cost and about people, he opined. He observed that companies generally indulged in quality based on circumstances. He mentioned that quality is a driver of change in any organization and inculcates a culture involving continuous improvement without intervention by customers. From the customer’s point of view, Quality is seen as a promise that standards would be met and evolves out of sharing of best practices, he said. Awareness and transparency are intrinsic to quality, he felt. Mr. Passey acknowledged the efforts of the various QC teams and said that irrespective of who eventually wins, the teams had put in their best and proved that Quality standards are inherent in their respective companies.

Mr. P S Bashyam, the convener for the Competition, thanked all for their presence and remarked that it had been an excellent day of healthy competition not merely for the award but also for cross learning. He highlighted the significance of QC especially for SSI members. We aim to instill and strengthen the quality movement among SSIs, he mentioned. He thanked Mr. Passey, Mr. Ramesh and the jury members in particular for being part of the programme.

The following teams were adjudged winners from the Southern Region competition, who would go on to compete at the National level competition scheduled for 12th August 2009 in Pune.

Position Name of QC Team Company Name1st Rambo WABCO - TVS (India) Ltd.2nd Marvellous Wheels India Ltd.3rd Santhosam Lucas - TVS Ltd.

The event received good feedback from participants and observers who felt such programmes reiterated the significance of quality as part of an organisation’s culture and growth.

CONFERENCE ON DE-RISKING EXPORTSCHENNAI: JULY 24, 2009

To enlighten the membership at large on how some of the companies went about de-risking their exposure to exports post global recession, ACMA (Southern Region) organised a Conference on “De-risking Exports” on 24th July 2009 at Hotel ITC Park Sheraton, Chennai. The meeting was attended by the members of the Southern Region and the Executive Committee.

Mr. Ashok Taneja, Past-President, ACMA & Managing Director & CEO, Shriram Pistons & Rings Ltd. and Mr. Soumitra Bhattacharya, Senior Vice President, Bosch Ltd. made presentations from an Indian and Global Company’s perspective respectively. A perspective on Finance was presented by Mr. N. Shankar, Executive Director, Export-Import Bank of India.

Welcoming the participants, Mr. Srivats Ram, Chairman (Southern Region), ACMA mentioned that the past few quarters saw low margins from exports besides huge losses in terms of return on investments as a result of capacity creation by the Indian auto component industry envisaging huge growth potential. The period since then has been a learning experience and there was a need to learn and get views from various sources to re-align strategies for exports and thus this programme was designed he said.

Setting the theme for the Conference, Mr. Dhiraj Mathur, Executive Director, and Mr. Abdul Majeed, Principal Consultant, PricewaterhouseCoopers Pvt Ltd. mentioned that the changed global economic scenario in view of the down turn would see the auto component industry missing its target of exports as perceived in the Automotive Mission Plan document by approximately 61%. In view of the uncertainity created by the exchange range volatility and the change in automotive landscape in matured markets the focus would see a shift from market share to profitability, they opined. Since exports from India of auto components to the US were to the tune of 27%, the trouble is likely to persist they opined.

The developed economies would not let the auto sector fail as it contributed significantly to the economy. However, it was felt that the non-US OEMs could

Rambo : WABCO - TVS (India) Ltd Marvellous : Wheels India Ltd Santhosam : Lucas-TVS Ltd

1st Position 2nd Position 3rd Position

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Auto NewsAuto News• Lines of credit which enables export of Indian equipment and technology

on deferred credit terms with no recourse to Indian exports and realization of payments on shipment.

• Options like currency hedging, commodity futures contracts etc could also work as de-risking factors, he mentioned.

Giving an overview of the Bosch Group, Mr. Soumitra Bhattacharya, Senior Vice President (Finance & Administration) Diesel Systems India, mentioned that India was an important strategic location for the Group. The automotive technology was a major contributor in Bosch’s business portfolios, which contributed 59% of the group’s sales followed by 26% in industrial technology and 15% of consumer goods and building technology.

35% drop in European automotive market saw a ripple effect on its supplier base including Bosch.

