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ont ntsFrom the Regions 3

ACMA in the Press 19

National Committees 28

Member's Room 32

December 2010 - January 2011Vol. 7 No. 28

CEOs' Mission to Germany

Visit to Rail Coach Factory Visit to Sonalika Group

utomotive Component Manufacturers ssociation of India

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CEOs Delegation to Northern Region Companies

Ghaziabad: December 2, 2010

Sharing of Experiences have always been given a thrust in ACMAs

activities, following the practice, ACMA (ER) organised a CEOs

delegation to Northern Region Companies. The visit was to 3-ACMA

member companies in Ghaziabad, viz., Abilities India Pistons & Rings Ltd.

Ghaziabad Precision Products Pvt. Ltd & Hero Motors Ltd. The delegation

was led by Mr. Sanjay Sabherwal, Dy. Chairman, ACMA (ER).

The excerpts from the visit to these companies are given below :

Abilities India Pistons & Rings Ltd. (AIP)

AIP manufactures Pistons, Piston Rings and Machinedcomponents.

Target is to achieve 3 mln pistons & Rs. 40 crores this year.

A very good example of Kaizens shown on the shop floor.

Advance 5 S & Manufacturing Excellence were taught by the QualityGuru Mr. C Narasimhan

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uto News Supplies to OEMs :- 6 in India ; 2 in USA ; 4 in Europe ; 3 in China.

TEI : AIP has announced various employee beneficial schemes inthe company to involve all the employees

TEI comes if the company involves them & do something extra forthem

Company has a clear Technology Focus. Government assists for

Technology Focus but the company should have a technologicalroad map. Company should have a separate team working onTechnology focus

TEI & Technology road map are the take always.

Ghaziabad Precision Products Pvt. Ltd. (GPP)

Manufacturer of push rods-forged, Tubebar, press fit, Rocker Shafts,Rocker arms, Rocker Shaft assemblies, shifter rails, Spring compression,Torsion, Tensions, Wire forms and spirals. Have a foreign collaborationwith Kasuya Seiko Co. Ltd. Japan. Supplying to Ashok Leyland Ltd.,Escorts Ltd. Swaraj Mazda Ltd, Tata motors Ltd, Caterpillar IndiaCummins India ltd. and International OEMs like Case New Holland, UK;Caterpillar Lec, USA; Deutz, Germany; Lister Pi tter, UK; Perkins, UK.

3 companies in all 40% of Products are exported

Into Engine parts business which requires day to day technicalimprovement as technology changes very frequently.

Follow Kaizen, 6 Sigma & Caterpillar Production System

Ghaziabad Precision is a part of ACT-UNIDO Cluster

Implement QCDSS (Quality, Cost, Delivery, Service & SocialResponsibility)

Provide Single Window System for Customers

Total 532 employees out of which 445 are workers

Follow KPI (Key Performance Indicators) for officers & managers forself appraisal

Use UNIDO Roadmap Customer Complaints / Returns are

recorded as key indicators as per UNIDO Cluster learning Aim is to triple the turnover of the company in next 3 years

Shared Presentation on Kaizen : Meaning : Kai Change ; Zen Good. Change for Improvement to achieve an objective. Receivedsomewhere between 50 to 100 kaizens from Sept. to Nov. 2010.Productivity increased from 95 pcs per hour to 120 pcs per hour afterKaizen implementation

Shared a presentation on Caterpillar Production System which is

followed in the company having 3 elements, viz., Operating System ;Cultural System & Management System which enables all to worktogether. This system also enables finding out wastes everywherewhether shopfloor or office area. Safety is very important in thissystem.

Hero Motors Ltd.

Manufactures Engine & Transmissions Assemblies & Components: GearBox assemblies for all terrain vehicles, two wheelers, Ferrous cast andmachined Component assemblies, sheet metal components etc. Theyare supplier to Hero Honda Motors and Hero Cycles Ltd.. They also supplyto European two wheeler Manufacturers and Tier I- BRP Rotax GmbH &Co. KG, Austria.

The unit at Ghaziabad which the Mission members visited has 2 verticals,viz., Transmission & Stampings. The company supplies transmissions for

ATVs and motorcycles to BRP Rotax. Further, the company has gotexclusive contract for manufacturing of gears for supplies to high-endmotorcycles and ATVs. Hero motors has recently set up a new state-of-the-art gear plant with heat treatment facility to strengthen E&T vertical.

Total turnover of the unit visited Rs. 250 Cr.

Has a 3 year Strategy Plan : to increase to Rs. 450 500 Cr. in 2years essentially in transmissions

Magna is their Technology partner for Transmissions fromconception of product to Business Development

Working on a new Gearbox design which will come in another 2years. The gearbox assembly is done in-house.

Hero Motors follow a Step-by-step - Multiple Mountain Theorywhich enables them to take a small test project in the first yearfollowed by a more Challenging ramp-up project in the next 3 4years.

The Company supplies sheet metal components to its group leading

company, Hero Honda Motors Ltd.

Ferrous Casting Unit, Manesar: Hero Motors has formed a joint venturewith Sumitomo Kiriu Corporation, Japan for manufacturing of automotivecomponents mainly brake discs, brake drums and steering knuckles toform Munjal Kiriu Industries Pvt. Ltd.. which is ISO TS 16949 Certified.The facility has been commissioned at Manesar, 60km from Delhi and isequipped with state-of-art foundry having Disamatic moulding line.

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uto NewsConference on Performance Excellence through

People ProcessesDecember 18, 2010: Jamshedpur

The National Committee of HR along with ACMA(ER) organised a one

day Conference on Performance Excellence through PeopleProcesses. In his opening speech, Mr. Killol Kamani, Chairman,

ACMA(ER) and MD, Samarth Engineering Co. P. Ltd, said that the currenthuman resource departments, take more responsibilities as they alsodiscuss the strategic planning of a business with top executives. HRmanagers today's lead the way by not only making recommendations, butalso initiate policy changes. A good human resource department not onlyhelps to boost the morale and efficiency of employees, but also restrictsand limits job turnovers as well. The purpose of human resourcedepartments is thus to basically utilize an employee's abilities effectivelyby coaching them to maximize those abilities, while simultaneouslyimproving their working environment so that they are assured jobsatisfaction.

He then invited Mr. Debabrata Dash heading HR Systems, Processes &

Intervent ions at Tata Motors Jamshedpur.

Mr. Dash mentioned a reward programme should encourage a specificbehavior that is measured, tracked and audited. One has to identify thedistinctive potential of the individual and once the benchmark is decidedfor performance, the compensation and reward can be linked to it. It is acycle.

Mr. S.K. Venkatram , GM, Operations, Sansera Industries P. Ltd. in his

presentation on Performance Review Process, said that the purpose of

PRP is to enable organization and individuals success by aligning

individual objectives with those of the company, creating a continuous

learning environment, focuses on individual and organizational

development and enhancing employees perceptions on fairness and

equity.

Dr. Jittu Singh, Senior Professor, XLRI, mentioned that the work force is

also human which needs to be praised, appreciated, recognized and

rewarded. Motivation is something that needs special attention and any

senior executive or MD or CEO can by way of interaction motivate the

employees the best.

Lastly Mr. Pranotosh Bhattacharjee, Head HR, RSB Transmissions (I)

Ltd. on Attracting & Retaining Talents, spoke about the talent

identification, talent acquisition, nurturing of talent, talent attraction and

retention.

The topics covered in the conference were, attracting and retaining

talents, performance measuring process- measuring performance,measuring behavior, compensation and recognition and sustaining high

performance.

Mr. Sanjay Sabherwal, Dy. Chairman, ACMA(ER) & MD, Metaldyne

Industries Ltd., concluded the programme by speaking on the relevance

of HR as the conference covered topics on entire cycle of the job

requirements in the organisation.

