Automotive Manufacturing Solutions India 2010

Session 2a

• Total factory automation – dream or achievable reality?
• Wireless control networks
• Build-to-order – integrating demand and production

Session 2b

• Developing India’s global supply offerings for cast
• Powder metals and CGI – alternatives to casting and forging
• Metal cutting – hard turning comes of age in driveline

Session 3a

• Truck and bus making – incorporating hybrid powertrains
• Coachbuilding – outsourcing vs core competence
• Automation and safety in heavyweight manufacturing

Session 3b

• Car makers moving into two wheeled market
• Outsourcing responsibility
• Exports - manufacturing for a global market

Session 4a

Testing, evaluation and production development

• Design for production – from CAD to car
• Materials, vehicle and component testing systems
• Test tracks and proving grounds discussed

Session 4b

• Building the ideal plant for hybrid/electric production
• Battery and control system manufacturing
• Innovative body structures to match new dynamic requirements

Session 5a

• High-strength steel usage
• Press lines – new systems and techniques
• Die production – outsourcing and new techniques

Session 5b

• Robots and conveyors
• Automated guided vehicles
• Line-side component supply systems

Session 6a

• Welding, lasers and brazing
• Outsourcing frames and closures
• Clinching and hemming

Session 6b

• Facility design and construction
• New materials, paint and powder technologies
• Total automation in paint lines