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ACTIVITY
Along side the Exhibits of automobiles
and auto components, several conferences and allied
events were conducted by the three Associations.
Following are meetings and seminars organised
by ACMA
ACMA MEETING WITH THREE DELEGATIONS
DURING AUTO EXPO:
| FIEV |
15 January, 2002 |
| SMMT |
16 January, 2002 |
| C-IBC |
21 January, 2002 |
Hall 18, Pragati Maidan, with the
largest number of automotive component exhibitors, had
the distinction of having it's own Business Lounge for
one-to-one meetings between Exhibitors and clients.
It, also, had a Presentation Lounge, where ACMA met
with visiting delegations. FIEV from France, SMMT from
the UK and C-IBC from Canada.
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The three were met, separately,
by Mr K Kejriwal, ACMA President, who made a presentation
on the current "facts and figures" and
strengths and advantages of the Indian auto component
industry. Meeting the Delegations were, also ACMA's
Trade Fair Chairman Mr D K Jain, Vice President
Mr Deep Kapuria, and Northern Region Chairman Mr
A K Taneja. |
FIEV - a 6 member
Delegation came with the objective of meeting and understanding
the plans of OEMs, as well as, meeting with component
manufacturers. At their request, plant visits to OEMs
and member companies in the Northern Region were arranged.
5 members from the French Trade Commission in India,
joined the Delegation.
SMMT & DTI
- SMMT brought a 14 member Delegation of which
8 were exhibiting at AUTO EXPO 2002. In addition
there were two persons from the Commercial section
of the British High Commission. The Directorate
of Trade & Industry (DTI), an U.K. Government
body, also sent a 2 member foresight team from
the Auto Directorate. At the request of DTI, plant
visits were organised to the North, South and
West of the Country for the Team to better understand
the capabilities of the auto component sector.
A visit was also, organised by ACMA to the ERC
(research centre) of TELCO, in Pune. |
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C-IBC-An important
aspect, deserving special mention - the Canadian-India
Business Council (C-IBC) visit, led by Mr Murray
Jans, Executive Director, C-BIC, was the first
ever delegation to come and meet with the auto
component manufacturers in India. Present too,
was Mr G S Sobti, Advisor (Trade), Canadian High
Commission. Presentations were made By C-IBC and
each of the Canadian companies. It was a positive
meeting, with Delegates, somewhat, surprised at
the high quality of the show. It was, also, felt
that the Indian auto component market had much
to offer. Members of the delegation, in fact,
had several meetings set up with ACMA member companies
who attended the presentations. One of the visiting
companies had taken the trouble to convert the
Canadian dollar to its rupee value for the presentation
- proof, perhaps, of their serious intent.
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