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uto NewsWorkshop on Muda Identification

& Kaizen

Jamshedpur: January 25, 2011

ACMA(ER) organised a half day workshop on

Muda Identification and Kaizen.Mr. Ranjot Singh, Regional Coordinator,

ACMA(ER) & MD, Em de t Jamshedpur,introduced the faculty, Mr. T. K. Chanda, ResidentCounsellor, ACT Div. ACMA and said that foreveryone the customer is very important. One hasto produce what is the demand of the customer. Aprocess adds value by producing goods or providing a service that acustomer will pay for. The process consumes resources and waste occurswhen more resources are consumed than are necessary to produce thegoods or provide the service that the customer actually wants. Muda orwasteful activities are a waste and its reduction is an effective way toincrease profitability. He requested the participants to learn everythingthey can and utilize their learning in increasing the productivity and

profitability.

Mr. Chanda established the relationship between terms like cost, priceand profit and told the delegates to question the present system, identifythe gaps and wastes and eliminate/ minimize it towards cost reduction. Healso discussed JIT and JODOKA concepts and explained with the help ofvarious slides, innovation verses kaizen. He discussed MUDA, MURI,MURA types of wastes. Another type MIRU was discussed which meansnot only to see problems superficially but to closely observe and nursethem.

By showing various slides, Mr. Chanda discussed the seven wastes andhow Kaizens can be done to reduce these wastes. He also showed what isan ordinary production, what is a fake flow production and a required flowproduction in a plant. At the end of the programme, Mr. Sanjay Singh,

Managing Director, Highco Engineers p. Ltd. proposed the vote of thanks.

The delegates were also shown flow production and various Kaizensdone at the Highco Plant to give a better understanding of the concept.

Workshop on Safety

New Delhi: December 3, 2010

ACMA (Northern Region) for the first time organised a One DayWorkshop on Safety. Mr. Pravin Malhotra, Member, Regional Council ,

NORTHERN REGION

ACMA (Northern Region) and Managing Director, Nipman FastenersIndustries Pvt. Ltd. said that thinking out of box is the need of the hour.

He emphasized that there is tremendous growth in the sector and whenthe production goes up people dont pay attention to safety. He also saidthat companies are building new plant, safety should be given dueimportance. Explaining the Frank Birds Theory of Accident, Mr. Malhotra

said that 88% accidents are caused by unsafe acts, 10%accidents are caused by unsafe conditions, 2% accidentsare caused by natural calamity, which are not under our

control. The faculty of the training programme, Mr. ManojMathur while explaining the definition of safety said thatSafety is prevention of accidents which result ineliminating personal injury and property damage.

The objective of the workshop was to apprise onCategory of Accident; Types of Accident; Unsafe Act &Causes of Unsafe Act; Safety Audits & Checklists; WrongUsage of Hand Tools; Safeguard of Machines; Colourcodes and Safety; Safety Communication; How to EnsureSafety; Benefit of Safety Equipments; Basics ofErgonomics and Occupational Hazards.

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uto News1st SMED Competition


Considering the positive impact on productivity that a subject of SingleMinute Exchange of Die (SMED) can have in manufacturing units, ACMANorthern Region organized for the first time a Competition on SMED.

Mr. Rattan Kapur, Chairman, ACMA (N.R.) welcoming the Jury for thecompetition said that SMED is an approach to continuous improvementand refers to QCO (Quick Change Over) which reduces the change overtime to one digit. Mr. Kapur also mentioned that there is a lot of opportunityin India, which brings along growth and challenges, which we need toprepare ourselves for.

Mr. Kapur highlighted the objective of the competition, which was to helpcompanies witness actual case studies from various companies inorder to reduce their non-value added activities to a large extent.The Winners of the 1st SMED Competition were :

Position Team Co. name

1st Prayash - Mindarika Pvt. Ltd.2nd Cab Manufacturing. - Climate Systems India Ltd.3rd Udaan - Mark Exhaust Systems Ltd.

Tarang - Trelleborg Automotive India Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Kapur while thanking the Jury Members which included, Mr. G.Venkataramanan, Deputy General Manager (Plant Maintenance), HeroHonda Motors Ltd., Mr. Sai Kumar, Manager (Production), SuzukiMotorcycle India Pvt. Ltd., Mr. Yogesh Dinkar, Assistant Manager(Quality Control), Suzuki Motorcycle India Pvt. Ltd., mentioned that theinsights given would be useful for all the companies to implement andlearn from.

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uto NewsInteraction with President, SAE International,

Dr. Andrew Brown, Jr.


ACMA (Northern Region) along with Society of India AutomobileManufacturers (SIAM) organized an interaction with Dr. Andrew Brown,Jr., President, SAE International.

Mr. Rattan Kapur, Chairman, ACMA (Northern Region) while welcomingDr. Brown, Dr. David Schutt, CEO and Mr. Murali M. Iyer of SAEInternational, briefed members on their visit and about Society of

Automotive Engineers (SAE), which he mentioned was one of the highlyrespected technical bodies across the world.

Mr. Kapur also said that the automobile industry is changing very fast in

respect of the technology, design, light weighting and environment norms.

Both the vehicle manufacturer and auto component ancillaries need to

upgrade their technologies, skills and work towards greener environment

said Mr. Kapur.

Mr. S. Sandilya, Vice President, SIAM & Chairman, Eicher Group gave an

overview of the Indian Automotive Industry and on the Challenges.

Mr. Murali of SAE International in his address briefed the participants ofthe activities of SAE India and thanked SIAM and ACMA for their active

support during the past many years and evinced an interest of further

strengthening the ties in field of training.

Dr. Brown Jr., President, SAE International in his presentation on

Megatrend Analysis & Portfolio Strategy (MAPS) with a focus on HEV /

EV (Electrical Vehicle) also stressed on increasing Environmental

Awareness & Regulation for the safe and green future.

Shop Floor to Top Floor: Information and

Communication Technologies Workshop

Gurgaon: December 17, 2010

The IT Committee of ACMA in association with ACMA Northern Regionand NASSCOM organized a Workshop on Shop Floor to Top Floor Information and Communication Technologies. The workshop includedpresentations from leading IT solution providers on topics such as CloudComputing and sharing of experiences by ACMA member firms, with theobjective of sharing the ideas that could help improve productivity, quality,cost and delivery of operations.

The programme also included a visit to Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. to facilitatecross learning on how IT is being used by world-class companies tointegrate various processes and manage supply chain.

Mr. Ravi Machani, Chairman IT Committee, ACMA in his welcomeaddress mentioned that ACMA in its mandate had identified educating

and enabling its members with user friendly andaffordable IT solutions through a defined roadmap,particularly for the SMEs. The Committee hementioned, towards this had worked closely with a fewmembers of ACMA and various solution providers toaddress the various needs of the auto componentindustry with regard to IT.

Mr. Anand Ramakrishnan, GM - Cloud ComputingServices, Wipro Infotech shared the benefit ofclouding which resulted in optimizing the budget andstaff output in a company. Mr. Rahul Shandilya- Head

Global Services Asia Pacific, Tata Technologies made a presentation onthe Solutions for Auto Component Manufacturers. Mr. Abhay Bakre,Joint Development Commissioner, Ministry of MSME, while addressingthe gathering, shared various cluster development schemes of MSME.

Mr. S. Srinivasan, CIO, Sundram Fasteners Ltd., while making a casestudy presentation on Enabling Operational Excellence for ComponentManufacturing, mentioned that ERP was now being used for FactoryPlanning Across Geographical Boundaries. Mr. Srinivasan also sharedexample of his organization, which was a conglomerate of small andmid-size companies, he mentioned the company was able to deal withOEMs with flexibility while planning its activities with time limits.Highlighting the benefits of using an ERP he said that it gave the companyan edge with integrity of individually oriented real-time information,thereby enabling perfection in costing with instant implementation ofstatutory changes. The advent into ERP also gave company benefits interms of productivity improvement and compression in time andresponse to customers.

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uto NewsZero Defects through POKA YOKE

Ludhiana: January 8, 2011

Based on the overwhelming response and feedback received from theparticipants in the earlier programs held on the subject in 2009 & 2010,

ACMA (Northern Region) once again organized a one day trainingprogramme on Poka Yoke on 8th January, 2011 at Ludhiana.

Mr. U.S. Ahuja, Member Regional Committee, ACMA, (NorthernRegion) and Managing Director, New Swan Enterprises welcomed theparticipants and the faculty Mr. Rakesh Gupta for the trainingprogramme.

