Continental AG has expanded its manufacturing and validation competence in India. As part of its powertrain division, a new test and validation lab for fuel supply systems at its Bangalore development centre and two product lines for fuel rail assembly and in-tank fuel pumps are being inaugurated at the Pune facility. The lab and the two new product lines are part of Continental’s proposed goal of achieving the highest degree of localisation across the value chain. The new lines added at the Pune plant will have the capacity of producing 1 million additional units of fuel rail Injectors and fuel pumps of different range. The test and validation lab will ensure local testing infrastructure and competence.

According to Joerg Laatsch, head of Business Unit Engines Systems India “The localisation of the Fuel Rail Assembly is a further milestone in coming closer to complete localised gasoline EMS and support our strategy to serve our customers directly here in India”. Dr. Markus Distelhoff, Executive Vice President, Business Unit, Fuel Supply at Continental AG says: We have been working on the Indianisation of these solutions tailor made for Indian OEMs over the past few years. Continental is banking on its localisation strategy to grow its business in developing markets.