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Automotive
Components The automotive component industry is an important sector of the Indian economy and a major foreign exchange
earner for the country. There are around 400 major players in the auto
component sector. Most of them are distributed in the north, south, and,
western parts of India around major Automotive Vehicle Manufacturers (AVMs).
These AVMs contributed largely towards the development of component suppliers
through technical and or financial collaborations. The automotive component industry manufactures a wide range of
parts including castings, forgings, finished, semi-finished components,
assemblies, and subassemblies for all types of vehicles produced in India. Presently, the Indian
automotive component industry is highly fragmented. This industry can be
divided into the organized and the unorganized categories of manufacturers.
The organized component manufacturers supply components to at least one of
the Original Equipment (OE) vehicle manufacturers. They also have access to
technology due to their tie-ups with some of the foreign collaborators or
through associate AVM. The unorganized sector predominantly caters to the The OE market is
predominantly catered to by the organized sector. The 400 odd organized
producers contribute around 80 percent to this market. Presently, these
manufacturers have grown in size and numbers beyond the control of OE manufacturers.
They control about 65 percent of the aftermarket There
are 402 medium and large key players in auto components in the organized
sector along with 6000 ancillary units. However in the unorganized sector
there are approximately 5000 SSIs. The direct employment generated by the
medium and large firms in the organized sector is 2,50,000. No figures are
available for unorganized sector. The geographical spread of medium
and large companies as per records of Automotive Component Manufacturers Association
of India (ACMA) is as under
Tamilnadu current annual output in the
automotive sector is estimated to be $3-3.5 billion with an estimated share
of 25 per cent in the Indian automotive Industry and its contribution to the
State's Gross State Domestic Product is 7-8 per cent. Tamilnadu’s auto
components sector constitutes 35 per cent of India’s auto component
production that is produced in units situated in Chennai. The Tamilnadu State
government plans to transform the state into one of the top three
manufacturing hubs for automotive and auto ancillary in Asia by 2015. There
are 107 key players in Tamilnadu’s Auto Component Industry with an investment
of about Rs.36000 million ($ 800 million). The output is US $ 1,2 billion out
of which the exports are US $ 140 million. The auto component industry in
Tamilnadu provides employment to about 45,000 people. More than 50% of the
companies are ISO certified while 26% are QS certified. The
Key OEM customers of auto component industry in Tamilnadu are GM, Ford,
Daimler Chrysler, BMW, Volvo, Nissan, Piaggio and New Holland. Kerala,
however, is not having a very well developed auto components industry. |
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State |
Units
Surveyed by Questionnaire |
Units
Visited |
Units
Profiled |
Unit
Profiled |
Technology/Project
Title |
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TamilNadu |
61 |
20 |
4 |
Computerized
Automobile Service Station Equipment |
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Automobile
Instrument Cluster (Speedometer) |
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Industrial
Air Compressors & Hydraulic Lift |
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Air
Braking Systems for Commercial Vehicles |
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Kerala |
10 |
3 |
0 |
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