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Currently manufacturing crankshafts, crankcases and vacuum pumps, one of the new facilities is located in Mahindra World City (MWC), in the southern outskirts of Chennai, one of India’s first special economic zones. Recently, the foundation stone for the second phase extension of the Mahindra manufacturing facility was laid by Jacques Esculier, WABCO Chief Executive Officer, at a ceremony attended by H. Lakshmanan, Executive Director, Sundaram-Clayton Ltd. (a TVS Group company) and other senior executives of WABCO and WABCO-TVS (India) Ltd. This extension will double capacity at the Mahindra facility, which is dedicated to exporting products and serving WABCO customers worldwide.
Another new facility, located in Jamshedpur, supplies the production lines of Tata Motors by manufacturing brake chambers, spring brake actuators and other braking aggregate parts. The newest WABCO-TVS factories presently employ approximately 150 people.
Situated at TidelPark in Chennai, India’s largest information technology park, the WABCOSoftwareDesignCenter has completed its expansion program, doubling its capacity and upgrading its technology platform. This expansion will support the center’s expected innovation and growth of engineering capabilities. Currently, approximately 85 engineers develop embedded software for automotive applications in electronic braking, stability, transmission and climate control.
Recently, the WABCO-TVS-owned, brake-manufacturing facility in Ambattur, Chennai received the prestigious Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) Excellence Award from the Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance. Combining operations and maintenance, the TPM approach creates a production environment that performs at world-beating levels of efficiency and quality.
“Innovation and manufacturing excellence will continue to contribute strongly to our business growth in India and across Asia,” said Jacques Esculier, WABCO Chief Executive Officer. “By expanding engineering and production capabilities in India, we can continually improve the supply chain and better serve customers locally as well as globally. We expect our newest factories in India to join the same world-class TPM excellence league as our brakes factory in Ambattur.”
