Rane TRW Steering Systems Pvt Ltd, a joint venture between Rane Group and ZF Group, has started a new facility for occupant safety systems at Tiruchirapalli (Trichy), Tamil Nadu.
The facility is located on the Trichy-Chennai national highway, 40 km from Trichy and 300 km from Chennai, and it would add capacity to localise laser cutting of fabrics and airbag cushion manufacturing for its own use and also exports.
The company has invested around Rs 400 million in the new facility. Its initial capacity would be around 500,000 airbag modules per annum and one million seat belt units per annum.