Ng says positive trends in Indian auto industry gives strong investment confidence
French origin industrial heavyweight SGS has opened a greenfield laboratory for quality testing of automotive components in Pune, offering a range of advanced testing services.
SGS has plans for facility expansion.
“The positive growth trend that we witness in the Indian automotive industry gives us strong confidence in investing towards capacity and capability enhancements of our automotive testing laboratory in India,” said Frankie Ng, CEO SGS Group.
“These capabilities combined with our strong global network and knowledge pool would support manufacturers and deliver automobiles that conform to defined standards and which create trust in the mind of the customers,” he said on 7 Nov 2022, announcing the lab opening.
“The progressive industrial ecosystem in Pune has yielded this great opportunity for SGS to setup and achieve our greenfield project in the heart of this industrial hub,” added Shashibhushan Jogani, Managing Director – SGS India and sub-region manager for Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka.
“This state-of-the-art facility with capability to handle high-end testing and high capacities would support the industry with advanced services, some of which are clearly the best and the most advanced in the automotive industry.”
“This new facility with expanded capacity and new capabilities will help the Indian automotive industry and their supply-chains to avail world-class technology and expertise locally, thus reducing development time and cost,” elaborated Dipjyoti Banerjee, Executive Director – SGS India.
“We continue to support the industry through timely introduction of latest technologies and back that up with transfer of knowledge and expertise from our vast global network.”
Built over 2.2 acres of land, the facility deploys digitization and process automation at various stages to offer fast and accurate results.
Some of its capabilities, such as complete automation for Device Under Test (DUT) and sample monitoring via digital, analog or video format, make it the only automotive laboratory in India to offer such a facility.
The laboratory can handle all JASO, ISO, CISPR, IEC Indian standards and global OEM specifications.
In line with SGS’s commitment to its sustainability ambitions, this laboratory has set in place several good practices towards sustainability.
These include:
Construction material have been carefully chosen to align with Green Building guidelines.
Complete rainwater harvesting system deployed at the site.
Rooftop solar plant with a capacity of 340 kWp.
Food wastage is composted and used as fertilizer for the gardens.
EV charging ports installed within the premises to encourage use of green vehicles by employees as well as customers.
SGS was founded in 1878 in Rouen, France. fiinews.com
