Bosch India Gearing Up To Meet Increased Demand For ABS

India currently registers an ABS fitment rate of approximately 50 percent and to keep pace with the increased demand Bosch India has been building capacity at its Pune plant.

The Bosch Group in India has been making strong efforts to increase road safety in the country and around the world. The sales of the vehicles fitted with Anti-Lock Braking System (ABS) in India in 2016 has improved significantly owing to a combination of factors.

Bosch India Gearing Up To Meet Increased Demand For ABS

The combination of factors includes legislation mandates and improved customer awareness. This has led to strong demand and sales, as the country registers an ABS fitment rate of approximately 50 percent.

Bosch India Gearing Up To Meet Increased Demand For ABS

Bosch has benefitted significantly from this development and expects to further leverage this advantage in the coming years.

Bosch India Gearing Up To Meet Increased Demand For ABS

To keep up with the rising demand for ABS, Bosch Group in India has been building capacity at its Pune plant. MrSoumitra Bhattacharya, managing director, Bosch Limited, and president, Bosch Group India said that over the past nine years Bosch has invested over Rs 400 crores in Bosch Chassis Systems India Pvt., Ltd. They are committed to growing this segment of their business and to that end,the development of the Pune plant is crucial and necessary.

Bosch India Gearing Up To Meet Increased Demand For ABS

A delegation led by Winfried Kretschmann, Minister President of the South-west German federal state of Baden-Württemberg visited the Pune plant said that smart cities, smart mobility, and innovative solutions for engineering and automobile production are the focus of their trip. And this is why he is especially pleased that they are beginning their trip here in Pune at Bosch - a company that is ensuring that cities and mobility systems worldwide become smart.

Bosch India Gearing Up To Meet Increased Demand For ABS

The delegation got an overview of Bosch's development and manufacturing capabilities driver assistance and safety systems domain, primarily ABS, the Electronic Stability Program (ESP) and Hydraulic Actuation Products.

Bosch India Gearing Up To Meet Increased Demand For ABS

The plant is spread over seven hectares of land, Bosch's plant in Pune commenced operations in 1997 (formerly was Kalyani Brakes, the Group acquired the company in 2005). Bosch currently has one development centre in Pune and employs around 1,000 associates at its two manufacturing facilities.

Bosch India Gearing Up To Meet Increased Demand For ABS

Bosch's Chakan plant in Pune is a member of the International Production Network (IPN) for the ABS and the ESP. Each single machine for the ABS line is connected, not only with each other but also with other ABS lines in the IPN.

Bosch India Gearing Up To Meet Increased Demand For ABS

These lines are managed by a Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES). The MES has an Andon system, including some benefits to enable quicker react to deviation in the manufacturing process, continuous improvement and finally, online benchmarking with the rest of the global manufacturing plants.

Through this, Bosch's Chakan plant has achieved a quality level close to zero defects and is a global benchmark in the IPN in some aspects. Furthermore, it has also recorded very high customer satisfaction apart from seeing significant increase in productivity.

The plant has started implementing Energy Management Solutions. In the near future, the plant will look to implement Industry 4.0 solutions for preventive maintenance, and Operator Support Systems.

Bosch India Gearing Up To Meet Increased Demand For ABS

Maruti Suzuki has launched the Ignis and will be sold through its NEXA premium dealerships in India. All cars under the NEXA dealerships come with standard ABS across all variants. The Maruti Ignis too comes with dual airbags as a standard fitment, below is an extensive photo gallery of the Ignis, click to view.

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Article Published On: Monday, January 23, 2017, 18:43 [IST]
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