On 14 July 2008, Continental, the international automotive supplier launched its new electronic manufacturing facility and R&D centre, near Electronic City, Bommasandra, Bangalore, with a total investment of Rs.220 crore.
The new facility will develop electronic components and all three Continental automotive electronics divisions - Chassis & Safety, Powertrain and Interior - will be produced. The new plant will manufacture instrument clusters for passenger cars, commercial vehicles and two-wheelers, immobilizers, engine management systems for diesel and gasoline engines, electronic control units for power assisted steering and body control units out of the interior division.
The company's R&D centre and manufacturing facility has a total built up area of 15,000 sq.mtrs. There are in total three surface mounting technology lines, four pre-assembly cells and sixteen back end cells. This manufacturing unit can accommodate 400 employees in the office area and the R&D centre can accommodate another 400 engineers.
Production at the unit has begun from May 2008, and the office and the R&D centre are expected to start from September 2008. |