It has taken a long time for India's components industry to reach a point where it is being taken seriously. Years of negative, restricted economic planning meant there was a lot of ground to make up once the Indian auto industry was deregulated in the 1990s.

Since then, an influx of overseas technology and know-how has provided the impetus for improvements in quality and productivity, to a point where many global companies now view India more favorably than China as a source point for components.

It seems that global Tier 1s are increasingly confident about India's ability to build more complex parts, and are relocating more complicated systems work to India rather than simply building basic parts there.

So, with India's position and influence in the global auto industry set to keep on growing, just-auto has decided to publish its timely, first edition of the Indian components report.

Use this report to discover which manufacturers are shifting operations to India, who the top component companies in India are, and what they produce, plus what the future holds for this important emerging market.

Chapter 1: Background and brief history of the Indian automotive sector

Chapter 2: Component supply structure and characteristics - This extensive chapter looks at the geographical distribution of the supplier sector, the arrival in India of major global Tier 1 components suppliers, and new Government initiatives, such as the Automotive Mission Plan (AMP) and the National Automotive Testing and R&D Infrastructure Project (NATRIP).
It also includes commentary on the technological strengths and productivity improvements in Indian engineering sector.
Major components companies are increasingly looking to relocate operations to India, and the report talks about various mergers and acquisitions, such as Webasto Motherson, and Vege Europe.
Comments from key executives, such as Hemant Luthra, president of Mahindra's Systech auto parts unit, Amit Kalyani, executive director of Bharat Forge and
chairman and managing director or Sona Koyo, Dr Surinder Kapur are also included throughout, along with forecasts to 2014 for Indian components industry growth, and industry exports.

Chapter 3: Indian-owned components companies - According to a 2006 Dun & Bradstreet report, India's top 500 companies, 2006, there were 22 Indian-owned automotive component companies within the Top 500 companies in India. In this chapter we take a look at some of the leading Indian components companies, and provide information on overseas operations and acquisitions, focusing on Bharat Forge, Mahindra & Mahindra, Suprajit Engineering, Continental Engines and Autoline Industries Ltd.
We also include a case study on Tata Autocomp Systems, with comments from managing director D.S. Gupta.

Chapter 4: Sourcing - There is plenty of scope for growth within the Indian auto industry as a source point for global auto manufacturers. This chapter provides information on manufacturer sourcing strategies, current sourcing policies and specific manufacturer sourcing initiatives for some of the major manufacturers, namely Toyota, Ford, BMW, Renault Nissan, General Motors, Fiat, Daimler Chrysler, Honda, Hyundai, PSA Peugeot Citroën, Volvo Truck and MAN.

Chapter 5: Recent activity by major global Tier 1 suppliers in India - We provide an overview of the investments, mergers and acquisitions and subsidiaries, along with comments from executives for the major suppliers, namely: Bosch, Delphi, Visteon, Eaton, Hitachi, Modine Manufacturing, Pierburg, Mann+Hummel Filter Private Limited, Mando Corp, Valeo and GKN Driveline.

Chapter 6: Conclusions

This report is also available as a Intelligence Set. This is a value for money bundle that consists of the report, plus manufacturer or supplier profiles.

Chapter 1 Background and brief history of the Indian automotive sector
Planned economy leads to a stagnant sector
Development of the components industry
Policy changes in the 1980s
Maruti: How the Indian ‘people’s car’ stimulated the market
Maruti’s role in stimulating the components sector
1990s recession strengthens Maruti’s hand
De-licensing opens the doors to foreign investors
Recovery post-Asian economic crisis
Components industry performance post-de-licensing

Chapter 2 Component supply structure and characteristics
Current industry size and value
Components sector extremely fragmented
Geographical distribution of the supplier sector
Chennai and the south
Delhi and the north
Mumbai-Pune-Nashik – ‘the golden triangle’
Special economic zones
Broad spread of component production
Tier 1 suppliers enter the Indian market
‘Tierisation’
Technological strengths of Indian engineering sector
Government initiatives
AMP – The Indian government’s ten-year auto industry plan.
Organised sector increasingly focusing on replacement market
Exports drive 21st century growth of the components sector
Quality levels on the rise
Productivity improvements
Increasing quality means higher-value components to be produced in India
Major components companies relocating operations to India

Chapter 3 Indian-owned components companies
Case study – India’s own Tier 1 giant: Tata Autocomp Systems
Indian components companies’ overseas acquisitions
Bharat Forge
Mahindra & Mahindra
Suprajit Engineering
Continental Engines
Autoline Industries Ltd

Chapter 4 Sourcing
Manufacturer sourcing strategies
Current sourcing policies
Manufacturers reducing their supplier bases
Specific manufacturer sourcing initiatives
Toyota
Ford
BMW
Renault Nissan
General Motors
Fiat
DaimlerChrysler
Honda
Hyundai
PSA Peugeot Citroën
Volvo Truck
MAN

Chapter 5 Recent activity by major global Tier 1 suppliers in India
Bosch
Delphi
Visteon
Eaton
Hitachi
Modine Manufacturing
Pierburg
Mann+Hummel Filter Private Limited
Mando Corp
Valeo
GKN Driveline

Chapter 6 Conclusions

List of figures
Figure 1: Indian components industry growth, 1997-2014 (US$bn)
Figure 2: Indian components industry exports, 1997-2014 (US$bn)
Figure 3: Indian components exports by region, 2006 (%)

List of tables
Table 1: Vehicles permitted to be produced in India from 1957
Table 2: Indian components industry: breakdown by product group, 2006 (%)
Table 3: Major Tier 1 suppliers operating in the Indian market, 2007
Table 4: Leading Indian components companies, 2006 (INRm)
Table 5: Tata Autocomp Systems’ subsidiary companies in India, 2007
Table 6: Overseas acquisitions by Indian component manufacturers since 2000 (US$m)