The Design Centre will give a necessary fillip to the group’s expertise in optical and mechanical designing of automotive lamps, in addition to capitalising on the strategic advantage of Taiwan as an established and high quality, yet cost effective, destination for tooling.

In an exclusive interview N K Minda, Chairman & Managing Director of the company told Autocar Professional, “a mature Auto Lighting Industry and a vast and good quality supplier base, as well as proximity to China and Japan, makes Taiwan an ideal choice for establishing this centre.

This centre in Taiwan will make designing cost competitive, while ensuring faster turnaround times, which will help the company to service the Indian automobile market proactively by creating our own capability in Designing & Simulation.”

In addition, the Design Centre will act as an interface between Taiwan suppliers and program managers, while also sourcing new suppliers for design, simulation, tooling, fixtures, Special Purpose Machines, raw material and other parts.