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May 2012
Delphi-TVS
consistent growth
for over 20 years
Delphi-TVS (DTVS) which start-
ed operations by setting up its first
unit in 1990 to make diesel fuel in-
jection system has been registering
consistent growth for over 20 years.
The stiff competition in the initial
years was successfully overcome
with timely improvement in technol-
ogy and product quality.
Addressing the DTVS Founders
Day at Mannur, Mr. J.S. Chopra,
its President, referred to how the
Founder, T. V. Sundaram Iyengar,
who started business a 100 years ago
in 1911, was driven by vision, pas-
sion, commitment and values. These
virtues contributed to a large extent
in making the TVS Group grow to
more than 54 companies with a turn-
over in excess of Rs. 30,000 crores.
He said that DTVS’ state-of-the-
art Tech Centre at Mannur supports
the customers’ engine and vehicle
development programmes. In the
current environment of changing
emission norms, growing competi-
tion and customers launching new
models with shorter lead times, the
Tech Centre provided a closer cus-
tomer interaction and support.
Again, the Indian automotive in-
dustry has acquired global charac-
teristics, and the OE customers will
expect global performance in all
respects from Tier 1 suppliers. The
total production volume, including
passenger vehicles, SCV/LCV and
heavy commercial vehicles, is ex-
pected to touch three million this
year. ACMA and SIAM forecast a
volume of 7 million by 2015 and
10 million by 2020. The tractor vol-
umes, presently at half a million per
year, is expected to double by 2020.
All this will make India the world’s
second fastest growing auto market
and the sixth largest automobile in-
dustry after China, the US, Germa-
ny, Japan and Brazil.
Mr. Chopra further observed that
diesel cars are almost 45 per cent
in the passenger car segment, while
SCV/LCV/HCV/tractors are 100
per cent diesel. To take full advan-
tage of this potential, there is need
to meet customers’ expectations in
areas like shorter development lead
time, global quality standards, com-
petitive pricing, JIT delivery and
after-market support.
There is need to improve opera-
tional efficiencies through constant
expansion of activities and elimi-
nation of waste, as also to focus on
Mr. J.S. Chopra, President, Delphi-TVS, delivering his address
Focus on components
The company has now three manufac-
turing facilities. While the Mannur
and Uttarkhand plants are dedicated
for manufacture of the Rotary-FIE sys-
tem, the Oragadam plant specialises
in Common Rail System. The company
today is an acknowledged supplier of
fuel injection system for both cars and
commercial vehicles.