Products Promoters and partners Manufacturing facilities

Tata Nifco Fasteners Limited plans to supply high-performance, easy-to-use fasteners with applications in automobiles and electrical home appliances such as television sets and audio/video recorders.

Products
Products planned include:

• Trim clips, rivets and grommets
• Seat hooks, guides, bands and fasteners
• Cigarette-socket bezels
• Cable straps
• Bumper brackets and fender-protector clips
• Engine room clips, clamps, holders, bands and rubber parts
• Windshield glass spacers, holders and stabilisers
• Weather-strip clips and windshield mouldings

Promoters and partners
Tata Nifco is a joint venture between Tata AutoComp Systems Limited and Nippon Industrial Fasteners Company, Japan.

Tata AutoComp Systems Limited

Established by the Tata Group, which has several decades of experience in the automotive industry, the TACO group of companies offers a range of products and services in the field of auto components to automotive vehicle manufacturers all over the world.

TACO has three major businesses — manufacturing, engineering and supply chain management. The group comprises the holding company, Tata AutoComp Systems Limited (TACO), its joint ventures with global auto component leaders and two subsidiaries in the plastics and stampings product areas.

The TACO group, with its 24 manufacturing plants, 5 engineering centres and three export-oriented units, is rapidly expanding its business with vehicle manufacturers and Tier I suppliers to the automotive industry. Its current original equipment customers include DaimlerChrysler, Fiat, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Mahindra and Mahindra, Piaggio, Tata Motors, Toyota, and Volvo.

For more on TACO, see this corporate profile.

Nippon Industrial Fasteners Company, Japan

Nippon Industrial Fasteners Company (Nifco), established in 1967, is the world leader in fasteners. It manufactures 18,000 types of fasteners at locations spread over Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and Hong Kong and adds around 1,500 new fasteners to its range of fasteners every year

Nifco's customers include Toyota, Nissan, Yamaha, Honda, Daihatsu, Mitsubishi, Suzuki, Hyundai, Mazda, Daewoo, Sanyo, Hitachi, IBM, Kenwood, Sony, Fuji Films, Yazaki, Isuzu, Alpine, Calsonic, Chuo, Matsushita Electric, Moriroku Company, Nissan Motor, Pioneer Electric, Ricoh, Sharp, Toshiba, and Yazaki Corp.

Website: www.nifco.com

Manufacturing facilities
The manufacturing operations of this business unit are yet to commence.