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JAMNA AUTO Presents Air Suspension Kits For Buses

India’s leading manufacturer of tapered leaf springs and parabolic springs for automobiles, Jamna Auto Industries (JAI) took the Prawaas platform to promote its new product line tailor-made for the domestic bus market.

DICV Exudes Supreme Confidence Over BS-VI Readiness

Using their global experience with emission standards, Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV) took a pioneering step to comply with BS-VI in India by investing around Rs. 500 crores to localize their Euro VI technology in addition to completing over two million kilometres of testing and developing new facilities. N. Balasubramanian finds out more from DICV’s BS-VI sneak preview held in Chennai

SRAM And MRAM Group Inks Historic Agreement With Csepel Holding NYRT

The joint venture will help the companies become the world’s largest bus manufacturing conglomerate and also synergise their strengths to produce smart and cheap buses in the electric vehicle (EV) segment

VAMOSYS Presents Cutting-Edge Solutions To Maximize Vehicle Efficiency

Vamosys, a fast-emerging name in IOT and Telematics is now offering solutions that simplify fleet management and asset tracking solutions, impressed one and all with its slew of offerings.

AB Trucks Opens New Authorised Tata Motors Service Station In Chennai

As part of its new initiatives, AB Trucks has set up a new authorised service station for Tata Motors on July 18, 2019 at Poonamallee, west of Chennai. Arun Jalali, Regional Manager - Customer Care South CVBU, Tata Motors, was the chief guest on the occasion while the other dignitaries included Shiva Kumar; Beema Reddy; Mohammed Afzal, CMD, Parveen Travels; Mohammed Sadiq, Managing Director, Parveen Automobiles; and other directors of Parveen Group.

Is The Indian CV Industry Ecosystem Ready For BS-VI?

The Indian commercial vehicles (CV) industry is undergoing a huge transformation in terms of technology and product offerings. The Indian Government’s push to implement Bharat Stage VI (BS-VI) emission norms from early 2020, as well as the Voluntary Vehicle Fleet Modernisation Programme (V-VMP), which aims at scrapping 15-year-old CVs, have accelerated the need for OEMs to upgrade their models.

Automotive Engineering Show 2019 Packs Tech Punch

Leading brands hog limelight with innovative solutions

Ashok Leyland Debuts Oyster Midi-Bus For Domestic Market

To step-up its action in the emerging premium midi-bus segment, India’s leading bus maker Ashok Leyland unveiled its next-generation product named ‘Oyster’ for the first time in India at Prawaas 2019. Apparently from the company’s international product portfolio, the new bus is designed and manufactured in-house, and will target the air-conditioned staff and tourist transportation space in the domestic market.

‘Future is bright' – Uday Kotak

India is well positioned to regain its share of global GDP. Extreme pessimism over the past few days appears overdone as things are never as bad as they look, and the economy usually turns around and keeps growing. The next 3-6 months will be crucial and should see some recovery. Expect very good opportunity for making long-term investment bets in the next 6 months.

‘Auto industry will have a major role in achieving PM's vision of $5 trillion economy'

The Automotive Skills Development Council (ASDC), the first Sector Skill Council of India, organised the ASDC Annual Conclave 2019 in New Delhi on July 24. The conclave focused on bringing industry experts on-board to provide key insights for building a skilling ecosystem by partnering with the industry and making skills aspirational. The program consisted of knowledge sharing panel discussions to provide credible and quality training opportunities in the automotive sector.

What The Industry Needs To Do To Keep Up With Ambitious Auto Component Export Plans (Part-Ii)

India imported $15.9 billion worth of auto parts in 2017-18 (31% of automotive industry sales) and AMP 2026 forecasts $28 billion import by 2026 (just 14% of automotive industry sales) against a four-fold increase in automotive industry sales. Highly unlikely that we can reduce import content so drastically and so quickly.

Vision Accomplished: Ashok Leyland Breaks Into Global Top 10 In Trucks

Company already among global top 5 in buses

Transforming To Be Relevant In The World Of Future Mobility

Tata Motors has had a robust FY18-19 which saw it clock an impressive growth of 17.9 per cent, with revenues from operations (including joint operations) of Rs. 69,203 crores compared to Rs. 58,690 crores in FY17-18. Growth in demand of M&HCVs and LCVs, new product offerings in passenger cars and utility vehicles were the key drivers that resulted in increase in its EBITDA margins to 7.4% in FY18-19 as against 4.1% in the previous fiscal.

