Products Manufacturing facilities Engineering capabilities Services

Seating systems

Tata AutoComp, along with its joint venture partner Johnson Controls Inc, offers a wide range of seating systems and components like foam, headrests, armrests and seat trims.

We distinguish ourselves from other seating system suppliers by providing our customers complete solutions — Industrial Design, Product Design and Development, Validation, Benchmarking information, Consumer research, Program management and Efficient manufacturing with just-in-time (JIT) and just-in-sequence (JIS) supplies.

It is one of the key seating system suppliers in India with a wide range of products for passenger cars, utility vehicles, commercial vehicles and buses.

Manufacturing facilities

Our manufacturing systems deliver products of consistent quality at low costs. Continuous improvement in processes is achieved by Six Sigma, Kaizen and other relevant methods.

We have eight seat manufacturing plants in India with presence in each region: two plants in Pune (Hinjewadi and Chinchwad) and one each in Chennai, Noida, Jamshedpur, Lucknow, Rudrapur and Aurangabad. The state-of-the-art integrated manufacturing facilities include the following.

• Fabric cutting on a CNC cutter
• Sewing: microprocessor-based German Durkopp Adler sewing machines
• Foam plant:
  • Self-blending capability
  • Dual firmness, variable density manufacturing to optimize weight and provide comfort
  • Robotic pouring
  • Innovated into manufacturing of green foams
• Slider assembly
• JIT / JIS line:
  • Slat chain conveyor
  • On line Poka-yoke
  • Variable speed conveyors
  • Automatic storage and retrieval
  • Roll-through racking
  • Mechanized seat loading
• In-house testing facility

All operations of the manufacturing facility are totally integrated through the ERP system.

Engineering capabilities

In order to achieve high standards in comfort, safety and styling, our state-of-the-art facility for design, development, prototyping and testing uses the latest technology, and has a highly capable team of engineers.

The computer-aided design and manufacturing facilities are equipped with the latest styling software, enabling the company's engineers to develop design concepts into solid models.

We can design and develop products that meet stringent international safety regulations. The facility's finite element analysis tools allow the simulation of test conditions so that destructive physical tests can be minimised.

Key capabilities include industrial design, craftsmanship, benchmarking, product design and development, simulation, pressure mapping equipment for comfort evaluation, trim engineering, prototyping, testing and validation facilities.

Services

	Design
		Layout and packaging
		Component and sub-system design
		Mechanisms design
		GD and T, tolerance stacking and product drawings
		Product modifications
		Value analysis and value engineering
		Manufacturing feasibility
		Design improvement
	Analysis
		Virtual test and validation
		Kinetics and kinematics analysis
		Crash simulation
		Mould-flow
		Sheet-metal formability
	Prototype development support
	Testing support
	Complete programme management services and product data management services

Manufacturing unit: Tata Johnson Controls Automotive Limited
Joint venture partner: Johnson Controls Inc