India Transport Portal Newsletter - February, 2014

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A month in the India Transport Sector (No 33) February, 2014

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MICHELIN PRODUCING TYRES IN INDIA

Michelin, the French tyre manufacturing giant,

expanded its operations in India by setting up a

manufacturing unit in Thiruvallur in the southern

state of Tamil Nadu.

More information on ITP

MICHELIN SETS UP RETREADING CENTRES IN COIMBATORE

AND SALEM

Michelin will now work with TVS TREAD. TheRetreading and Tyre Solutions division offers tyre

retreads both conventional and precure for

radial and bias tyres.


BRIDGESTONE TO RAMP UP CAPACITY AT SECOND INDIA

PLANT BY END-2015

The company has recently launched its second

manufacturing facility at Chakan in Pune. This

facility will manufacture tyres for the passenger

segment, but its primary product will be bus and

truck tyres.


BRIDGESTONE LAUNCHES THE B290 TYRE RANGE FOR INDIAN

ROADS

Kazuhisa Nishigai, COO and representative

board member of Bridgestone Corporation

said, The Company was presently training

Indian engineers in Tokyo, and may have an

R&D Centre in India in the future.More information on ITP

YOKOHAMA LAUNCHES TYRE SERIES SPECIFICALLY

DESIGNED FOR INDIA

Tyre manufacturer, Yokohama, have launched a

new set of tyres specifically suited to Indian

conditions. The Japanese giant has called the

tyre model The Earth 1, and claims it is perfectly

suited for Indian roads.


India is still considered as a promised land forEuropean companies such as Daimler Trucks.

One of its top executives even said that Asian

countries have the ability to drive the whole

truck business as its 2013 major sales came from

Asia. So Daimler Trucks plans to use India as an

export base for Africa and Asia. It took just 15

months for the truck maker to become the

country number 4 in the 5-49 tonnes category

and the company plans to be among the top

3 by three years.

But even if it means that India offers

tremendous growth opportunities regardingtransportation, it does not mean that India is

playing is the same league as Europe. Indeed,

even stripped down versions of high end

European trucks are not affordable for the

country. This is why Daimler developed a new

low cost range of vehicles that fits the Indian

needs (even if the CEO of Daimler India, Marc

Llistosella says that they bring knowledge of

manufacturing process) and that allows

Daimler to forecast sales goals of more than

500,000 units in 2015 and 700,000 in 2020.

Llistosella calls for a scrappage policy if trucksthat are 8 years old in order to tackle road

safety issues. But the excise reduction

announced in the interim budget is not gonna

help truck makers and buyers. Volumes in the 5

tonne plus range have shrunk from 450,000 to

300,000 units in two years. But the slowdown

has not restrained India truck makers just like

Daimler, Ashok Leyland, AMW, Volvo-Eicher

etc. to invest in new models as nobody wants

to lose out on opportunities when times are

better.

However the main question is not about

when sales will rise again. It is all about how

India is able to tackle its transportation

challenges. As said by the Head of Good

Transport & Sustainable Development,

International Road Transport Union: In order for

commercial road transport to meet market

demands, it will remain dependent on oil with

no economically viable alternative for the

foreseeable future. Beyond prices, beyond

sales goals, low cost solutions are not viable.

Quality is the price to pay to ensure long terms

benefits.

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WE HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR LAST THREE DECADES TO

BRING IN RADIALISATION IN TYRES IN INDIA DESPITE

RESISTANCE FROM DOMESTIC MANUFACTURERS S. P.

SINGH, SENIOR FELLOW & COORDINATOR IFTRT, AND

CONVENOR

AITDFS.P. Singh is Sr. Fellow & Coordinator, Indian

Foundation of Transport Research and Training

(IFTRT). He is Member TED-7 (BIS) on Automotive

tyre, tube, rim and valves. He is the Convenor of

the All India Tyre Dealers Federation and has an

extended knowledge on tyres issues.


TYRE COMPANIES ON SKID ROW AS VEHICLE SALES HEAD

SOUTH

This year, the companies have been

disappointed, as not only the individual

consumer, but also the commercial customer

has steered clear of new purchases. Thus the

North Indian truck owners have followed in the

footsteps of its South Indian counterpart,

choosing retreaded tyres over new ones. Those who have

decided to buy new tyres have opted for cheap Chinese

replacements instead of the better quality Indian tyres.


DEALERS CONCERNED BY HIGH TYRE PRICES DESPITE

NATURAL RUBBER TURNING CHEAPER

The recent fluctuations in the Indian tyre industry

have put tyre dealers at an immense

disadvantage. Tyre dealers depend on sales of

replacement tyres for their revenues. Though

replacements are the largest source of revenue

for Indian tyre companies, customers are increasingly

choosing to buy readily available cheap Chinese tyres as

replacements.


RUBBER GROWERS AND TYRE MANUFACTURERS ARGUE OVER

IMPORT DUTY

The cost of rubber makes up forty percent of

the price of a tyre. There is thus a close

symbiotic relationship between tyre

manufacturers and rubber growers, and the

fortunes and decisions of one affect the other.


INDIA HAS MADE A LOT OF

PROGRESS, BUT THERE IS STILL MUCH

TO BE DONE: JENS HGEL HEAD

OF GOOD TRANSPORT &

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT,

INTERNATIONAL ROAD TRANSPORTUNION

Jens Hgel is IRU Head of

Good Transport &

Sustainable Development.

