The News Review:
- Made in India-Special Report-Sunday Specials-pinion-The Times of…
- Auto-matic: Plant tour was real eye-opener
- … launches the first vehicle manufacturing and assembly plant…
- verdue modernization
- Japan’s JFE Holdings to write off 50 bln yen loss in engineering…
Made in India-Special Report-Sunday Specials-pinion-The Times of…
Times of India – Feb 3, 2008
And let?s not forgetMaruti?s first concept car. Saurabh Singh and Rajesh Gogu created waves atthe recent Delhi Auto Expo. The duo designed the A-Star at Maruti Udyog?sManesar plant. Soon the car will be seen on European motorways. Marutiengineers have worked with Suzuki Motors to design Swift and Zen Estilo as well. “We hope to design and produce our own car model from India by 2011″ says C VRaman chief general manager (engineering) Maruti Udyog. From cars to tractorsrefrigerators to laptops made-and-designed-in-India is becoming a sought afterlabel… In fact much likesoftware design the volume of sophisticated engineering design work being doneout of India is growing rapidly. While many IT majors have already set upcaptive centres for design development here local firms too are getting goodbusiness from global customers. Harita TVS in Bangalore does engineering designservices for customers across US and Europe. It?s the preferred partnerfor many EM and Tier-1 customers. Similarly Plexion Technologies has worked oninterior design and windows for a top European car brand. ther car makers likeToyota Motors Ford Ferrari and Honda have all boosted Indian outsourcing. Realising the potentialIndian companies are now focusing a lot more on innovation and design.
Auto-matic: Plant tour was real eye-opener
courierpress.com – Feb 3, 2008
It was pretty impressive. The plant is huge for one thing. But even more striking especially considering the scale is that each activity has been researched planned and executed down to the minute and the inch or even the second and the millimeter. Parts and people are in the right place at the right time… It’s cool to see finished cars being driven for the very first time especially when you remember those rolls of steel you saw at the beginning. – In the small world department as I was waiting for the tour to begin up walks Ellen Redding director of communications for our Henderson County school system. Her son David is a University of Kentucky mechanical engineering student and is working this semester at Toyota as part of his course of study. It must be a perfect opportunity for a mechanical engineer in training. The place is jam packed with mechanicals and has been engineered to the extreme. —I’ve gotten some great contributions in response to last week’s column about the dumb little things I do. You can still share your innocent little mental lapses with everybody and I’ll roll them into a future column.
… launches the first vehicle manufacturing and assembly plant…
ameinfo.com – Feb 3, 2008
The added value benefit of assembling other products produced in the Arab world will be a plus to our investment. In some Arab countries the automobile car complimentary industry is competing on an international level resulting in the aspired Arabian economic union’ added Mr. Mazen Ayass Chairman of Ayass MotorsAyass Motor assembly and manufacturing plant will provide job opportunities for about 300 engineers and workers in the early stages; the majority of which will be Jordanian in the long run who will be trained in China and in the long run will replace foreign labor used in the early stages of the project. Ayass Motors is the first Jordanian company specialized in vehicle manufacturing and assembly using the latest automotive manufacturing technologies in the Middle East as it specializes in manufacturing a variety of vehicles under the name ‘Ayass Motors’ according to the highest international standards. These vehicles include Pick ups with single and dual-drive Cabins small vehicles and 4-wheel drive sport cars. The company will start its operations by producing 5000 vehicles during its first year and will increase its production capacity to 12000 vehicles annually in order to compete on a local regional and international scale. The competitive advantage of Ayass Motors lies in the product quality the competitive prices and maintenance and warranties… Nader Al Dahabi His Majesty’s representative. The launch event was attended by Government officials and ministers in addition to numerous political and economical prestigious figures plus Arab and foreign businessmen. ‘We are very pleased to witness the launch of the first vehicle manufacturing and assembly plant in the Kingdom. This inauguration is a true reflection of the economic evolution as directed by His Majesty King Abdullah II’s vision and aims at triggering growth and quality of our human resources and providing imperative production investments that enhance the economic development which the Kingdom is encountering nowadays’ stated the Minister of Industry and trade His Excellency Eng.
verdue modernization
Roanoke Times – Feb 3, 2008
jpg) no-repeat; width:400px;}Sunday February 03 2008. manese-lee@roanoke… For several of the ammunition plant’s 1656 buildings recent and coming updates are long overdue. Everything that boomsThroughout the 1990s the modernization money that came into Radford went not to facilities but to infrastructure. In particular it went to the replacement of steam turbines electrical generators and natural gas lines and to updates to water distribution said Randolph Evans a government-employed industrial engineer who has worked at the plant since 1991. With that change in focus however came the need for a substantial increase in funding. From 2000 to 2004 the plant received between zero and $14. 999 million a year for modernization.
Japan’s JFE Holdings to write off 50 bln yen loss in engineering…
Forbes – Feb 3, 2008
Under contracts with local governments JFE operates and maintains the garbage-treatment plants it designs and builds the business daily said. With service costs ballooning more than expected the company has decided to set aside reserves to offset losses expected over the next 17 years. As a result it may lower its group net profit forecast of 320 billion yen this fiscal year the report said.