The Visakhapatnam-based Synergies Dooray Automotive Ltd, an aluminum alloy wheel manufacturer, has successfully delivered to the production line of Ford-Germany 100,000 wheels for their Ford Mondeo car, the current raze in the European car market, which is being assembled at the Ford plant in Genk, Belgium.
The first 1 lakh wheels is part of an order to supply 3 lakh wheels per year, valued at around $8 million from Ford Germany.
Synergies will also be supplying another 3 lakh wheels per year for the new generation Ford Mondeo car scheduled for launch in June 2003. All the wheels are of 16 inches diameter.
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Synergies had been suppliers to Ford - India for some time, but the German-Ford order places them on the global automotive components map.
A Company spokesperson said that a unique feature of the German order was that Synergies could compress the entire testing and development cycle from the usual 18-24 months to 6 months , from order to delivery.
And, in the process, became the first Indian company to be qualified by Ford - Europe as a