Monday 3rd December 2012
Tata Plant tours
We have arranged a visit to Tata’s Auto Component plants in the Hinjewadi area.
Specifically:
- Tata Johnson Controls - manufacturer of seating systems
- Tata Toyo Radiator – radiators and engine cooling products
- Tata AutoComp – Interiors & Plastics Division which makes bumpers, door panels and other plastic parts
Please ensure you are in the lobby of the Hyatt Regency no later than 12.00pm on Monday 3rd December. Coaches will depart at 12.30pm sharp and return to the Hyatt Regency at approximately 6 – 6.30pm in time for the drinks reception.
Networking drinks reception,
sponsored by
Tuesday 4th December 2012
08:00 - 09:00
Registration with refreshments
09:00 - 10:30
Session 1
Talk from the top
OEM executives on the challenges of manufacturing domestic and global programme vehicles
• Moderator: Simon Duval Smith, Conference Chairman
• Vinay Patil, General Manager, Manufacturing and Engineering, General Motors India
• Vedprakash Tiwari, Deputy General Manager, Production Engineering Department, Toyota Kirloskar
• Niranjan Kulkarni, Head - Corporate Planning, Manufacturing, Tata Motors
• Sitangshu Goswami, Managing Director, Magna Steyr India
11:00 - 13.00
SESSION 2APowertrain – engines and transmissions
• Developing India’s global supply chain for advanced drivelines
• Mahindra: economic considerations and new challenges in the Indian foundry industry
• Meeting global quality standards
• Moderator: Nick Holt, Editor, AMS magazine
• Arul Kasi, Senior General Manager - Powertrain Process Technology,
Renault Nissan Technology and Business Centre India
• Amar Patil, Head, Foundry Unit,
Mahindra & Mahindra
• M Hari Prakash, Sales Director, India & Thailand Castrol
• Vivek Maheshwari, General Manager, Sales, Kennametal
• Bernhard Konzet, CEO, Accurate Gauging/Blulink
SESSION 2BStamping – tool and die
· Mahindra: Die making - first time right
· Maruti: Body construction – tooling and techniques
· Press lines – new systems and energy saving
• Moderator: Simon Duval Smith, Conference Chairman
• Yogesh Morade, Senior Manager and Head of Engineering, Die Shop, Mahindra & Mahindra
• Sanjay Thakar, General Manager – Body Engineering
Maruti Suzuki India
• Klaus Rothenhagen, Vice President, International Sales, AIDA
13.00- 14:00
Lunch hosted by 
14:00 - 15:30
SESSION 3A Light vehicles – two- and three-wheelers
· Green manufacturing in two- and three-wheelers
· Powertrain and new emissions legislation
· Exports – meeting global quality standards
• Moderator: Nick Holt, Editor, AMS magazine
• Subramanian Devarajan, Senior Vice-President, Production Engineering, TVS Motor
SESSION 3BPaintshop
· Ford's new paintshop systems
· Case study – Mercedes-Benz's new paintshop in Pune
· Balancing automation and manual
processes
• Moderator: Simon Duval Smith, Conference Chairman
• Anand Misra, General Manager, Paint, Ford India
• Nileshkumar Shimpi, Divisional Manager (Technical Planning), Mercedes-Benz India
• Michael Berger, Managing Director, Durr India
• Joachim Hug, Manager, Key Account Sales, Eisenmann
16:00 - 18.00
SESSION 4AHeavyweight manufacturing solutions
· Truck and bus making – incorporating hybrid powertrains
· Meeting new emissions legislations for commercial vehicles
• Moderator: Simon Duval Smith, Conference Chairman
• Dileep Naik, Head, Auto Projects and Production Engineering, Tata Motors
• Rajesh Mittal, Senior Vice President and Head Operations, Trucks, Buses and Engines,
VE Commercial Vehicles
• J Nirmal Babu, Divisional Manager, Projects, Ashokleyland Nissan Vehicles Limited
• Kamal Tilani, General Manager, Veena Industries
• Manfred Schmidt, Senior Director Business Development and Sales Hybrid Drives, Siemens
SESSION 4BMaterial handling and automation
· Global automation and control review by Sundar Balu – Moderator
· Robots and conveyors – new applications discussed