Mr. Ahuja said that it was important for all of us to try to minimize theunwanted activities and efforts should be made by every employee to dosmall savings in his or her respective areas.

In order to sustain the competitive environment, organisations have to

keep on improving their process and systems to achieve continuous

improvement said Mr. Ahuja. Mr. Rakesh Gupta explained about Poka

Yoke and emphasized on creating a Poka Yoke world by implementing its

techniques. He highlighted the possible root cause for non

conformance/defects by explaining the 6M factors (Man, Material,

Machine, Method, Measuring Equipment, Material Handling Equipment).

He said that POKA YOKE is the Japanese technique started by Dr.Shigeo Shingo to avoid human error at work aimed at achieving Zero

Defect. This technique 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, he said. Mr. Gupta

also emphasized to look for Poka Yoke opportunities on a l ine and gave

some common examples of Poka Yoke.

Northern Region Launches 4th Batch of Six Sigma

Green Belt Certification Programme

New Delhi: January 17-19, 2011 & March 7-8, 2011

The 4th batch of the 5-day Certification Programme on Six Sigma GreenBelt was launched by ACMA (Northern Region) on January 17th 2011.

Welcoming the participants, Mr. Sanjay Malhotra, Member RegionalCommittee, ACMA (Northern Region) and Managing Director, Jumps AutoIndustries Ltd. briefed about the birth of Six Sigma philosophy which tookplace in Motorola. Mr. Malhotra also emphasized on using the processimprovement tools to reduce the defect levels to below 100 ppm.

Mr. Malhotra said that Six Sigma is a disciplined approach to improvedecision making process, such that people start giving guaranteed

decision using data & analytical approaches. The concept of Six Sigmahas a wider perspective as it not only covers manufacturing relatedareas, but also non - manufacturing areas like sales, marketing, finance,human resources, purchase and other support functions said Mr.

Malhotra.The initiative of ACMA on Six Sigma has trained and certified 411 BlackBelts of which 209 are from the Northern Region and 112 Green Belts ofwhich 90 are from Northern Region said Mr. Malhotra.

He then formally introduced Mr. Ram Narayan the faculty for thetraining programme. Mr. Ram Narayan has been the sensei for all theearlier batches, he said.

The participants have rated the training as very good to excellent and areexcited to take their projects.

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uto NewsTwo Days Workshop on

GD&T

New Delhi: January 21- 22,

2011

ACMA (Northern Region) organized atwo-day workshop on GeometricDimensioning and Tolerancing(GD&T). GD&T is the collection ofsymbols which is used, by designengineers to communicate geometricrequirements for components andassemblies. GD&T which is based onEngineering and Manufacturingprinciples ensures reduction in cost, interchangeability, and integrity ofdesign requirements and has been widely used in manufacturingindustries as their mechanical drawing standard. The faculty, Mr. SanjaySharma, DGM, Rico Auto Industries Ltd. explained in detail that GD&T is a

language that enables design engineers to "say what they mean" on adrawing, thus improving product designs and lowering cost. GD&T is acommon technical drawing language for the designer, tool manufacturer,

gauge manufacturer, processengineer to accurately describe thesize, form, orientation, and location ofpart features. It encourages designersto define a part based on how itfunctions in the final product orassembly. While explaining thebenefits of GD&T he said, applyingand interpreting GD&T correctly leadsto creating clear and concise drawing,that reduces assumption throughoutthe manufacturing process, improveproduct design, and effectivelycommunicate design requirements tosuppliers and manufacturers.

The workshop was organized to share standard method of interpretingthe design and to determine best manufacturing approach. Manysymbols and terms i.e. Zones, Tolerances, Datum etc. used in GD&Twere discussed during the session. The workshop was focused onactual data with case studies and exercises for product, process anddesign engineers.

Training Programme on Effective Communication

Skills

New Delhi: January 28-29, 2011

Continuing with the focus on HR, ACMA (NR) organized a Two DaysTraining Programme on Effective Communication Skills.

The faculty for the programme Mr. Rajiv Mathur, President & CEO ofAakansha Management Group said Effective Communication Skills wasan essential part of organizational success, which promotes openness,transparency, mutual trust andenables projects or processes tomove forward. Poor, unclear andineffective communication leads tomistrust, low moral and costlymistakes, he said.

The following key issues werecovered by the faculty in the training:

- Definition of Communication

- Basic Principles and Types of Communication

- Importance of Communication Skills

- Improving Communication Effectiveness

- Important Guidelines to make Communication Effective.

- Communication Styles

- Non-Verbal Communication (Body Language)

- Barriers to Effective Communication

- Overcoming Communication Barriers

- Benefits of Attentive Listening

- Body Language

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ACMA-YBLF Visit to and Interaction with InfosysBangalore: December 15, 2010

With an intent of learning from other industries on managing growth,

ACMA-YBLF and members from the Regions visi ted InfosysTechnologies Ltd. to understand how this challenge can be handled fromtheir experiences.

The Infosys team shared its experiences in the IT sector and how itgeared-up for the challenge and managed its growth so well that it hasbecome an icon today.

Infosys mentioned that their formula of success is by actually having a

SOUTHERN REGION

Plan, Infrastructure, Process and System in place to scale to any heights.It was easily understood as: Scale = Plan +Infrastructure + Process+System. They also briefly touched upon the various opportunities in theIT sector for ACMA members.

The delegation was led by Mr. Ravi Machani, National Coordinator-YBLF

ACMA. Mr Ravi Machani expressed an interest in exploring opportunities

in the IT sector that could benefit ACMA members as a whole.

The members felt that this being an introductory visit, should be followed-

up for better results.

48 Breakthrough Kaizens presented at ACMA Southern

Regions 2nd Kaizen Contest & Conference

Bangalore: December 17, 2010

The 2nd Kaizen Contest of ACMA Southern Region was hosted by the Karnataka& Hosur Zone, aiming showcasing the breakthrough Kaizens in variouscompanies by the Junior and Middle Management, the contest saw 48 Kaizensbeing presented, which is an increase of almost 100% as against 25 Kaizens lastyear. The scope for the contest focused on, Quality, Cost, Delivery andProductivity.

In his inaugural address, Mr. Subash Suresh, General Manager SupplierDevelopment, TVS Motor India Ltd. and the Chief of the Panel of Judges of thecontest mentioned that Kaizens were a necessity which comes from a customercentric approach.

Citing examples from TVS Motors, he mentioned that at the Associate level 36suggestions were received per year per person. There were 360 QC teams with

over 950 projects that saved over Rs.2crores for the company. As a new initiative,the company had also started involving the temporary workers in the suggestionscheme. At the SIT level, Mr. Suresh mentioned that there were 350 teams workingon 3700 projects. Another initiative of the company was the Profit ImprovementProject wherein executives are involved to identify waste at the workplace. OverRs.50 crores worth ideas are generated with a potential savings of over Rs.10crores through this initiative, he mentioned. These are benchmarks that ACMAmember companies emulated to achieve cost and quality competitiveness. Hecommended the efforts of ACMA in spreading awareness and interest amongst thesupplier community on QC and Kaizens.

The panel of jury for this contest included Mr BNJ Prasad, Mr C Srinath, MrMurthy, Mr N K Patil, all eminent members in this field.

Mr Reguraj, Managing Director of NTTF Industries Pvt. Ltd was the Chief Guest

for the Valedictory Session and gave away the trophy and cash awards to thewinners. He urged the participants to think differently since innovative thinking wasthe requirement of theindustry, especially in thet ime of exponent ialgrowth.

M r P S Bas hy am ,President of Sundaram

Auto Components wasthe moderator for theprogram.

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uto NewsMr. K.G. Mohan, Convener- 2nd Kaizen Contest and Conference and theZonal Coordinator of Karnataka & Hosur Zone, ACMA, mentioned that theresponse from the membership was overwhelming. He mentioned thatthe Kaizen contest was an initiative of the Southern Region in 2009 whichsaw 25 teams compete and nearly doubled in the 2nd edition with 48Kaizen teams.

