NHK Spring has signed an agreement to establish a company to manufacture and sell automotive seats in India with local parts makers Krishna Group and PSA Group’s Faurecia.

NHK F Krishna India Automotive Seating, owned 51% by the Japanese supplier, is scheduled to start production in December in Chennai in the state of Tamil Nadu, Kyodo News reported.

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The automotive seat company will be the NHK Spring’s third Indian unit. It has been making suspension and precision springs at its two existing operations on the subcontinent.

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