Kailash Sawant, Sales Director, India & South Asia, Lubrizol Additives, speaks with Ashish Bhatia about addressing core customer needs in India, an increasingly pivotal market for both adopting and driving these next-generation solutions. Q. How is the current business sentiment for the commercial vehicle segment and the industry at large, specifically looking toward H1-FY27? A. India’s automotive and commercial vehicle[Read More…]
A larger vessel, a new manufacturing direction and a growing island network are shaping the next phase for Nautika, write Sahil Kesari and Niharika Singh Nautika made its debut at TTF Mumbai 2026, signalling the company’s growing presence in India’s travel trade and its focus on the next phase of fleet and operational expansion. Held at the Jio World Convention[Read More…]
India’s commercial vehicle industry is at a pivotal point of transformation, fundamentally reshaping the future of mobility and logistics, writes Mr Aniruddha Kulkarni, Vice President and Head – Engineering, Tata Motors Ltd. Traditionally, success in this sector has been determined by factors such as payload capacity, fuel efficiency, and the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). While these elements are still[Read More…]
Axalta outlined how low-cure, waterborne and heat-reflective coatings are evolving alongside India’s bus industry, with lightweighting, electrification, productivity and asset protection increasingly shaping the paint shop, writes Ashish Bhatia. The transition of India’s bus industry has bus manufacturers and body builders also dealing with evolving customer expectations around appearance, durability, productivity and lifecycle economics. For coating suppliers, this is creating[Read More…]
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