in India The Indian automotive components industry - Teknikföretagen

CLUSTERS IN THE AUTOMOTIVE Components INDUSTRYThe map depicts four clusters, one each in North, South, East and West India• Delphi• Minda• Sono Koyo Steering• Denso• Shriram PistonsDelhi-Gurgaon-Manesar• Bharat Forge• SKF bearings• Tata Johnson• EnduranceHalolPune-NasikAurangabadJamshedpurKolkata• Amtek India• International Auto Forgings• JMTChennai Bangalore Hosur• Sundaram Fasteners• Visteon• Rane TRW• Lucas TVS• BoschSource: Industry research and analysisFast growth due to increasing outsourcing from IndiaWith strong growth rates in the automotive industry there will also be a significantincrease in employment opportunities. Due to several backward and forwardlinkages, substantial amount of direct and indirect employment will be generatedin feeder industries. Specialists in the area of Research and Development (R&D),technology, product development, logistics and operations would also be requiredfor the industry to be able to achieve and sustain the growth. The automotive componentsindustry is expected to achieve a turnover of USD 70 billion by 2016, that isfive times the size of the industry in 2005–2006. This scale of growth is expected tolead to additional direct employment of 750 000 along with indirect employment toover 1.8 million people between 2006 and 2016. 1515) Reference has been made to Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises (2006b)13