Articles by: Ashish Bhatia

Torrential rains and flooing affect operations of auto companies in Chennai region

Torrential rains and flooing affect operations of auto companies in Chennai region

Chennai and the region around has automotive plants of manufacturers like Renault-Nissan, Daimler India Commercial Vehicles, BMW, Yamaha, Ford, Ashok Leyland, Royal Enfield and others. The heavy downpour in the region in early November affected the operations of these OEMs. Operations of a good deal of automotive suppliers in the region were also affected because of the heavy rains. With[Read More…]

by November 17, 2015 News
VRV Sriprasad, Managing Director, Volvo Buses India

VRV Sriprasad, Managing Director, Volvo Buses India

Article by: Bhushan Mhapralkar Pragmatic and optimistic   Q. What is your view on India’s people transportation scenario? A. Buses have less capital outlay when compared to Metro and Mono-rail. Doing business with the government involves a lot of processes. There are the accompanying challenges. Looking beyond, both the modes of transport – public and private have so much scope[Read More…]

by November 16, 2015 INTERVIEW
Marc Llistosella, President & CEO, MFTBC, and Head, Daimler Trucks Asia

Marc Llistosella, President & CEO, MFTBC, and Head, Daimler Trucks Asia

Article by: Gianenrico Griffini Marc Llistosella, President & CEO, MFTBC, and Head, Daimler Trucks Asia Interview by: Gianenrico Griffini Higher horsepower   Q. Last year you spoke about scaling up production every month. Did you achieve the expected result? A. To be very honest, we failed to achieve our set targets. We expected to do better as the market forecast[Read More…]

by November 16, 2015 INTERVIEW
Retail Concept store in Faridabad a first for Continental Truck Tyres

Retail Concept store in Faridabad a first for Continental Truck Tyres

Truck and bus tyre manufacturer Continental India inaugurated their first retail concept store Sat Kartar tyres at Faridabad transport nagar, for heavy commercial vehicle tyres. Spread over 108 sq.m area, the store located off Mathura highway is expected to cater to both truck and bus customers. Looking to offer need based products in the future, Continental India is expected to[Read More…]

by November 12, 2015 News