Spark Minda's aftermarket vertical embarks on unique model for technical training with ‘Minda Mitra' Live Garage

Minda Automotive Solutions Ltd. (MASL), the aftermarket vertical of the Spark Minda Group, has embarked on a one-of-its-kind initiative in the auto component industry with the inauguration of its state-of-the-art Live Garage called ‘Minda Mitra’ on July 12 within the premises of the company’s facility in Noida.

Scania India launches ‘Next Truck Generation'

New range of trucks for mining, construction and long-haulage segments

Roots Metrology's popular calibration and testing services

Roots Metrology Division of Roots Industries India Ltd., was started in Coimbatore in 1994. Uncertainties of measurements play a vital role in acceptance of manufactured parts for which calibration is the key.

Rivigo Partners JK Tyre To Iintroduce TREEL TPMS For CVs

Rivigo, the Indian tech-enabled logistics firm, has announced that it has partnered with JK Tyre & Industries Ltd. to introduce its patented Tyre Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) technology that transmits seamless live data at regular intervals to monitor the condition of tyres every few seconds.

Rico Auto: In Pursuit Of Aftermarket Excellence

With impressive business performance and reputable brand image in the domestic aftermarket, Rico Auto is bullish on its growth and expansion in the times to come, in spite of a lull in first quarter this year. It is also planning to introduce aftermarket products for commercial vehicles by the end of third or early fourth quarter.

Prawaas 2.0 - A grand success

Industry stakeholders come together to discuss future of passenger mobility

Laws, Down The Road

The latest amendment to the Motor Vehicle Act is a definite step forward, but needs a much-informed introspection to make aspired progress on road safety.

JK Tyre Fostering Stellar Brand Image In Jaipur Region

One of the largest trucking hubs of flat-bed trailers and tip-trailers in India, Jaipur is a very influential market for JK Tyre that basks a cumulative market share of around 70 per cent in all truck segments in the region. With an excellent sales and service support network and community welfare activities in the region for decades, the tyre brand boasts a strong goodwill among drivers and trucking fleets.

Growing Prospects For Auto Recycling

Today, in the current environment recycling has been considered a million dollar business.

Growing Indo-German Relationship In Automotive Sector

The automobile industry is key sector for every major country’s economy.

Eberspaecher Unveils New Generation AC 353 System

Eberspaecher Suetrak Bus Climate Control Systems India unveiled its new fifth generation of the roof-mounted air-conditioning system AC 353 for large buses at Prawaas 2019. A legend in its own category and as a benchmark in the industry, the all new AC 353 G5 is more efficient, and is light in weight.

DTC Awards Tata Motors AMC Extension For CNG Bus Fleet

Acknowledging the arduous maintenance of buses for over 10 years, while serving the public transportation, the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) has awarded an extension to Tata Motors for comprehensive annual maintenance of its 1,000 CNG buses. Earlier, during 2007-2009, DTC had bought and inducted these Tata Motors buses and agreed on a contract of comprehensive annual maintenance of up to 7,50,000 km, which was focused on the uptime of buses to serve the city of Delhi. DTC has extended the contract for another 1,20,000 km for the 1,000 buses for which the contract was about to expire.

Doyens Of The Industry

A. AFZAL CMD, Parveen Travels

DICV Races Past 25,000 Vehicle Export Mark

Milestone reached in just over six years

Busworld To Be Organized By Messe Frankfurt In India

Busworld International has granted licence to organise Busworld India to Messe Frankfurt Trade Fairs India Pvt. Ltd., the Indian subsidiary of Messe Frankfurt. The agreement will strengthen Busworld’s position in India by lifting the steadily growing exhibition to a higher level. Busworld India 2020, the 9th edition in the series, will be organised in Bengaluru.

Bullish On Growth Prospects Despite Market Uncertainty

Speech delivered by Onkar S. Kanwar, Chairman, Apollo Tyres, at the company’s 46th AGM held in Kochi

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