Mr. Bhattacharya’s presentation on Bosch’s de-risking strategies touched upon:

• Presence in aftermarket was one of the De-Risking factors and strategies

• Policy of keeping itself abreast with latest technology and changes to the norms

• Export growth strategies included new product and system development and launch;

• Consolidation of products and transfer/supplying to its other locations; exploring new markets and re-engineering of fast moving competitor products for the aftermarket.

• Hedging options to minimise the export currency rate impact as a strategy.

• Bosch’s policy defined that the costs should not get passed on within the Bosch Group.

• Large basket of products and diverse portfolio of customers including OEMs and aftermarket.

• R&D a de-risking factor in Bosch’s scheme of things.

• Evolution of production strategies using best practices and competency based production consolidation

Presenting his perceptions on De-Risking Exports, Mr. Ashok Taneja, Managing Director & CEO, Shriram Pistons & Rings Ltd. mentioned that there was no life without exports. The domestic market is only 1%-2% of the Global market, which meant that 98% of the business was outside India, he said.

Mr. Taneja’s presentation gave a view on how “De-risking Through Exports” and “De-risking of Exports” helped their company face the downturn. Mr. Taneja mentioned that their company had taken a policy of 60:20:20 for OE, Exports and Aftermarket respectively to help tide over cyclical and external changes to the business environs.

On his observations on De-Risking through Exports, he felt that the international markets were highly sophisticated and that the Indian industry was lagging behind especially in technology. If a company is committed to exports, then it was compelled to invest in technology ahead of time, in turn have a first mover advantage when it became effective in the domestic market, Mr. Taneja opined. Export will have a certain percentage of impact on the turnover but it would have a 100% impact on the enterprise he stated.

Dwelling on the De-Risking of Exports, Mr. Tanjea mentioned :

• Small players entering into exports should look at aftermarket initially and then to the next levels

• Participate in as many segments i.e. H & LCVs, two-wheelers, tractor, cars, etc.

• Adopt the best practices of multiple OEMs in to the system

• Use services of an agent for the OEMs comfort who can also help during engineering changes, introduction of new platforms of product etc.

• Urged members not to shy to ask customer on amendment of contracts, warranty claims and product liability as they could have a devastating effect on the company.

• Be cautious while sharing information with the customer. Share what is essential and not what is proprietary and confidential

• Negotiate in case of minimum volumes not being realized for a particular product for an OEM

• Discuss and negotiate effecting increase in raw material prices

• Aftermarket should not be overlooked

Handling RFQs of International OEMs requires organizational (engineering/commercial, etc) infrastructure as these are time bound and any misinterpretation could have cost implications if order is finalised or loss of business Mr. Taneja said.

Mr. Taneja then gave highly simplified examples for De-risking finance for exports by using the Forward Contracts, Range Forward Contracts and the Vanilla Options.

Summing up, Mr. Harish Lakshman, Deputy Chairman, ACMA (Southern Region) thanked all the speakers for their insights into the topic with various view points which gave the participants food for thought and strategizing for exports. He also acknowledged the support of the the lunch hosts and the co-sponsors for the Documentation kit.

The highly interactive and interesting Conference was attended by over 75 members including the Executive Committee of ACMA and was well appreciated.

Conference on De-Risking Exports

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Auto NewsAuto NewsWESTERN REGION

In today's competitive environment, it is necessary to achieve & sustain company-wide Productivity and Quality and improve competitiveness of an organisation by having an effective and efficient work place. Also the need of the day is to have a productive workplace free of waste which is clean & tidy and a pleasure to work in. Organisations everywhere are still using these fundamental techniques with advanced tools to effect work place improvements which in turn are improving their bottom lines.

To address these issues, the ACMA Western Region organised one-day Workshop on "5S House Keeping Improvement" on 24th June, 2009 at Pune.

The objective of the one-day Interactive Workshop was to help the participants to understand the relevance of 5S techniques for their organisations, and contribute towards improving bottom line business performance by focusing on practical issues in the workplace/shop floor.

The contents of the workshop covered:-

- Overview - What is 5S and its meaning? - Details of each element of 5S- What is Waste and its relation with 5S- Implementation methodology,

ONE DAY WORKSHOP ON 5 S HOUSEKEEPING IMPROVEMENT PUNE : JUNE 24, 2009

- Status review methods and how to conduct 5s Audits, check sheets?- Concept of red tag, photo points, motivation to employees,- Tests for assessment of understanding, - How to draw up a roadmap for implementation

The Workshop was attended by Engineers, DGMS, Quality Heads, Supervisors, etc.