· Increasing flexibility with AGVs
· Module and component supply – lineside systems
• Moderator: Sundar Balu, Horner Automation
• Vikas Swami, Vice-President, KUKA Robotics India
• Abhay Kumar, Manager – Projects, SICK India
• André Hack, Strategic Industry Manager,
SICK Sensor Intelligence
• Srinivas Kanumuri, Director – Automotive, SAP India
18.00 - 21:30
Pre-dinner drinks and Gala dinner hosted by
Coaches will leave directly after Session 4a and 4b
Wednesday 5th December 2012
08:30 - 09:00
Registration with refreshments
09:00 - 10:30
Session 5
Supplier development – carmaker manufacturing purchasing heads and Tier supplier manufacturing executives discuss:
• OEM/supplier collaboration
• Tata AutoComp: Supplier quality improvement - the key to customer satisfaction
• Applying best processes and production technologies
• Rane: Quality management - the challenges & the approach
• Moderator: Simon Duval Smith, Conference Chairman
• Prem Singh, Divisional Manager, Corporate Purchase, Fiat India
• Reinhold Hierl, Director, International Purchasing Office, BMW India
• Sudhir Gupta, Executive Vice-President Supply Chain, Tata AutoComp Systems
• Umesh N, Vice-President, Industrial Equipment Division, Bosch India
• T Giriprasad, Vice-President, Rane (Madras)
11:00 - 13.00
SESSION 6ABody-in-white
· Welding – automation technologies
· Increasing flexibility through handling and
fixture design
· Laser-based welding solutions
• Moderator: Simon Duval Smith, Conference Chairman
• C. S. Gopalakrishnan, General Manager, Head of Department (Body Shop), Hyundai Motor India
• Oliver Müllerschoen, Head of Industry Management Automotive Powertrain and Alternative Drive Concepts, International Sales, Trumpf
• Thomas Hofmeister, Key Account/Engineering ManagerAsia, KUKA Systems Germany
• Raghuraj Deshpande, Assistant Manager, Sales, Engineering and Projects, KUKA Systems India
• Arvind Vasu, Managing Director, Kemppi India
SESSION 6BProduction control and IT
· Analytics transforming the value chain – information in action
· Sensors and controls – not just safety-critical
· Plant-wide optimisation through intelligent networks
• Moderator: Sundar Balu, Horner Automation
• Ajay Purohit, Technical Chief, Craftsmanship Tools & Rapid Proto, Engineering Research Center,
Tata Motors
• Sivaramakrishnan Narayanan, Partner – Emerging Solutions, IBM India
• Raffaello Lepratti, Head of Account Management Automotive Overseas, Siemens, Siemens
• Pradeep Kumar, Associate General Manager, Automotive Solutions,
Schneider Electric
• Kaoru Abe, Deputy Senior Manager, FA Global Solution Technical Dept, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
13.00 - 14:00
Lunch hosted by 
14.00 - 17.00
Session 7
Into the Future
Industry executives speak on their vision of the automotive India of tomorrow
• Moderator: Simon Duval Smith, Conference Chairman
• MM Singh, Chief Operating Officer (Production), Maruti Suzuki India
• Abhay S. Negavi, Managing Partner, Abhay Nevagi & Associates
• Dileep Naik, Head, Auto Projects and Production Engineering, Tata Motors
• Rajiv Bajaj, Principal, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants India
Followed by ask the executive
An exclusive opportunity to ask speakers about their presentations of the automotive manufacturing solutions for the India of tomorrow
AMS Siemens Thought Leadership Awards India 2012
Siemens will present three special awards at the end of the conference to speakers whose presentations are judged to have made the best contribution to the forum in the areas of:
* Environment
* Safety
* Innovation
These will be judged by the Conference & Session Chairmen – Simon Duval Smith, Conference Chairman and Nick Holt, Editor of AMS magazine – who will also take account of the speakers’ contributions to the Q&A/discussions after their presentations.