Stress on innovation, design and development

Atwo-day conference organised by Messe Frankfurt India with a theme, ‘Indian Auto-Component Industry – Transformation from “Buildto-Print” to the culture of innovation and design’ laid emphasis on innovation, design and development. Attended by over 104 automotive industry leaders, experts and consultants from leading companies apart from leading solution providers in manufacturing technology, engineering design, ERP and IT solutions, the forum featured two interactive panel discussions. The interactive discussion, ‘Trends in the Automotive Aftermarket: five years into the future’ had on panel Harish Sheth, Chairman and MD, Setco Automotive, Ramashankar Pandey, MD, Hella India, Suresh KV, President, ZF India, Anandakumar T S, Senior GM - Automotive Aftermarket, Bosch, and Vijay Khorgade, Head of Aftermarket, ZF India. The second panel discussion, ‘Driving Culture of Innovation in an Automotive Company’, had on the panel Ramashankar Pandey, MD, Hella India, Neeraj Mahajan, VP- Commercial, Sona BLW Precision Forgings, Sridhar Lakshminarayanan, VP & Global Delivery Head – Simulation, Satyam Venture Engineering Services and Arvinth Siva, GM – Sales & Operations, Schaeffler India. The conference was also attended by a delegation from Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM).