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Auto Monitor
Vol. 12 No. 36
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29 October 2012
CORPORATE
24 Pages
SALES ANALYSIS IS
COMPONENT INDUSTRY RECORDS `210,400 CRORE REVENUES
Turnover (Bln USD)
26.5
Turnover (INR ’00 Crs)
1065
Growth rate (%) Export (Bln USD) Growth rate (%) Imports (Bln USD) Growth rate (%)
Pg 11
` 50
2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12
Pg 14
Investment (Bln USD)
23
30.1
39.9
43.4
1,057
1,350
1,820
2,104
-
- 0.7
27.6
34.8
3.8
4.0
3.4
5.2
6.9
15.7
-
5.3
-15.0
52.9
32.7
6.2
6.8
6.5
8.5
10.6
-
9.7
-4.4
30.8
4.7
1.8
0.1
1.7
2-2.5
1.6-1.9
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Tokai Carbon to aid Makino in widening canvas Jagdev Kalsi New Delhi
Alliance with Tokai Carbon will not only enable Makino Auto Industries to benefit from its Japanese partner’s R&D capabilities but will also prove influential in its talks with Suzuki and HMSI in India
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a k ino Auto Industries Pvt Ltd is looking to introduc e si ntere d braking technology, as opposed to the current resin based technology, and its Technology Licence Agreement (TLA) with Japan’s Tokai Carbon Company will be instrumental in this objective. The company is hoping to be enrolled as a vendor for Suzuki and HMSI for supplying disc brake pads. Tokai Carbon Company, a USD 1.3 billion company, is already supplying brakes pads to Honda and Suzuki in Japan. Alliance with Tokai will not only enable Makino Auto Industries to benefit from its Japanese partner’s R&D capabilities but will also prove influential in its talks with Suzuki and HMSI in India. “Tokai Carbon will try to do best
to contribute towards approvals from HMSI and Suzuki,” reassured General Manager, friction material division & Member of the Board, Tokai Carbon Co Ltd, Kiyonari Nakai.
Captive Consumption In order to cater to the rising OEM demands, Makino is com-
ing up with a fully automated die-casting plant in Noida with `25 crore investment that will cater to its captive consumption as well. The plant will be Makino’s fifth and is aimed at catering to HMSI, Yamaha and Hero Moto Corp. “We are in talks with Toshiba and Zatai for auto machinery and want to be a
company with lesser burdens in future. We want to be competitive and are looking at complete automation,” said Director, Makino Auto Industries Pvt Ltd, Rishubh Bhandari. Currently, Makino has been using the resin based technology for its brake pads. With the TLA, it intends to bring in the sintered
4 wheeler braking systems on Endurance’s agenda Our Bureau Mumbai
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u ra ngabad ba sed Endurance Technologies Pvt Ltd (ETPL) recently signed a technical collaboration with the US based Beijing West Industries
DATA MONITOR Top 5 2W Makers Company
Sep-11
Sep-12
Change
HML
530,091
393,852
-25.70%
HMSI
167,918
231,455
37.84%
Bajaj Auto
255,786
206,248 -19.37%
TVS
192,027
149,191
-22.31%
Suzuki
28,520
38,003
33.25%
Top 5 2W Exporters Company
Sep-11
Sep-12
Change
Bajaj Auto
115,422
109,066
-5.51%
TVS
23,663
15,901
-32.80%
HMSI
10,546
11,671
10.67%
IYM
10,825
11,597
7.13%
HML
19,534
10,935
-44.02%
* Source: SIAM/ ** Excluding exports/ *** all sub segments considered/ ^ excluding MRPL
(BWI) for foundation braking systems for four wheelers. BWI bought over the assets of the chassis division of Delphi Corporation, North America. Delphi had been in braking business for almost five decades. BWI has retained the original Delphi management of this product line including the R&D’s, patents and manufacturing facility. It has a complete range to offer from basic foundation brakes to ABS, traction control and electronic stability control systems.
Diversification Bid “We have entered in to a technical collaboration for four wheeler brakes systems for catering to SCVs and passenger cars. There is no intent for a joint venture at the moment and no plans for any stakes,” said a spokesperson at Endurance Technologies. He added that the agreement is mainly aimed at helping ETPL strategically venture in the four wheeler brakes business. ETPL has been manufacturing two wheeler disc brakes and three wheeler drum brakes for around a decade and entering four
wheeler brakes business is a logical product line extension for the Aurangabad based component manufacturer. The company has earmarked investment of around `25 to 30 crore in the initial phase for the four wheelers business and may commit additional investments depending on customer’s requirements.
Current Capacity ETPL is a major auto components manufacturer and supplies aluminium die casting & machining, suspensions components and systems, two and three wheeler braking systems, two and three wheeler clutch systems and two wheeler alloy wheels. The company’s braking division was established in 2004 and has grown to be a leading supplier in the two wheeler disc brake systems and three wheeler brake systems in India. The company has built up capacities to manufacture around 1.5 million units of two wheeler brake systems and around 720,000 units of three wheeler brake systems per annum.
BWI bought over the assets of the chassis division of Delphi and has retained the original Delphi management of this product line. It makes basic foundation brakes to ABS, traction control and electronic stability control systems Design Capability “We are looking to focus on design and development of foundation braking systems for OEMs in India. The product range will include callipers, discs, master cylinders, boosters and drum panel assemblies. Both the companies plan to leverage their design and manufacturing expertise to create a significant presence in the Indian Market,” added the company spokesperson.
brake technology that is used in two wheelers of higher engine capacity. “The resin based brake pads are used for bikes with lesser engine capacity, but with OEMs planning to bring in their larger capacity motorcycles, we are also improving our standards,” said Bhandari. Sintered brake pads will be effective at even twice the working temperature of the resin based brake pads and will have better working life as well, however they’ll be costlier to the effect of being almost five times as expensive as compared to resin based brake pads. Makino has also been keen to improve its R&D capability in India and spent close to $500,000 in 2010-11 as R&D investments. Furthermore, it is planning to bring in two wheeler brake clutch dynamometer by 2014 and have a test rig from Japan by 2015 to size up its R&D potential.
Himatsingka takes over as FADA President Our Bureau Mumbai
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ohan Himatsingka has taken over as the new President of Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA) for 2012-13. He is a commerce graduate from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani. He is the MD of Maurya Motors Ltd, a CV dealer for Tata Motors Ltd and also owns and manages Shankar Motors Pvt Ltd, a passenger car dealership of Tata Motors Ltd, located in Patna, Bihar. He was the Vice President of FADA during the years 2010-11 and 2011-12. KVS Prakash Rao, John K Paul and Mukesh Jain were elected as Vice President, Honorary Secretar y and Honorar y Treasurer, respectively, for the year 2012-13. FADA is the apex body of automobile dealers engaged in sale, service and spares of vehicles and has 1,500 members, including 25 state level associations.