He also thanked the OEMs who were appreciative and supportive ofACMAs efforts in spreading the awareness of tools like QC, Kaizen and 6Sigma. Mr. Mohan also placed on record his appreciation of his core teamof the Kaizen Contest which included Mr. F.R. Singhvi of SanseraEngineering, Mr. C. Jayaraman of Aditya Auto, Mr. S.M. Hegde of Bosch,

Mr. C.N. Prasad of Sundaram Clayton and Mr. P.S. Bashyam ofSundaram Auto Components.

He also mentioned of institutionalizing the Kaizen Movement with otherRegions following suit and organizing Kaizen Contests.

Mr. Vijay Chinnaswamy of Sundaram Fasteners Limited won the 1st Prize

and cash award of Rs.10,000/-

Mr. R. Sundaralingam and Mr. S. Vijayabharathi of Wheels India won the2nd Prize and cash award of Rs.7000/-

Mr. R. Raghavan and Mr. Authimoolasundaram of Rane (Madras) Ltd.Won the 3rd Prize and cash award of Rs.4000/-

Companies suggested to use FMEA as a risk

management tool on product and process

Chennai: January 8, 2011

ACMA Southern Region organized a one-day Workshop on Failure ModeEffective Analysis (FMEA).

The workshop which was attended by 40 participants was highlyinteractive.

ACMA (SR), Mr. J. Sridhar, Zonal Coordinator Chennai & Nearby,mentioned that the objective of the workshop was to analyze themanufacturing process for effective controls and to train on how to foreseethe failure modes in the process and take preventive actions. Hementioned that while quality and delivery were imperative, cost reductionwas constantly being demanded by customers and only the toughest andfittest organizations would survive. There is an urgent need for all of us tocut cost and for doing that we need to be more innovative, by adoptingvarious methods and practices, he said.

Introducing the faculty, Mr. J. Jayabalan of Quality ManagementDevelopment Centre P. Ltd. or better known as PQMDC , Mr. Sridharmentioned that Mr. Jayabalan had Implementation knowledge of Supply

Chain Management Issues and also acted as an external Change Agentin many improvement activities in client organization.

Learning will help you in upgradation of your knowledge and skill, and theimplementation of these techniques will definitely help you and theorganisation and in turn the entire industry, said Mr. Sridhar.

Mr. Jayabalan during his presentation mentioned that FMEA was arisk management tool and that timing of FMEA was very crucial. Hedeliberated in detail on how to capture the voice of the customer andincluded games, exercises and videos to give practical experienceto the participants. Feedback should be collected from the rightcustomer he emphasised.

The workshop covered in detail, understanding the customersvoice, introduction of FMEA, Methodology, PFMEA. The workshopalso provided understanding of relative risks, how to prioritize,benefits, guidelines, and the 10 step norms.

The workshop was well received and was rated good to excellent bythe participants.

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uto NewsACMA Delegation Visits IMTEX 2011

Bangalore: January 20-26, 2011

IMTEX 2011 - 15th Indian Metal-cutting Machine Tool Exhibition withinternational participation was organised by IMTMA.

A 15-member delegation from ACMA led by Mr. Arvind Kapur, VicePresident, visited IMTEX 2011 which focused on the complete productsegment of metal cutting machine tools and Tooltech 2011 which focusedon newest trends in cutting tools and tooling systems from across theglobe. The exhibition saw about 80.000 business visitors from across theIndian manufacturing industry interaction.

Mr Arvind Kapur Vice President ACMA & the Guest of Honour at theIMTEX, spoke about the growing demand in the auto industry over thenext 10 years and how the machine tool industry is an integral part. Hethen emphasised that ACMA membership caters to 60-65% of the

Workshop on FMEA for K & H membersBangalore: January 29, 2011

ACMA Southern Region (Karnataka & Hosur) organised a one-dayWorkshop for members on Failure Mode Effective Analysis (FMEA).

Mr S M Hegde Regional Committee member of ACMAand VP Commercial, BOSCH Ltd. welcomed theparticipants to the FMEA workshop and explained theimportance of FMEA in the manufacturing industry. Theobjective of this workshop was to help teams to identifypotential failure modes based on past experience withsimilar products or processes, enabling the team todesign those failures out of the system with the minimum

of effort and resource expenditure, thereby reducingdevelopment time and costs.

Mr Hegde spoke about Nano and Toyota whose productswere called back from the market to rectify few defects.This not only involves a lot of time and cost to thecompany but also affects the reputation of the brand.FMEA analyses helps in learning from these failures,which can be avoided in future.

The faculty for FMEA workshop was Dr S M Jagadish of Zero DefectConsultants (ZDC), ZDC is involved in implementing QualityManagement system to all types of industries.

Mr Hegde shared his experience and guided the participants to learn theconcept which could be put to use in their respective workplace.

machine tool business and therefore there is a need for machine toolindustry to scale-up production sufficiently and quickly in order to addressthe needs of the domestic auto industry.

Coinciding the IMTEX, ACMA also arranged for a special interactivesession with the Fraunhofer Institutes. Fraunhofer shared about theirstrengths and how they could collaborate with Indian automotivecompanies. They also gave a glimpse of some technologies developedthrough a collaborative approach. The highly interactive session gave afeel that there is a possibility of collaboration in near future.

ACMA also participated at this exhibition with an information booth givinginformation on the Indian auto component industry to the visitors to theShow.

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ACMA Western Region organizes 1st Kaizen Contest

& Conference

Pune: December 10, 2010

In continuation to its endeavor to provide platform for Sharing ofexperience & Learning, ACMA Western Region organized the 1st KaizenContest & Conference.

Congratulating ACMA (Western Region) for initiating such activities that

spreads so much knowledge available within the membership, Mr. P. V.

Inamdar, President (Manufacturing), Force Motors Ltd. and the Chief

Guest, said that it as amazing to see the amount of work done by the

young engineers for continuous improvement. It shows the potential

ACMA members can achieve, he added.

WESTERN REGION

Earlier, in his welcome address, Mr. Kirti Rathod, Deputy Chairman,

ACMA, WR & Executive Chairman of Luxite Industries mentioned that

Kaizens can be implemented in the industry by improving every aspect of

business process.The 1st position was won by Mr. M V Ingole of Varroc Polymers Pvt. Ltd.

(Plant IV, Aurangabad)

Mr. Sharanu N P of Varroc Engineering Pvt. Ltd. (Plant I, Aurangabad)

won the 2nd Position.

The 3rd position was won by Mr. Vinayak Salunkhe of Minda Stoneridge

Instruments Ltd.

Visit to & Interaction with Nashik Engineer Cluster

Nashik : December 17 , 2010

With the objective to reach out to the membership in each zone of theRegion and to learn about the facilities available in a particular Zone,

ACMA Western Region organized a visit to and interaction with NashikEngineer Cluster.

Nashik Engineering Cluster (NEC) is formed under IndustrialInfrastructure Upgradation Scheme (IIUS) of Department of IndustrialPolicy and Promotion (DIPP), Ministry of Commerce & Industry,Government of India. NEC is registered as a no profit company under thesection 25 of companys act 1956.

NEC assists industries offering state-of-the-art facilities viz. ProductDevelopment Centre, Manufacturing Centre, Testing/Calibration Lab,Business Centre.

Welcoming the ACMA delegation, Mr. M.B. Khadilkar, CEO, NashikEngineering Cluster stated that NEC would like to associate with

ACMA and could offer hosts of services specially to the membersbased in Nashik.

Mr. K.S. Patil, Vice-President (OPN.), NEC made a slidepresentation on various services that NEC offers. Mr. Patil said thatNEC will provide reliable source for quality up - gradation and willintroduce the modern technologies to engineering industries toachieve global quality standards at an affordable cost. Mr. Patilmentioned about facilities planned by NEC such as CAD / CAM /CAE CENTRE, RAPID PROTOTYPING, CNC MACHININGCENTER, SPECIALIZED HEAT TREATMENT, INSPECTION /TESTING, CALLIBRATION CENTER and COMMON FACILITIES.Mr. Patil mentioned that ACMA members will use the facilitiescreated at NEC to upgrade their product quality.

