UBM India's Premiere Conference for the Automotive Sector

CHENNAI, India, October 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

Automotive manufacturing in India is going through some exciting times with new product launches and challenging times with the rise in fuel prices while facing a global economic slowdown. In this scenario, the top priority for leading OEMs is cost-effective manufacturing, implementing best quality control techniques that will drive down manufacturing costs, yet at the same time ensure high quality and on-time delivery of vehicles.

Throwing light on these issues, UBM India has organised Automotive Manufacturing India 2012 - a three day strategic forum taking place from 20-22 November in Chennai, India, which will bring together Vice Presidents, Directors, General Managers and Heads of Manufacturing, Production, Plant, Engineering, Quality, Operations across all the leading OEMs and spare parts suppliers.

This event will talk about the latest cost-effective manufacturing and production techniques and solutions to challenges surrounding production capacity management, inventory management, quality control and energy management. Alongside, it will also feature workshops on lean manufacturing, production costing and robotics. An interactive plant visit to Ashok Leyland's Ennore plant will take place on 20 November.

This event will feature the industry's top speakers such as Sridhar Balaji, Director, Plant and Manufacturing Operations, Ashok Leyland; Sarangarajan T, Vice President, Production, Hyundai Motors India; Rajiv Gandhi, Chief General Manager, Production, Maruti; Devarajan Subramanian, Senior Vice President, Production and Engineering, TVS Motors; Umesh Joshi, General Manager, Energy, Power and Sustainability, Mahindra and Mahindra amongst others who will discuss pressing issues in the automotive sector. Visit http://www.automotivemanufacturing-india.com/pr for more information.

About UBM India: UBM India is a subsidiary of UBM plc, which is the second largest independent exhibition organiser in the world. It is the largest trade exhibition organiser in India, responsible for 26 exhibitions in different locations across the country. The company is also involved in the organisation of conference programmes throughout India and in the publications of trade journals and magazines. For further details please visit the UBM India website, http://www.ubmindia.in

Contact:
Shwetha Prabhu
+91(022)4046-1466
conferences-india@ubm.com