Mr. Vinay Kelkar from Satguru Consultants, an ISO Lead Assessor, was the faculty for the programme. Mr. Kelkar said that 5S is not only a management initiative it is a way of life, team work, a habit, a culture which need to be cultivated religiously by all of us. Giving an example of throwing things on floor and then collecting in container, he said that we should avoid double work.

The program was attended by record 45 participants. Judging on the presentation by the Faculty 62% of participants rated Good and 25% Excellent.

4TH QUALITY CIRCLE COMPETITION PUNE: JULY 17, 2009

Since its debut in 2006 the Quality Circle Competition has become most enthusiastic event in the Region. It’s like annual function for which members keep waiting eagerly for the next Competition.

The 4th edition of Quality Circle Competition in the Region was organised on 17th July, 2009, Pune. This year 27 teams competed for the Regional Championship compared to 23 teams in the last year.

Quality Circles are emerging as a mechanism to develop and utilise the tremendous potential of the people, said Mr. Kirti Rathod, Zonal Coordinator, Pune, in his inaugural address. He mentioned that QC is being practiced by many organizations as people see this as a tool for problem solving and team building. It develops internal leadership, reinforce the employees’ morale and motivate and encourage strong sense of teamwork, Mr. Rathod, added further. Mr. Rathod said that those organisations that are not practicing QC need to look upon this as a necessity.

Welcoming the Chief Guest at the valedictory session Mr. Surinder Kanwar, Chairman, ACMA, Western Region, said that the Region has come long way since 2006, the year in which the QC Competition was started. He mentioned that the level of awareness about quality has increased tremendously in the recent years. The response to 4th QC has forced to us to look for some other venue as we had to regret many teams due to shortage of alternate hall at the current venue, said Mr. Kanwar. He further said that the kind of response we received for the competition shows the commitment of the auto component industry about the quality. Mr. Kanwar also touched upon the various activities organised by ACMA in the Region. Briefing about the ACMA activities he

mentioned that ACMA has a dedicated division called ACT which runs cluster programme to train / improve shop floor personnel from all size of member companies including SME.

Delivering his address at the valedictory session, the Chief Guest, Mr. Devjit Sarkar, Head-Supply Management, John Deere Equipment Private Ltd. said that it is nice to see that such an event is being held by ACMA Western Region. He recalled his days of Quality Circle where he as a team leader had total six members in the team. I still remember discussing the problems with colleagues and the improvement day by day, he added further. Mr. Sarkar mentioned that QC is a good tool for learning and to share the experience. He also said that I am sure that the Team Philosophy pays to the organisation. Mr. Sarkar said that it is not easy to change things unless foundation of team work is there.

Mr. Devjit Sarkar gave away the certificate of participation to the QC teams and the trophies to the winning teams:

Position Name of QC Team Company Name1st Kevda Harita Seating Systems Ltd. 2nd Jai Ho Subros Ltd. 3rd Jidnyasa Bharat Gears Ltd.

Mr. Sarkar congratulated the winners and wished them good luck at the National Competition where these teams will compete with winners from South and North. The National Competition will be held on 12th August 2009 at Pune.

Workshop on 5S Housekeeping Improvement

Harita : Seating Systems Ltd. Jai Ho : Subros Ltd. Jidnyasa : Bharat Gears Ltd.

1st Position 2nd Position 3rd Position

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Auto NewsAuto NewsNATIONAL ACTIVITY

New age engineering plastics besides an aesthetic appeal are also exhibiting superior mechanical and thermal properties for various automotive applications.

ACMA organised a one day national seminar on ‘New Technologies in Plastics for the Automotive Industry’ on 28th July, 2009 in Pune.

Welcoming speakers and participants of the event, Mr. Jatender Mehta, Chairman-Raw Material Committee, ACMA and MD, Omax Autos Ltd., Gurgaon, said that application of plastics was continuously increasing in an attempt to reduce weight of vehicles and make them fuel efficient.