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Appreciating the visit organized by ACMA (WR),members mentioned that the visit was an eye-

opener as many of them did not the kind ofservices are available at NEC.

Visit to & Interaction with Metaforge Engineering (I)

Pvt. Ltd.

Nashik: December 17, 2010

Continuing the tradition to visit and interact with ACMA Award winningcompanies in order to see and learn the best practices adopted/implemented by the company, a visit to Metaforge Engineering India Pvt.Ltd Nashik, winner of the ACMA Technology Award ( Certificate of

Recognition ) for 2009-10 under SME Category, was organised.

Mr. Kaustubh Mehta, Director, Metaforge Engineering India Pvt. Ltdmade a presentation on company profile. Mr. Mehta said that the productrange include Automobile Fasteners, Rivets, Bolts, Screws, Cold ForgedParts, Shafts, Brake Rods etc. Metaforge has developed a new metalforming process i.e. Extrusion & Fine Forming ( E & F Process) and theprocess has helped the company to avoid 200 MT of steel to getconverted in to chips-scrap from 61 newly developed items, he added.

Visit to & Interaction with Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.


In line with to keep in touch with customers , ACMA (WR) organised visit toMahindra & Mahindra Ltd., Nashik Plant. Few members from Northernregion also joined the visit

Mr. Kiran Rakhe, General Manager, and Mr. Sandeep Naik, DeputyGeneral Manager M & M respectively with their team members interactedwith ACMA members. Mr. Kiran Rakhe, General Manager, M&M , gave abrief overview of the Mahindra Nashik Plant.

The plant visit included Press shop and Body & Final assembly shop.

During Plant visit (Press shop).

Mr. Balbir Singh Chhabra, Zonal CoordinatorNashik while interacting,mentioned that ACMA firmly believes that it is important to have regularinteraction with customers for mutual benefit and to understand futureplan. Giving a brief on ACMA activities and the component industry, Mr.Chhabra said that the component manufacturers are continuouslymaking efforts to meet the expectations of OEMs and in this regard

ACMA does help the industry by organizing various activities forperformance improvement.

The members got aware of the areas where they need to gear up to meetthe expectations of OEMs and challenges ahead.

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In order to promote ACMA and its membership, an interactive session with auto component manufacturers based in Nashik and nearby was organised byACMA (WR). A presentation on ACMAs Vision and its services was made by Mr. Balbir Chhabra, Coordinator (Nasihk Zone), ACMA.

Workshop on Quality Circle

Satara: December 23, 2010

ACMA (WR) organised a workshop on Quality Circle at QH Talbros Plant in Satara. Mr. Vinay Kelkar - an ISO lead Assessor was the faculty.

Workshop on Quality Circle

Pune: January 4, 2011

Based on the feedback from membership to train their personnel aboutQuality Circle. its Methodology and benefits, ACMA (WR) organised aWorkshop on Quality Circle. This was the first ever training programmeorganised by ACMA in its new office in Pune. Mr. Vinay Kelkar - an ISOlead Assessor was the faculty.

The content included

1. Concept, history and philosophy of Quality Circles

2. Present environment

3. How to organize Quality Circles

4. How to decide objectives

5. Idea generation

6. Problem identification and categorization

7. Statistical tools used in Quality Circle activity

8. Steps for Documentation

9. Presentation of Circle activities

10. Assessment of understanding

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Aurangabad: January 18, 2011

NRB Bearings Ltd. Waluj Plant in Aurangabad is looked as a go-getter in

terms of applying and implementing best practices such as TPM, Kaizen,

Poka-Yoke, New Product development and In-House automation. Tolearn from their experiences and achievements ACMA Western Region

organised a visit to & interaction with the Company.

Presenting a brief overview of the company Mr. B. Venkatraman, Senior

General Manager, NRB Bearings Ltd said that the company has been

able to reduce break downs, defects and accidents significantly by

Autonomous maintenance. Mr. Venkatraman further stated that the

Kaizen implementation increased the production by almost 32%. He also

mentioned about successful automation of assembly l ines with robust QA

system.

Interacting with Ms. Harshbeena Zaveri, Managing Director of theCompany , after the plant visit, members mentioned that the In-houseautomation done in the company is eye opener.

Visit to & Interaction with Endurance Technologies

Ltd. Aurangabad: January 18, 2011

A visit to & interaction with Endurance Technologies Ltd. Waluj wasorganized by ACMA (WR).

Mr. Biswajit Choudhury, Group Vice President (Aftermarket & Exports),Endurance Technologies Ltd. presented a brief overview of the company.Mr. Choudhury mentioned that Endurance group is a global force in

Aluminium castings (including alloy wheel), suspension, transmission and

braking products. The company has five well-equipped R&D Centersrecognized by the Department of Science & Industrial Research, Ministryof Science & Technology, Government of India, he added. Mr. Choudhuryalso stated that the company has implemented the best practices and alsoachieved the desired results.

The ACMA delegation got the opportunity to visit three plants viz-Aluminium castings, suspension, transmission and the R&D Center.Members appreciated the best practices such as TPM, Kaizen , Poka-yoke etc. by the Company.

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Paying due attention to the area of Human Resource management whichis being viewed to play a significant role in times to come, an HR Forumwas launched in the Region under the umbrella of ACMA HR Committee.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. F.R. Singhvi , Chairman-HR Committee,ACMA, said that there is need to strengthen HR in auto componentindustry. Mr. Singhvi opined that HR & IR should be looked as twoseparate subjects as HR is related to development of human resource

whereas IR is more related to legal issues.

The Chairman said that to address all these we need a group of peoplefrom HR itself to meet regularly to deliberate on the subject and learn formeach other by knowledge sharing. The focus should be employeeperformance, training people for improvement and sustain the

improvement, Mr. Singhvi said.Mr Singhvi suggested that initially the membership be restricted to 15 to20 member companies to create a motivated and committed group. MsSheena S Minhas, Director (HR), Honeywell Turbo India) Pvt. has beenappointed the Chairperson, of the Forum.

Conference on Effective HR Practices


The Vision 2020, a joint study commissioned by ACMA with itsknowledge partner M/S Ernst & Young (E&Y), indicates that the Indianauto component industry has the potential to grow from its current level of`1.2 lakh crores ( US $ 26 billion) to almost 5.4 lakh crores ( US $ 113

billion) by 2020. Vision 2020 also says that among the challenges thatneed to be addressed immediately to capture this potential, availability ofskilled manpower is going to be a major challenge. In view of this theindustry needs to develop HR practices that enhance recruitment andretention of both management positions and skilled labour. Attracting andretaining global talent and building a performance culture will beimportant. With this back-drop, ACMA (Western Region) organized aconference on "Effective HR Practices".

In order to learn also the best practices, the Conference had speakersfrom auto as well as non auto industry. The speakers who made thepresentation at the conference include Dr. S.V. Bhave, Vice President(HR), Bharat Forge Ltd., Mr. Amit Dogra , General Manager (HR) GeneralMotors India, Dr. Vishwanath Lele, Vice President (HR & IR) Deepak

Nitrite Ltd. and Dr. Mukund Vyas , Vice President Corp. DevelopmentExecutive Regional Hub of Siemens AG, South Asia, Siemens Ltd.

Dr. Bhave, while making presentation on Enrichment through HumanResource Development mentioned that an organization needs to shareits vision, strategic goals and values with the employees. Dr. Bhave saidthat an organization also need to believe that its employees areorganizations strength. Sighting examples from Bharat Forge, Dr. Bhavestated that the co strive to support employees to grow, learn and buildcareers by constantly training, upgrading and empowering them forachieving the co's business goals. BFL's mission is to support employees

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in transforming the co into a great place to work with.

Presenting Buy Talent vs Develop Talent Mr. Amit Dogra, GeneralManager (HR) , General Motors India said that organizations continue tohire laterals as well as freshers to meet the growing business needs at thesame time employees will continue change career routes due toindividual aspirations. However, fundamentals of HR continue to be thesame, he added. Talent management is all about managing employeeexpectations through leadership, Mr. Dogra opined.

