| Regional Activity
NORTHERN REGION
Late Afternoon: Interaction with President
& Vice President, Essex Farms, New Delhi
Fifty Northern Region Members met and
interacted with the newly elected ACMA President &
Vice President. The President, Mr. L. Ganesh addressed
participants, stressing ACMA’s priorities and
giving a brief on the Auto policy.
The interaction threw up some interesting thoughts
and questions :
- Could ACMA start a B2B portal for the After –
market?
- Could an independent Expert come and talk to industry
on how E-business can be operated, etc.
- Could ACMA take –up with insurance companies
the aspect of product liability & consequential
liability- get an independent consultant to write
a white paper on what other companies were doing in
other countries
- Would ACMA prepare a guideline for warehousing in
foreign countries for exports
Evening: Interaction with Honda Scooters &
Motorcycles Ltd, Essex Farms, New Delhi Northern
Region has a feather in its hat with the first ever
interaction arranged with Honda Scooters & Motorcycles
Ltd.
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the new location of the Industries Township of
Manesar, Haryana, the Company is setting up a
Honda Plant with a planned investment of Rs. 200
crores and capacity of 100,000 units per annum.
The important note to take is that Honda plans
for a 100% indigenisation of auto components |
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A swell of 50 members were present
at this interaction.
Mr. T Sato, Director (Purchase), and
Mr. Anupam Mohindroo, General Manager (Purchase) from
Honda Scooters & Motorcycles Ltd, met with ACMA
participants towards the end of the Interaction with
president & Vice President and spoke of Honda’s
future plans, growth strategy, localisation, etc.
Honda Plans
- 50, 000 units in 2000-2001
- 3000,000 units in 2004
- Initial exports of vehicles to S. America, Africa,
Sri Lanka, Nepal
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