Mr. Mehta highlighted on some new technologies that had evolved to reduce engine noise and promote high temperature thermoplastics for engine compartments.

The seminar , he said, was an attempt to understand plastics as an environment friendly material and to what extent the material could be used without compromising on durability and safety of vehicles.

Giving an overview of typical polymer applications in passenger cars and more specifically in VW models Dr Sanjay Arole, DGM (QA- Laboratory), Volkswagen India Pvt Ltd, Pune spoke on some of the practical aberrations in polymer processing and steps to avoid them.

Dr Arole illustrated some of the test methods used by VW to evaluate pre-damage of the material and also the procedures and requirements to evaluate emissions.

Presentation by Reliance highlighted on New Generation Polypropylene Composites for the Automotive Industry. The presentation highlighted on Long Fibre reinforced thermoplastics and oriented polyolefin Composites.

Hydro S & S gave an overview of modified polypropylene compounds with high impact resistant

SEMINAR ON NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN PLASTICS FOR THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRYPUNE: JULY 28, 2009

grades of plastics for body panels. The speaker also informed participants on the advantages of thermoplastic elastomer part production.

BASF has developed tools for metal to plastic conversions. Their integration simulation tools can predict part behaviour through crash simulation, part testing, structural analysis, and processing analysis.

As a customer driven solution, BASF has developed lower bumper stiffener to protect pedestrians in accidents, achieving 40% reduction in weight as well.

Presentation by SABIC focussed on use of polycarbonate resins for light weight glazing , low density foams for headliners and the thermoplastic portfolio that covers the basic assembly for automotive forward lighting.

Speakers of the seminar included Dr Sanjay Arole, DGM, (QA- Laboratory), Volkswagen India Pvt Ltd, Pune; Mr. Bhaskar Ghosh, Snr Vice President, Reliance Industries Ltd, Mumbai; Mr. N K Ramaswamy, Chief Executive Hydro S & S Ltd, Chennai; Mr. Rohit Roop Ghosh, Manager, Engg Plastics (Asia Pacific), BASF, Singapore and Mr. Sanjeev Dwivedi, Snr Key Account Leader (Automotive), Gurgaon.

Seminar on New Technologies in Plastics for the Automotive Industry

June - July - 0917

Auto NewsAuto NewsTHE INTERNATIONAL FRONT

ACMA in cooperation with Centre for the Promotion of Imports from Developing Countries (CBI) had organised a two day training programme on Market Access Requirements in EU for membership in New Delhi, Pune & Chennai on 2-3 July, 2009, 6-7 July, 2009 & 9-10 July, 2009 respectively. Two senior faculties: Mr. Jan Oude Elferink and Mr. Jan van Straaten from CBI were here in India for a week to conduct this workshop.

CBI (Center for the Promotion of Imports from developing countries); is an agency of the Netherland Ministry for Development Co-operation. It contributes to the equitable economic development of select developing countries by providing services aimed at strengthening the competitiveness of companies in the field of export marketing and management pertaining to EU and EFTA. Some of the broad topics that were covered at this programme were Non Legislative Requirements & Legislative Requirements, Reach, CE (Conformité

ACMA-CBI TRAINING PROGRAMME ON MARKET ACCESSREQUIREMENTS IN EU (AUTOMOTIVE)NEW DELHI: JULY 2-3, 2009PUNE: JULY 6-7, 2009 CHENNAI: JULY 9-10, 2009

Européene) Marking, Block Exemption, ISPM 15, CSR, OSHAS 18001, ISO.

Altogether 37 participants attended this programme at 3 Centres. The overall feedback was quite positive and participants came to know more about the new rules and regulations which are implemented/ being formulated in EU and how it would affect the export market for the Indian Industry. Team and project work were also conducted by the faculties during the training programme in order to have a better understanding. All the participants were also taught with regard to registration at the CBI website and how to access the myriad information that are available in the website.

Mr. Deep Kapuria, Past President, ACMA, was present to interact with the participants and handed over the Certificates in Delhi. In Pune, Mr. Vijay Pusalkar, ACMA Member EC joined the inauguration and Mr. Srivats Ram, Chairman ACMA (SR ) inaugurated the workshop in Chennai. Mr. J. Sridhar, Member EC, ACMA handed over the certificates in Chennai

Overall the programme was very informative and interactive. Both the faculties Mr. Elferink & Mr. Straaten were very good and it has provided the participants some new thinking to plan ahead accordingly. It was also felt that CBI has a very strong databank and these could be accessed by the industry in order to keep the company’s updated.