Speaking on Employee Engagement, Dr. Vishwanath Lele, VicePresident (HR&IR), Deepak Nitrite Ltd. stated that there are three kinds ofemployees in an organization a) Highly engaged b) partially engaged andc) disengaged. To motive and develop disengaged employees is keychallenge , he added.

Presenting Siemens India perspective on Architecting Talent in EmergingMarket, Dr. Mukund Vyas, Vice President Corp. Development Executive

Regional Hub of Siemens AG, South Asia, Siemens Ltd. mentioned thatwe need to study the mind set of Indian Talent and Create specificpractices to Tap into Employee Motivation. The cost of retaining talent isthree times lower than attracting and on-boarding New talent, henceworth investing in retention strategies , he added.

Earlier welcoming the participants, Mr. Ramchandra Rao , ExecutiveDirector, Eaton Industrial Systems Pvt. Ltd. thanked Mr. F.R. Singhvi,Chairman-HR Committee, ACMA for initiating HR Forum in the Regions.How to manage Human Capital is one of the most important area to workon for any sector , Mr, Rao said.

Speaking on the occasion Mr. F.R. Singhvi said that the whole objective ofhaving the Regional Forum and organizing such conference is to makeauto industry the best industry to work with.

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Propelled passenger vehicles which constitute over 35% of the totalpopulation of coaches on Indian Railways. RCF recently rolled out IndianRailways first air conditioned Double Decker rake, comprising of 10coaches (08 double deckers and 02 Power Cars). The coaches are clearillustration of Indian Railways capabilities in design and manufacturing ofnew types of rolling stock. The double Decker trains would herald a newera in rail travel in the country, because now a common man would beable to afford air conditioned travel at a lower cost.

Mr Pradeep Kumar, General Manager, Rail Coach Factory, and his teaminteracted with the delegates on trends and opportunities in passengercoach manufacturing in Indian Railways (IR). The visit to RCF plant wasan eye-opener and the delegates got to know about the opportunities forindustry sourcing. The automobile industry can benefit from the IRgrowth by becoming a part of its sourcing requirements.

The visit to RCF was then followed by visit to International Tractor Ltd.

The Sonalika Group has a strong platform with a turnover of approx. 600million USD. The annual average growth of 30% is its testimony ofachievements. The delegation members interacted with Mr. A.S. Mittal,VC and Mr. Deepak Mittal, MD. The members visited the companys plantand interacted with Sonalikas senior management team. The companyhas its own R&D facility, engine division, light and heavy machining shop.The Group also has its auto components division for gears & shafts; diedevelopment unit; die development unit, press shop, etc. Themanagement also shared its Vendor Selection Procedure.

Globalisation & India Brand Building Committee

CEOs Mission to Germany

November 22-26, 2010In order to strengthen the existing linkages as well as to bring to fore new

opportunities for its members, ACMA decided to mount a CEOs Mission to

Germany. The mission was led by Mr. Srivats Ram, President, ACMA. The

deputy leader of the mission was Mr. Arvind Kapur, Vice President, ACMA.

Some of the highlights of the visit were:

1. Presentation by E&Y on German Automotive Industry

Ernst & Young GmbH made a detailed presentation on the Germanyautomotive industry - a snapshot. Some highlights are:

German economy: Nominal GDP per capita = 40,000 USD Passenger car par of 41 mln cars, density of 500 cars per 000

700,000 employees in the automotive industry

High labour cost and inflexible employment conditions

Key facts:

Vehicle Exported - 68.8% of their domestic production in 2009 Su pp li er sclustered in the regions of Lower Saxony (Volkswagen), North Rhine-Westphalia (Ford, Opel), Hessen (Opel), Baden-Wrttemberg (Daimler,Porsche, Iveco) and Bavaria (BMW, Audi, MAN) and around smallerproduction sites in other federal states.

2. Visit to Continental Group, Regensburg

Continental made a presentation on Continental Group and Regensburgplant.

Aerospace, Defence & Railways Committee

ACMA Members Visit to Rail Coach Factory,

Kapurthala & International Tractor Ltd., Hoshiarpur

Punjab: January 28, 2011

With the focus on infrastructure development, the Govt. of India hasplanned huge expansion of Indian Railways offering an investmentopportunity of 68,000 crores, in total, a part of which will be for theexpansion of rolling stock manufacturing. This offers a huge opportunityfor ACMA members to orient its business to meet this new demand, in acomparatively risk free environment.

In order to commence an organised initiative in this area, ACMA-Aerospace, Defence & Railways Committee organised a visit to and

interaction with senior representative of Rail Coach Factory (RCF),Kapurthala, Punjab, on January 28, 2011. The objective of this visit is tounderstand the business potential and component supply opportunities toIndian Railways.

Established in 1986, RCF is a coach manufacturing unit of IndianRailways. RCF has already carved a niche in the industrial scenario of thecountry at large and Indian Railways, in particular. It has manufacturedaround 16000 passenger coaches of 51 different types including Self

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Mr. Srivats Ram then made a presentation on Auto Component Industryin India: Growing Capabilities & Strengths. The presentation was

followed by a plant tour to Continentals automotive electronics production

centre.

3. Visit to Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg

The delegates were taken for a guided plant tour of the Volkswagen plantand Autostadt.

The mission members then had an opportunity of meeting Dr. FranciscoJavier Garcia Sanz, Member of Board of Management & Head -GlobalPurchasing, Volkswagen AG who welcomed the mission on behalf of VWgroup. Mr. Srivats Ram profiled the Indian auto component industrythrough the ACMA Presentation. Dr. Garcia cited that Volkswagen aspiresto produce 1,60,000 cars in India by 2011 and be the largest carmanufacturer by 2018. Dr. Garcia also opined that Volkswagen willcontinue to localize to obtain full cost advantage of India.

Dr. Garcia while summarizing his expectations from India mentioned thatwhile Indian suppliers are good in castings and forgings and they lack inthe area of safety, electronics, plastics, injection moulding, interior parts

etc. Dr. Garcia opined that Indian suppliers should also be moreconscious towards quality, labour, productivity and tooling. Dr. Garcia alsohighlighted the lack of professionalism in project management.

During the course of the discussion President briefed on the followingareas where Volkswagen could work together with ACMA:

Train the trainer programme for ACT (ACMA Centre for Technology)Counsellors to facilitate upgradation of quality and productivity atTier 2 and Tier 3 levels as well as to address specifics related toprogramme on Project Management.

Automotive Cluster at Saxony: We would like to know more on theprogramme content/curriculum and how some of the initiatives couldbe integrated into ACT cluster programmes.

Supplier networking between Tier 2 and Tier 3 levels with regard topartnership / technology between Indian and German companieswith support of Volkswagen.

Following the above interaction, meetings were held with senior membersof global purchasing team from Interiors, Electronics, Exterior and Metaland Powertrain group respectively. The members also had an opportunityof making their corporate presentation with specific groups.

4. Visit to BMW, Munich

BMW made a presentation on Sourcing from India for the BMW Groupand briefed about the BMW Supply chain - Challenges and Solutions.

The above presentation was followed by a presentation by Mr. SrivatsRam, President, ACMA.

After a brief discussion with the purchasing team, the mission memberswere taken to BMW Plant 1.1. / Dostlerstrae for a visit.

The delegates also had an opportunity of interacting with Dr. HerbertDiess, Purchasing & Supplier network / Member Board of Management

and Members of BMW Purchasing Department over lunch. Other seniormembers from BMW also joined the luncheon meeting.

5. Visit to Sona BLW Przisionsschmiede

The mission members then called on Dr. Surinder Kapur, Chairman,Sona Group. Dr. Kapur gave an overview of BLW and on the componentsbeing manufactured in the above plant and the technology being used.

The delegates were then taken for plant tour after which Dr. Kapur gave a

presentation on Sona Group. Dr. Kapur then shared his experiences and

insights into the challenges of acquiring an international manufacturing

facility and managing the same.

