Bosch Limited, the flagship company of Bosch Group in India, plans to commission its unit in Tata Motors' Vendors Park in Sanand, near Ahmedabad, by October 2009. The auto component company is planning to be on schedule with its supply to Tata Motors' Nano.
"Tata Motors have asked us to supply components for Nano atleast by October this year and we have to be on schedule with them. Therefore, we plan to commission our Vendor Park unit in Sanand by that time atleast," said a company spokesperson.
Recently, Tata Motors met its component suppliers on at the Sanand plant in Gujarat in order to allot suppliers land in the vendor park and also show them progress at the plant. Tata Motors is expected to provide land to about 60 of the key Nano suppliers who will be located in the plant premises.
Among several products, Bosch Limited would be supplying brake solutions, fuel injectiion systems, electronic control unit (ECU), starter motor and generator to Nano. Its braking systems comprises a tandem master cylinder (TMC) and four drum brakes. "The Vendor park in Sanand will be commissioned for break assembly and will not be manufacturing fuel injection system. Fuel injection systems is manufactured in Bangalore," the spokesperson said, refusing to divulge investment details of the project.
Meanwhile, for the Nano gasoline variant, Bosch has also developed a state-of-the-art gasoline engine management system which may be supplied from the Sanand unit.
According to the company spokesperson, the components have been developed in the low cost and high fuel efficiency requirements of Tata Motors in mind.
Tata Motors aims to roll out Nano from Sanand mother plant by early 2010.