ACMA- CBI Training Programme on Market Access Requirements in EU (Automotive)

June - July - 0918

Auto NewsAuto NewsMEMBERS’ ROOM

NEW MEMBERS IN ACMA FOLD

Mohindra Fasteners Ltd.60th K.M. Stone, Delhi-Rohtak Road, Kharawar,Rohtak 124001

Products Manufactured: High tensile fastenersQuality Certification : ISO/TS 16949:2002 by URS;

ISO 9001:2000 by URS

Seema & Co. 43A/Z, Gurudwara RoadDilshad Garden, Delhi 110095

Products Manufactured: SwitchesQuality Certification : ISO 9001:2000 by ICSSSI : Yes

Teksons LtdKolshet Road, Majiwada, Thane 400601

Products Manufactured: Radiators, radiator transmission oil coolers and charge air coolers Quality Certification : ISO 9001:2000 by DNV

Saint Gobain Glass India Ltd.(Security Division)Plot No. A-1, SIPCOT Industrial ParkSriperumbudur, Kancheepuram 602105

Products Manufactured: Windshield, tempered glass and laminated glassQuality Certification : TS 16949 by TUV;

ISO 14001 by TUV; OSHAS 18001 by TUV

Sumati Engineering Co. Pvt. Ltd.Plot No. 219, Sector 24, Faridabad - 121005

Products Manufactured: Three point linkages, gear shifter forks and sheet metal parts Quality Certification : ISO 9001:2000 by URS;

TS 16949:2000 by URSSSI : Yes

Sudhir Forgings Kanganwal Road, G.T. Road, P.O. JugianaLudhiana-141 120, Punjab

Products Manufactured : Propelor shaft flange, rear axle flange, end flange, axle rear cut, handle holder Quality Certification : ISO 9001:2008 by BSI SSI : Yes Pee Aar Exim Pvt. Ltd.Plot No. 38, WMDC, KharabwadiAmbathan Road, Chakan, Pune- 410501

Products Manufactured: Shroud fan assemblyQuality Certification : ISO 9001:2000 by Vexil

Business Process ServicesWestern Auto SparesAmrutlal Estate Nagarvel Hanuman Road, Rakhial, Ahmedabad - 380023

Products Manufactured: Cylinder liners, sleeves, air -cooled and water cooled barrels

Quality Certification : ISO/TS 16949:2002 by TUVISO 9001:2000 by Phoenix Progressive Certifications

SSI : Yes

Almighty Auto Ancillary Pvt. Ltd.

Gut No. 144/51, Village-Ghonsai

Post-Met, Taluka-Wada Dist. Thane 421312

Products Manufactured: Windshield wiper system, wiper Arms,

wiper blades, wiper linkages and wiper

spare parts

Quality Certification : ISO/TS 16949:2002 by UL;

ISO 9001:2000 by UL

SSI : Yes

Automotive Valves Pvt. Ltd.

783/2, Kadi -Thor road, Kadi, Gujarat

Products Manufactured: Inlet exhaust valves

Quality Certification : ISO/TS 16949:2002 by TUV

SSI : Yes

Conic Automotive Pvt. Ltd.

Plot No. 77, Sector -3, IMT Manesar

Gurgaon 122050 Haryana

Products Manufactured: Gaskets, oil seals and rubber parts

SSI : Yes

India Forge & Drop Stampings Ltd.

28, Sector-6, Faridabad 121006 Haryana

Products Manufactured : Axle comp. rear, hub front wheel, side

impact beam, knuckle steering, calliper holder, hub front wheel,

stub axle LH/RH, and mounting flange

Quality Certification : ISO/TS 16949: 2002 by BSI

Lasko Engineering Co.

Bye Pass Road, P.O. Lidhran, Jalandhar 144004 Punjab

Products Manufactured: Flywheel ring gears, brackets, hubs, pins,

shafts and components

Quality Certification : ISO 9001:2000 by DNV

SSI : Yes Castwel Autoparts Pvt. Ltd.