6. Interaction with Consul General Mr. Anup Kumar Mudga

The delegation called on Mr. Anup Mudgal, Consul General, ConsulateGeneral of India in Munich. Mr. Mudgal briefed the delegates on the

outstanding relationship the two countries enjoyed and informed that next

year would be the German year in India in commemoration of 60 years of

Indo-German diplomatic relation and 2012 would be Indian year in

Germany with the theme People to People. Mr. Mudgal encouraged

ACMA to organise an active participation in both the events.

7. Visit to Fraunhofer Institutes

The delegates were welcomed at Fraunhofer Headquarters by Dr. Dirk

Meints Polter, Advisor to President who then addressed the mission

members on the opportunities for cooperation between ACMA and the

Fraunhofer Institutes.

Mr. Srivats Ram made a detailed presentation on ACMA and the

suggested way forward for technical cooperation between ACMA and the

Fraunhofer Institutes. Ms. Anandi Iyer then profiled the capabilities of the

Fraunhofer Institutes in the automotive space.

The delegates were then taken to Fraunhofer ESK - Fraunhofer Institute

for Communication Systems ESK. Fraunhofer ESK (which is a part of a

chain of 59 Research Institutes in Germany) undertakes applied re-

search focused on information and communication systems that are

simultaneously secure, powerful, intelligent and simple to use.

Researchers at this institute are experts in a wide range of information

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and protocols and system to intelligent applications.

After the visit, a workshop session on Resource Efficient Production was

conducted which was followed by another workshop session on Modes of

Collaboration between Fraunhofer & ACMA.

Ms. Anandi Iyer then briefed on the plan to present the capabilities ofFraunhofer to the regional centres of ACMA in January 2011 coinciding

with the IMTEX 2011 and Tooltech 2011 scheduled to be held in Bangalore

from 20 to 26 January 2011.

8. Visit to Daimler AG, Wrth

Mr. Joerg Reiting, welcomed the delegation at the Daimler Truck plant in

Wrth which was followed by an AV presentation on evolution of Daimler

and visit to the truck plant.

After the visit to the truck plant, the delegates interacted with the team at

Daimler over lunch after which the mission travelled to Mannhiem for a

visit to Daimler bus plant.

The delegates were then shown a presentation on Daimler plant followedby ACMA Presentation by Mr. Srivats Ram. One-to-one business

meetings were also arranged with Daimler purchasing team.

9. Meeting with Mr. Hans Remsing, Deutsche Bank

The delegates had an interaction with Mr. Hans Remsing, Director-Head

of Industry Expert Team Automotive & Engineering from Deutsche Bank

who gave a presentation on M&A in the Automotive-Industry.

would remain on high strength steel in keeping with future emission

norms. High strength steel reduces the overall weight of a vehicle with an

increased fuel efficiency, thereby helping reduce CO2 emissions.

Tata Steels joint venture with Nippon Steel is expected to boost the coldrolled coil production from the present 1.6 mt to 2.2 mt for the Jamshedpur

plant. Tata Steel has also developed Mn 440 tensile strength steel in cold

rolled and galvanized category for structural members of cars.

Another new product, the interstitial free high strength exposed panels

will help reduce weight of body in white by around 6-10%. Speaking on

the delegations visit to Tata Steel that was the first interaction of the year,

Mr Srivats Ram, President ACMA, addressed on the growth potentials of

the automotive sector with challenges common to both the sectors. The

component industry, he said, was keen to understand Tata Steels plans

specifically catering to small members requirements.

President ACMA, complimented Tata Steel for being the first Indian Steel

company with the prestigious Deming award to its credit- an acclaim veryfew steel mills in the world had achieved.

The ACMA delegation was also taken for a tour of the plant. Members

visited the pickling line & tandem cold mill, 100% hydrogen batch

annealing line and also the automotive galvanizing line of Tata Steel

which is the only one in India .

The members Executive Committee ACMA also interacted with Mr H M

Nerurkar, Mg Director, Tata Steel on 11th January, 2011.

Raw Material Committee

Visit to and Interaction with Tata Steel

Jamshedpur: January 10, 2011

Coinciding with the Executive Committee meeting in Jamshedpur, ACMA

also had an interaction of the EC and members, Raw Material Committee

with Tata Steel, Jamshedpur .

Welcoming members to Tata Steel, Mr T Narendran, Vice President

(Flats), gave an overview on the Tata Steel production facilities and its

expansion plans. With a capacity of around 27 million tons globally, Tata

Steel, said Mr Narendran, was one of the top 10 global steel companies in

the world. The company also was the single largest supplier of flat

products to the automotive sector .

The interactions he said, would enable members ACMA understand the

Tata Steel production plans specifically for automotive steel requirements.

Tata Steels Jamshedpur plant currently produces around four million tons

(MT) of flat products and is expected to increase to approx 6.5 MT in an

years time.

Talking on the overall domestic steel scenario, Vice President , Tata Steel

felt that while the entire demand of hot rolled steel was being met by

domestic mills, supply of cold rolled steel could be a constraint for most

high end grades even though at lower levels, at least till FY 14/15 .

To specifically cater to the automotive requirements, focus of Tata Steel

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Seminar on procedure for obtaining financial

assistance from SIDBI & MSME for SMEs


ACMA-SME Committee organised a SME Seminar on Procedure forobtaining financial assistance from SIDBI & MSME for SMEs.

Mr. Sunil Arora, Chairman - SME Committee & Joint Managing Director,Abilities India Pistons & Rings Ltd., welcomed the speakers, viz. Mr.Dharmendra Prakash, Jt. Development Commissioner, Ministry ofMSME, Mr. Ramesh Dharmaji, General Manager, SIDBI Mumbai & Ms.

Anubha Prasad, Asst. General Manager, Northern Zonal Office, SIDBI.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr Arora said that the Vision 2020 Report ofACMA had given a special thrust to the SMEs as the report revealed thatthe Indian auto component industry had a potential of turning out to be aUSD 113 billion industry by 2020 from the existing level of USD 26 billion -an extremely challenging task. He further stated that the challenge called

for a significant upgradation of the SMEs.

The Seminar was focused on the procedure for obtaining the financialassistance under the following schemes :

Credit Linked Capital Subsidy Scheme (CLCSS) Scheme of SIDBI.The Scheme aims at facilitating Technology Upgradation byproviding upfront Capital Subsidy to SSI units through which theSIDBI provides Rs. 15 lacs to each SSI unit.

Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro & Small Enterprises(CGTMSE) set up jointly by MSME Ministry & SIDBI. Credit facilitiescovered under this scheme are : Term Loans and Working CapitalFacility up to Rs.100 lakh per borrowing unit, extended without anycollateral security or third party guarantee.

Risk capital is provided on the backing of cash flows from the

business rather than asset cover/ collaterals. Risk capital can be

availed for multiple requirements including bridging gap in promoters

contribution, margin money on working capital, non-asset creating

investments viz marketing, brand building, creating distribution

network, technical know-how, software purchase, investment in

energy efficiency and quality improvement products, R&D,

investments in training and manpower cost, etc. The Corpus of this

fund is . 2000 Crores.

Bar Code by MSME : Financial assistance is provided by the

Ministry of MSME to those companies who implement the GS1 Bar

Code which is a global standard in bar coding.

Mr. Dharmendra Prakash also emphasised on the other schemes that

were available with the MSME Ministry to support the SME companies,

viz., the National Manufacturing Competitiveness Programme (NMCP)

under which the Ministry provides financial support to SME on the

following schemes :

Lean Manufacturing Competitiveness Scheme. Design Clinic Scheme.

Promotion of ICT in Manufacturing sector.

Setting up Mini-Tool Rooms on PPP Mode.

Technology & Quality Management support for SMEs.

Entrepreneurial & Management development of SMEs through

Incubators.

Encourage Quality Management Standards and Quality Technology

Tools (QMS/QTT).

Building Awareness on Intellectual Property Rights.

Marketing Assistance & Technology Upgradation Activities.

Marketing Support / Assistance to SMEs (Bar Coding).

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NEW MEMBERS IN ACMA FOLD

ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP

Ecocat (India) Pvt. Ltd.

