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Manufacturing facilities
Tata Ficosa's two plants at Pune, India, including a 100-percent export-oriented unit, use industry-leading technology to achieve the stringent quality standards required by its customers.

Tata Ficosa started the centre of excellence, where inner rear view mirrors are produced, currently to cater to various model of Ford plants spread across Europe.

Multi-stage fully automatic assembly and stage-wise testing lines like the Poka yoke system have been successfully installed and commissioned for all the products being manufactured in the company

Tata Ficosa is also in the process of setting up three more facilities. Another centre of excellence for exterior mirrors with mirror manufacturing facilities and an automotive paint shop in Pune, and two plants in Pant Nagar and Singur district to cater to the needs of automotive customers in these regions.

Features of the mirror production facility

• State-of-the-art assembly line for prismatic mirror manufacturing
• Completely backward integrated inner rear view mirror facility
• State-of-the-art assembly lines for exterior mirror facility
• Flexible enough to accommodate any range of mirror assemblies
• Online testing facilities
  • Articulation of glass position in different angles
  • Suction force testing for mirror plate assembly
    

Features of the cable manufacturing facility

• State-of-the-art assembly lines
• Flexible enough to accommodate a variety of designs
• Single-piece flow concept with zero in-process inventory
• All stations are fitted with Pokayoke devices
• Online testing
• Online lubrication
  

Features of the parking brake lever and cable manufacturing facilities

• State-of-the-art parking brake lever and cable assembly lines
• Flexible line to accommodate a variety of designs
• Latest spin rivet technology for assembly
• Pneumatic sleeve-fitting for accurate assembly
• Optical sensors for sensing distances between end fittings and abutments for accurate control of lengths
  

Commitment to quality
Quality is of prime importance at Tata Ficosa and the objective is to manufacture products that are fault-free and perfect. To optimise production and quality processes, stringent quality checks are made at the laboratory level and each stage of the production process.

The demand for quality begins at the design and development stage. The technology and the methods adopted ensure that all prototypes are successful when subjected to the most rigorous and exacting analyses.

In order to achieve this, Ficosa International has selected the most reliable technology and methods, and it has attached particular importance to training a team of staff that is responsible for ensuring the products of the group reach the highest levels of quality in the world.