In the Asia Pacific region, Eaton's Vehicle Group has three plants in India, four in China and one plant each in Korea and Australia. It also runs one JV plant with the Fast Group in China and four JV plants with Nittan in APAC.
With this well spread out and strategically located foot print, the Group endeavours to bring in products that are most suitable for a local market.
Amongst all of Group's manufacturing plants in APAC, only two plants have bagged what is called the ‘Premier Status' and the Ranjangaon plant is one of them. Krishnakumar Srinivasan, President Asia-Pacific, Vehicle Group, Eaton, who is extremely proud of this plant, explains that achieving this status is a Herculean task within Eaton.
"Actually, we have a very structured and rigorous methodology of assessing our plant performance called the Eaton Business System (EBS). The EBS focuses on key areas like planning, growth, operational excellence, functional excellence, assessment and learning," says KK, as he is fondly called.
The three plants in India including the Ranjangaon plant contribute about 15 percent to the overall APAC Vehicle Group business. KK notes that the Group has grown quite substantially over the last three years. "Business is growing and we see a lot of opportunities now for bringing new products," he adds.
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Company: Eaton Plant Head: Balachandran Varadhrajan Location: Ranjangaon, Maharashtra, India Key products manufactured: At the Ranjangaon plant, Eaton manufactures two main categories of products; commercial vehicle transmissions and components thereof - gears and shafts. The target market for Eaton's Vehicle Group offerings are Heavy and Medium duty commercial vehicles. There are different product series and models under each category. Currently, at the Ranjangaon plant, Eaton manufactures 6 and 9 speed transmissions (Manual, AMT and Hybrid versions) for medium duty and heavy duty markets. Operational since: 2008 |
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