He develops, presents and

defends IRU positions at

international organizations,

with commercial partners,

NGO and scientific community.

More information in ITP

AHMEDABAD INTELLIGENT

SIGNALING SYSTEM SHALL REDUCE

THE OVERALL DELAY & TRAVEL TIME

MR. VINOD PURANIK, AVP ITS,

DELHI INTEGRATED MULTI-MODAL

TRANSIT SYSTEM

Mr. Vinod Puranik is AVP

ITS at Delhi Integrated

Multi-Modal Transit

System. He is member ofthe Indian Road

Congress, Committe on

Urban Roads, Streets

and Transport. He is also member of

the BIS, ITS Committe and member of

the Technical Committee of Delhi

Traffic Police for verification of work

estimates, works.repais of

signals/blinkers in Delhi.


ROADS AND PAVEMENTS CAN NOW

BE DEVELOPED BY MPS

Members of Parliament

(MPs) in India can now

use their development

fund to construct and

repair roads and

pavements in their local districts.


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SIAM PREDICTS POOR AUTO SALES UNTIL NEXT FISCAL

The Indian auto industry has have experienced

difficult times over the past two years. The festive

season did not bring much joy for car makers,

although some passenger vehicles showed an

increase in sales. Car sales are expected to

decline until the nextfiscal year.


IN A GLOOMY AUTO MARKET, RURAL INDIA RESCUES

MANUFACTURERS

The global slowdown which has affected the

fortunes of the automobile sector in India, has

failed to weigh down rural India. Unaffected by

most factors that have dented urban populations

and their livelihoods, the rural Indians spending is

governed by the monsoons and base prices set by the

government for their crops. A generous monsoon is thus

being celebrated, not only by the Indian farmer, but also by

automakers whose dwindling sales have received a new

lease of life thanks to purchases in rural India.


MARUTI SUZUKI EXPERIENCE INCREASED IMPORT COSTS DUE

TO WEAK RUPEE

In spite of the success it has experienced, the

company is now facing the possibility of a dip in

profits in the second half of the financial year. The

cause of this dip is the poor state of the Indian

Rupee which has been precariously positioned

since January 2013.


MARUTI TOPS DEALER CUSTOMER SATISFACTION CHARTS

ACCORDING TO SURVEY

Maruti Suzuki India has been ranked as the best

automobile company in regards to customer

satisfaction with dealer service in a survey

conducted by JD Power Asia Pacific,. On a

1000-point scale, as measured by JD Power, the

Indo-Japanese automobile giant scored 876

rating points. This is the 14th year in a row that Maruti has

topped the list for customer satisfaction with dealer service in

this survey.


BULLET TRAINS TO BE LAUNCHED ON

MUMBAI-AHMEDABAD LINE

The iconic Shinkansen

(bullet train) system fromJapan is set to come to

India. The two countries

have agreed to work

together to determine

the feasibility of such high-speed

trains in India. Japan will assist the

Indian Railways to study the viability

of trains running at 300-350 km per

hour across the nation. As per a joint

agreement signed between; Girish

Pillai, infrastructure advisor, Indian

Railways and Katsuo Matsumoto

director, Japan International

Cooperation Agency (JICA) South

Asia, the study will be conducted

over a period of 18 months and costs

will be shared between the two

nations.


TRAIN JOURNEY TO COST 2 PERCENTMORE

The Indian Railways is

one of the largest

government enterprises

in India. Serving as the

backbone of Indian

Industry, the source of

livelihood for millions and the most

commonly used means of transport, it

carries the hopes and dreams of the

entire country. Operated for countrys

welfare, its affairs are managed by

the railway ministry, the only ministry

which presents a budget,

independent of the nations general

budget.


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SCANIA OPENS ITS BANGALORE FACILITY

The Swedish Scania AB, a leading manufacturer

of commercial vehicles, buses and trucks, tied up

with Larsen & Toubro in 2007 to distribute itsmining engines and tippers. Scania Commercial

Vehicles India was set up in 2011 to cater for the

Indian market. Its first manufacturing facility in

Karnataka was inaugurated in late October this

year. Martin Lundstedt, president & CEO at Scania Global

said that he hoped working with India would be a win-win

situation. The on-road trucks are set to hit the Indian markets

next year. Lundstedt said, We are targeting to sell 120,000

trucks, 15,000 buses and 20,000 industrial engines globally by

the calendar year 2020.


DAIMLERS SUCCESS HAS LED TO A CHANGE IN MARKET

DYNAMICS IN INDIA

Under the name BharatBenz, the entry of

German truck manufacturer Daimler, into the

Indian market, has already led to changes in the

market forces. In July, within ten months of

entering the country, Daimler has risen to

become one of the top-five truck makers in India in theheavy duty category. Manufacturers such as MAN Trucks

and AMW Trucks, have been left behind by the German

giant.


MAHINDRA SURGES AHEAD IN PICK-UP TRUCK MARKET

The Indian automobile sector may be on a

downward spiral due to an economic

depression, but the pick-up truck market is

showing no signs of a slowdown. During the first

six months of this financial year (April-August) the

pick-up segment recorded a 17 per cent growth. Automobile

manufacturer, Mahindra and Mahindra, have played a

major role in reversing the sector trend.



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