82A & 82B, SIDCO Industrial Estate, Thirumudivakkam,

Chennai – 600044 Tamil Nadu

Products Manufactured: Rack housing, kiapride, yoke covers,

pinion covers, hinge brackets, PAD, control valve body, check valve

body, air piston, pawl housing, response cover drive end shield,

pressure & gravity die casting, machining, and assembling

Special Tools Pvt. Ltd.

41/20-21-22, Site-III, Industrial Area

Sahibabad, Ghaziabad - 201010

Products Manufactured: Air-conditioner parts, door, floor,

engine body parts, radiator headers, door flap, and compressor

parts

June - July - 0919

Auto NewsAuto NewsBeta Tools Pvt. Ltd. G-976, 977, Phase III, Bhiwadi Industrial AreaDist. Alwar, Rajasthan

Products Manufactured: Gears, suspensions and forgings of auto parts

MEC Bearings Pvt. Ltd.G-949, Industrial AreaPhase-III, Bhiwadi-301019, Distt. AlwarProducts Manufactured : Needle rollers, cylindrical rollers, shafts and axles Quality Certification : ISO 9001:2000 by AQSR SSI : Yes

CHANGE IN CONTACT DETAILS

Lear Automotive India Pvt. Ltd.E-25, 26 & 27, MIDC BhosariOpposite to Philips India Ltd. Bhosari, Pune 411026

Polyflex (India) Pvt. Ltd.Manipal Centre, South Block No. 905, 9th Floor, Dickenson Road, Bangalore 560042

Federal-Mogul Goetze (India) Ltd.10th Floor, Paras Twin Tower BGolf Link Road Sector - 54, Gurgaon 122002

Ucal Fuel Systems Ltd."Raheja Towers" Delta Wing-Unit 705 177, Anna SalaiChennai 600002

Mahindra Gears & Transmissions Pvt. Ltd.Plot No.1, 31 to 34, Galaxy Industrial Estate Tal.Kotda Sangani, Village Shapar, Rajkot 360024

Badve Engineering Ltd.Plot No. A-3, MIDC, Chakan, TQ: Khed, Dist. Pune 410501

CHANGE IN DETAILS

CHANGE IN COMPANY NAME

CHANGE IN NAME OF ADDRESSEE

CHANGE IN DESIGNATION OF ADDRESSEE

The name of M.N. Rama Rao Filters Pvt. Ltd. has been changed to SOGEFI MNR Filtration India Pvt. Ltd.

The name of Cooper Foundry Pvt. Ltd. has been changed to Cooper Corporation Pvt. Ltd.

The name of Purolator India Ltd. has been changed to Mahle Filter Systems (India) Ltd.,

The name of Abhishek Auto Industries Ltd. has been changed to KSS Abhishek Safety Systems Pvt. Ltd.

The name of Autofit Ltd. has been changed to Autofit Pvt. Ltd.

The name of Mahindra SAR Transmission Pvt. Ltd. has been changed to Mahindra Gears & Transmissions Pvt. Ltd.,

The name of Badve Engineering Pvt. Ltd. has been changed to Badve Engineering Ltd.

Mr. Rohit Prakash, Chief Executive Officer, SOGEFI MNR Filtration India Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. P.P.R. Rao, Executive Director, Ucal Fuel Systems Ltd.

Mr. Kawal Jaggi, Vice President-Finance, Mahle Filter Systems (India) Ltd.

Mr. Romesh Kaul, Managing Director, Mahindra Gears & Transmissions Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. M.Mylswamy, Vice President-Administration, Sakthi Auto Component Ltd.

Mr. Suraj Sushil, Director, Suraj Precision Engineering Works Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Ajit Lele, Managing Director, Mahindra Hinoday Industries Ltd.

Mr. Ashok Belani, Chief Executive Officer, Tata Johnson Controls Automotive Ltd.

QUALITY CERTIFICATIONSPrecision Auto Industries has been certified ISO/ TS 16949 : 2002 QMS

D-M-E Company (India) Pvt. Ltd. has been certified ISO 9001:2008 by Det Norkse Vertias.