INTERVIEW

Deciphering Cvs

Deciphering Cvs

  Eiichi Seto, Managing Director & CEO, SML Isuzu Ltd. Interview by: Anirudh Raheja Q. What is your view on the Bus Code, and its implementation? A. Bus body code is a good regulation for the industry which has been dominated by unorganised bus body builders for long. They are still not ready to accept the new regulations. We are however[Read More…]

by January 6, 2017 INTERVIEW
Building buses

Building buses

B Anil Baliga, Executive Vice President  – Bus & Application,  VE Commercial Vehicles Ltd. Interview by: Bhushan Mhapralkar Q. The Pithampur plant is running at full capacity. How does that augur for buses? A. We have geared up for a production run of 5500 numbers. We are doing about 6000 to 6100 units. We will be expanding the capacity to[Read More…]

by November 10, 2016 INTERVIEW
Validation and Certification

Validation and Certification

Q & A Dinesh Tyagi, Dinesh Tyagi, Director, International Center for Automotive Technology (ICAT) Interview by: Anirudh Raheja Q. What role is ICAT playing in shaping up the Indian automotive industry? A. ICAT was setup under the National Automotive Testing and R&D Infrastructure project (NATRiP). It is one of the most significant initiatives in the automotive sector under the Ministry[Read More…]

by September 23, 2016 INTERVIEW
Asia-Pacific bound

Asia-Pacific bound

Q & A Rudi Von Meister, President, Region of Asia Pacific, ZF Friedrichshafen AG Interview & photo by: Ashish Bhatia Q. As a leading global automotive parts maker, has ZF Friedrichshafen AG managed to attain an equally strong foothold in markets beyond Europe? Especially markets like Asia-Pacific? A. ZF has traditionally relied on our core customers in Europe and in[Read More…]

by September 23, 2016 INTERVIEW