This year auto dealers expect the semiconductor shortage to result in sales dropping by about 30%. SIAM has asked the MEA to reach out to chipmakers to prioritise Indian automakers when plants reopen.

The remaining manufacturing plants of the company in India and Mexico are in preparatory mode and will resume operations subsequently.

The focus of FMS lies on the government’s 7C vision on future mobility in India

Advanced Graphic Systems (AGS), a renowned manufacturer in the Indian colour matching industry, unveiled path-breaking colour management technologies at the Automotive Engineering Show, Chennai in association with X-Rite, a global leader in colour science and technology.

The summit discussed some of the key issues such as Industry 4.0, disruptive technologies, organisational hurdles, impact of GST, etc. German Engineering Federation (VDMA), which completed 125 years, recently organised its mechanical engineering summit in Bangalore that was attended by more than 220 people.

India needs profound digital transformation and strong IT security infrastructure to embrace Industry 4.0 in the automotive sector, states a report by Grant Thornton – CII. Excerpts from an interview with Saket Mehra, Partner, Grant Thornton India LLP about what this entails. As the manufacturing and automotive sector across the globe is getting ready for the fourth industrial revolution – Industry 4.0, India is also gearing up for this change. The country is certainly in a position to gain immensely from this transformational paradigm shift in the automotive and transportation industry. However, India needs a major transformation in the functional areas of manufacturing industry to rapidly implement the innovations and embrace this evolution swiftly.