28th
September 2009 - ArvinMeritor
Expands Engineering Expertise with New Technical Center in India
Offers Advanced
Product Design & Development, Computer-Aided Engineering and
Benchmarking and Testing Capabilities
At an event
held today in Bangalore, India, ArvinMeritor officially opened a new
technical center which will lead the company’s advanced product
development initiatives for its broad portfolio of axles and brakes for
commercial and other vehicle applications in Asia Pacific, and will
support the company’s engineering needs in North America, South America
and Europe.
“Growth in
Asia Pacific, particularly India and China, is a key component of our
business strategy,” said Tim Bowes, ArvinMeritor’s vice president and
managing director for Asia Pacific. “To support the growth we have
planned in this region, we identified the need to increase the size of
our engineering footprint in India – which was established more than ten
years ago. This new engineering center accelerates our ability to
provide advanced product solutions for on- and off-highway, bus and
coach, military and other industrial applications.”
The company
hosted customers and suppliers today – including guest speakers Baba
Kalyani, chairman and managing director, Bharat Forge Limited, and Kevin
Thieneman, India Country Manager, Caterpillar Asia – at a grand opening
ceremony that included a tour of the facility which highlighted the
center’s engineering capabilities, specifically:
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Product Design
and Development including design optimization and value
engineering |
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Computer-Aided
Engineering (CAE) including finite element modeling and
analysis |
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Benchmarking
and Testing area that will house dynamometer rigs for axles
and brakes, road load data acquisition and hydraulic rigs
for vertical fatigue and side skid |
The Bangalore
Technical Center occupies approximately 16,000 sq. ft. of office space,
with an additional 4000 sq. ft. dedicated to a test lab. Approximately
100 employees will be employed at the facility, which will be a critical
element in the company’s global engineering network that also includes
R&D labs in Troy, U.S.; Cameri, Italy; and Cwmbran, U.K.
About
ArvinMeritor
ArvinMeritor,
Inc. is a premier global supplier of a broad range of integrated
systems, modules and components to original equipment manufacturers and
the aftermarket for the transportation and industrial sectors. The
company marks its centennial anniversary in 2009, celebrating a long
history of 'forward thinking.' The company serves commercial truck,
trailer and specialty original equipment manufacturers and certain
aftermarkets, and light vehicle manufacturers. ArvinMeritor common stock
is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol ARM.
Source:
ArvinMeritor Press Release