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Manufacturing facilities
The company's 36,400-square-metre, state-of-the-art plant in Pune,
India, which includes a 100-percent export-oriented unit, is built
on the lines of Faurecia's facilities across the world and follows
the quality and technological standards set by our technical partner.
Through flexible operations, smaller
batch sizes, low inventories and the ability to switch easily from
components to system integration, it ensures cost-effective production
and the ability to meet customer specifications and diverse requirements.
 TACO
Interiors and Plastics Division logistics system follows European
best practices and can manage just-in-time supply, minimum handling
with recyclable packing, delivery of parts directly to the assembly
line and minimum inventories.
Facilities
Its facilities include:
- Sophisticated injection-moulding
machines of various capacities equipped with quick mould changing
and robotic systems. All machines are fitted with pick-and-place
NC robots for the handling of products with grippers designed
to fit product contours.
 State-of-the-art
paint shop designed by Alstom, France that can paint bumpers,
mirrors and other exterior plastic parts. The plant is completely
dust-free and includes a robotic flaming facility.- Ultrasonic and vibration welding
machines for dashboard assembly
- Woodstock forming equipment that
provides process options to the customer for different product
lines
- Hot melt gluing
- Complete metrology laboratory facility
Testing and prototyping facilities:
- 3-D coordinate measuring machine
that helps in measurement, validation and reverse engineering
- Climatic chamber that provides simulation
of actual environmental conditions and a facility to test cockpits
and similar-sized products
- Melt flow index for incoming raw
material inspection
- Colorimeter for colour measurements
- Visual chamber for simulating light
conditions
- Glossometer for measuing numerical
values for gloss
- Universal tensile testing machine
- Multi-angle photo spectrometer
Quality
Through its global-standard quality assurance processes, including
conformance to the QS 9000 and TS
16949 standards and process improvement initiatives such as
Six Sigma, Kaizen and Kanban, it is nearing its target of an error
rate of just 50 parts per million.
The plant facilities also ensure minimum
ecological effects through processes that conform to ISO 14000 and
ISO 14001 environmental standards.
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