Plot No. 4, 20th Milestone, Mathura RoadFaridabad-121006 (Haryana)Products Manufactured : Catalytic convertersQuality Certification : ISO/TS 16949:2002 by DNV

Hindustan Glass Works Ltd. Hindustan Glass Works Ltd.

G.T. Road, Bamrauli, Allahabad - 211012Products Manufactured : Laminated safety, toughened safety

insulated glass, bullet resistant glassQuality Certification : ISO 9001:2000 by SQC

New Swan Autocomp Pvt. Ltd.

C-214, Phase-VIII, Focal Point, Ludhiana

Products Manufactured : Fine blanking sheet metal componentslike Exhaust, engine and transmission partsQuality Certification : ISO/TS 16949:2009 by Vincotte

Track Components Ltd.

Plot No. 21, Sector 7 IMT Manesar,Gurgaon - 122050Products Manufactured : Sheet metal & tubular assemblies of

exhaustQuality Certification : ISO 9001:2008 by DNV India

Kostal NTTF Automotive India Pvt. Ltd.

Shed No. T12/13, First East Cross RoadGandhinagar, Vellore - 632006, Tamilnadu

Products Manufactured : Automobile electr ical, assemblycombination switches and HVAC control panels

Makro Cast Pvt. Ltd.

R.S. No. 613/2 AB,S.P. Road, Kolavennu Post,Kankipadu Mandal, Andhra PradeshProducts Manufactured : Slack adjuster, manifolds, housings,

polymer end fittingQuality Certification : ISO 9001:2008 by TUV IndiaSSI

Goa Auto Accessories Ltd.

Plot No. 2, Honda Industrial EstateHonda, Sattari, Goa - 403530Products Manufactured : Shackle/spring pins, gear box shafts,

pressing items, assembly brake shoes, & sub-assemblies for bus bodyQuality Certification : ISO 9001:2000 by TUV IndiaISO/TS 16949:2002 by TUV NordSSI

Anand Automotive Ltd.1, Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi - 110016

Product / Services : Advisory/ consultancy services in the

area of Finance, Human Resources, Business Development, etc.

Harman International India Pvt. Ltd.#301, 3B Campus, 3rd Floor,RMZ Ecospace, Suryapur Ring Road,Bangalore - 560103Product / Services : Development of Infotainment Systems

to the automobiles

TVS Infotech Ltd.

82, Santhome High Road, R.A.Puram, Chennai - 600028Product / Services : End to end ERP solutions, custom built

add on solution for automotive, template based SAP solutions for

automotive

Quality Certification : ISO 9001:2008 by BSI

Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industries & Agriculture

A&B Wing, 5th Floor, MCCIA Trade Tower,ICC Complex, S.B. RoadPune - 411016

Legal Status : Section 25 CompanyServices : MCCIA is a key partner in the economic

development of Maharashtra State. The Chamber, for the past seventy

five years, has been working closely with many prestigious organisations

to promote Pune and Maharashtra as an attractive destination for settingup industries and investments, a major global source of quality products

and services and as a premier marketing centre.

Takata India Pvt. Ltd.

Unit No.506, Spazedge5th Floor, Tower B, Spaze Building Sector-47,Gurgaon-Sohna RoadGurgaon 122002

Endurance Technologies Ltd.

E 94, MIDC, WalujAurangabad 431136

Birla AccuCast Limited

S-2, Vedant Commercial Complex,2nd Floor, Pokhran Road no. 1, Vartak Nagar,Thane 400606

AFFILIATE MEMBERSHIP

CHANGE IN DETAILS

CHANGE IN CONTACT DETAILS

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5th Floor, Astra Towers, 12P, Kondapur,Hitech CityHyderabad 500038

D. D. Industries Ltd.

DD House, F-1/9, Okhla Industrial AreaPhase-I, New Delhi 110020

The name of Oswal Electricals has been changed to Oswal Castings

Pvt. Ltd.

CHANGE IN COMPANY NAME

The name of Sree Lakshmi Industrial Forge & Engineers Ltd.has been

changed to Kems Forgings Ltd.

Mr. Nandkumar Shinde, Manager Quality Assurance / MR, Involute

Technologies Pvt. Ltd.Mr. Biswajit Choudhury, Vice President (After Market), Endurance

Technologies Ltd.

Mr. M. S. Arora, SBU Head, Birla AccuCast Limited

Mr. Saayon Chakrabarti, Head (OEM), Amararaja Batteries Ltd.

Mr. Karan Gambhir, Managing Director, D. D. Industries Ltd.

CHANGE IN NAME OF ADDRESSEE

Rockman Industries, Haridwar plant has recorded "Foundry of the

Year 2010" (GDC/LPDC) award. The award was given byAluminium Caster's Association of India on 4th December,2010 inChennai.Mr Arvind K. Gupta CO's alongwith Mr Satish Varanasi, AVP & PlantHead and Mr. Manmeet , Head of LPDC, seen in the picture, havereceived the award on behalf of Rockman Industries.

N K Minda Group joins hands with Kosei Aluminum JV to manufacture AlloyWheels and Precision Aluminium Die Casting Parts for Major OEMsN K MINDA Group, the USD 380 mn technology leader in Auto Components Industry,and Kosei Aluminum Co., Ltd., a leading manufacturer of Alloy Wheels in Japan, todayannounced the formation of 40:60 equity Joint Venture (JV). The signing ceremony onDecember 6, 2010 was held in Kosei's head office in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture,Japan. The new JV was signed off by the CMD of Minda Industries Limited., Mr. Nirmal KMinda and the President and CEO of KOSEI, Mr. Shunkichi Kamiya.

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IP Rings Ltd.has been awarded the PLATINUM AWARD in Auto Ancillary sector andalso CONSISTENCY AWARD by FROST & SULLIVAN under the ET IndiaManufacturing Excellence Awards 2010.

Obituary

We are grieved to inform the sudden demise of Mr KK Gupta, Chairman of Kavia Engineering Private Ltd on 20

December 2010. Mr KK Gupta, was a very active person in the industry and in ACMA as well. He has played a key role in

ACMA and supported its activities. His contribution to the industry has immensely benefitted the entire community.

May his soul rest in peace. We pray to Almighty to give his family the courage to overcome this grief.

Ashok Iron Groupreceived 3 Best Performance Awards at the Supplier Conference held during the current year 2010-11 from the following customers :

TAFE: Best Supplier Award for Overall

Performance

Atlas Copco : Best New Product Development

Performance Award

KOEL : Best Supplier Award for

Speed-Response to New products

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ACMA-YOUNG BUSINESSLEADERS' FORUM (YBLF)

A generational transition is quietly taking placeconcurrently, in the substantially family-owned andfamily-managed auto component industry in India. For

the young, second-generation entrepreneurs, the highgrowth opportunity is adrenalin. The challenges aredaunting, but there is strong determination to win. It isthis group of Just do it generation that constitutes theYBLF.

ACMA's response to the unprecedented change in thecompetitive scenario, the growth opportunity and agenerational change in the industry, was the creation ofthe forum in 2003 for Young Business Leaders where theycould interact, exchange ideas, meet with ThoughtLeaders, visit industrial units, make friends and live alife, as they prepare to takeover the management of theirunits.

It has been some time since ACMA-YBLF began, an

initiative that is now widely recognised in the Industry.In this time, the Forum has had many Quality Sessions,both National & International.

YBLF Membership is over 150 across India. The membersshare and learn together, to develop the businessconfidence and acquire the leadership skills required toface the emerging challenges in our industry. Thecompanies represent are existing members of ACMA andthis is one eligibility criteria for being an ACMA-YBLFmember.

What started as an idea to network, in our autocomponent industry, is rapidly turning into a uniquemovement, where we are witnessing the development of

potential leadership, through an organised structure: theYoung Business Leader Forum (YBLF).

In this exciting journey, YBLF gives the most importantopportunity - to form bonds of friendship, which can becherished for a lifetime.

Please send-in your details [email protected]

We invite you to please join us!

YOUNG BUSINESS LEADERS' FORUMYOUNG BUSINESS LEADERS' FORUM

Leadership & Learning are indispensible to each other J.F. Kennedy

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