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VE Commercial Vehicles, a joint venture between Eicher Motors and Swedish truck maker Volvo, has decided to go ahead with its plan of setting up a new 40,000-units-a-year factory in Bhopal even as the Indian commercial vehicle market stares at its steepest decline in growth in a decade. MUMBAI: VE Commercial Vehicles, a joint ventureContinue reading “Volvo-Eicher JV to go ahead with Bhopal factory plan”

The largest two-wheeler maker in the country, Hero MotoCorp saw its sales decline by almost 20% as the company sells primarily in the domestic market where demand has taken a severe hit due to a wider economic slowdown and sharp price hikes for vehicles due to regulatory interventions. MUMBAI: Two-wheeler makers registered a sharp declineContinue reading “Weak demand, virus outbreak in China bring down two-wheeler sales in February”

Indian shop floors are going smart. Manufacturing, a typically labour-intensive process, is adopting technology to boost productivity and save costs. It is automating core processes to improve quality and stay competitive. This is Industry 4.0 at its most granular.Take, as an example, the new Thermax NSE -0.02 % plant at Dahej in Gujarat.At the ionContinue reading “Automation is sweeping across India’s manufacturing space.”