TKML-TAGMA Tech Show

January 2023

Localisation Is One Of The Latest Trends In The Automotive Sector In India. To Reduce Cost And Lead Time, Several Automotive OEMs Are Looking For Local Vendors Who Can Match Their Quality And Provide Timely Delivery. However, Automotive OEMs And Tool Suppliers Need A Platform To Come Together And Understand Each Other’s Requirement. Keeping This In Mind, TAGMA And Toyota Kirloskar Motors (TKM) Came Together To Organise Tooling Tech 2018, An Event For All The Stake Holders Of The Eco-System To Put Across Their Expectations.

The business dynamics of every economy and market keeps evolving continuously as large number of manufacturers enter the market, thereby enhancing competition and raising the standards. The intense competitive environment calls for a networking platform that not only connects the buyer and seller but also seals envious business deals. In such a scenario, a trade fair offers all the promotional benefits that a manufacturer looks forward to. In this regard, TAGMA along with TKML organised Tooling Tech Show 2018 on December 20, 2018 at Toyota Kirloskar Motors’ Bidadi facility. Toyota one of the major automotive players is now looking for domestic suppliers who can meet their quality standard, reduce lead time and provide them cost competitiveness. At the same time TAGMA is working hard to reach out to maximum number of OEMs to showcase the capabilities of the Indian tool rooms. TAGMA and Toyota came together to organise event that witnessed 32 tooling suppliers sharing their capabilities with Toyota group companies such as Toyota Motors, Toyota Boshoku Automotive India, Toyotetsu India, among others and its Tier-I suppliers such as BOSCH, DENSO, JTEKET, etc

Group Photo of TAGMA Members

Hideaki Nakamura

Venkat Krishnan R

DK Sharma

The Event started with an opening speech by Venkat Krishnan R, General Manager – Purchase Division, Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt Ltd. He thanked TAGMA on behalf of Toyota group for helping them organise the event. “I thank TAGMA for bringing tooling suppliers from various part of the country at one place. We welcome all TAGMA members, tooling suppliers and other dignitaries for this unique Tooling Tech Show.”

The date was finalized and communication started through TAGMA Secretariat to TAGMA members. The mode of selection of the suppliers inviting to the tech show was purely the decision of Volkswagen management and TAGMA facilitated the activities to make it successful.

Further, during his presentation, he highlighted the current trend in the Indian automotive industry, demand drivers and challenges. He said, “The Indian automotive industry is growing rapidly and has become very demanding. As the purchasing power of Indians is getting better, they are looking for cost effective, reliable and safer options. Additionally, new technologies such as hybrid vehicles, electric vehicles and government regulations for safety and emission will drastically change the future outlook of the Indian automotive industry. With such kind of changes, cost competitiveness becomes the key.”

Toyota sources most of its tooling requirement from Taiwan, South Korea and China, however they are aggressively looking for Indian suppliers. “Over the years we have realised that the Indian tooling suppliers have grown and may be this is the right time to explore the Indian tools rooms. I am looking forward to have some interesting interactions with companies present here today,” Venkat added

As the opening ceremony progressed, everyone present there received great insights about the current market scenario of the Indian tooling industry through a presentation by DK Sharma, President, TAGMA. He also thanked Toyota for this unique initiative and assured, on behalf of Indian tooling fraternity, that India is ready to fulfil the quality requirement set by Toyota.

He said, “I would like to thank Toyota for helping us organise this extremely important event and giving us this opportunity to showcase our capabilities. Also, with the presentation from Toyota professionals I could understand that the world is looking at us, OEMs are ready to give us opportunities. We, tool makers, should celebrate this occasion and gear up for the exciting time ahead.” In his presentation, he also shared about the activities of TAGMA and invited Toyota members for the upcoming International Tooling Summit 2019 to be held in Pune on February 7-8, 2019.

Further, during the opening ceremony three tool rooms -- Nagata India, Sridevi Tool Engineers and Godrej & Boyce Mfg - Tooling Division; were given an opportunity to present their services and capabilities to the audience.

The opening ceremony was followed by a ribbon cutting ceremony and visit to the stalls by Toyota fraternity. Over 30 tier-I suppliers of Toyota visited the event. Some of them include Adient India Pvt Ltd, Aditya Auto Products & Engg. (I) Private Limited,Bosch Chassis Systems India Limited, Denso Kirloskar Industries Private Limited, Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies India Private Limited, Gabriel India Limited, JBM Ogihara Automotive India Limited, JTEKT Sona Automotive India Limited, Lumax Industries Limited, Minda Industries Limited - Lighting Division, Motherson Automotive Technologies & Engineering, TATA AUTOCOMP SYSTEMS LTD INTERIOR & PLASTICS DIV, Tokai Rika Minda India Private Limited, Toyota Boshoku Automotive India Private Limited, Toyotetsu India Auto Parts Private Limited, Toyotetsu India Private Limited, Tractor and Farm Equipment Limited- EPD and Yorozu JBM Automotive Tamil Nadu Pvt Ltd, among others.

The exhibitors used this platform to showcase their latest product offerings before esteemed customers and visitors present at the event. The participants, exhibitors and visitors, shared that the rapid growth of the Indian automotive industry will further propel localisation in the country, making it necessary for the tool suppliers to be abreast with the current market demand. Besides being extremely effective, the expo provided participants a cost-effective means to promote their products on a wider platform to a serious set of buyers.

President's Message

The Indian tooling industry is growing rapidly with constant double digit growth predicted for the next few years. With companies such as Toyota aiming to significantly increase sourcing from Indian suppliers, the demand for high-end tooling is set to further increase. It was an eye opener for us tool makers to know about the sourcing plans of Toyota. One of the world's largest automotive companies has clearly stated that they are going to significantly increase their sourcing from India. Now the ball is in our court, we need to act now and upgrade ourselves to be prepared for the future requirements. I thank Mr Venkat, Mr Nakamura, Mr Raju and their entire team who worked hard to make this event a reality. In spite of all the challenges in the country, I would say, companies are investing in the latest technologies, upgrading infrastructure, and working on skill development. Also, the world is looking at us to explore business opportunities. Recently, we signed an agreement with Canadian Mould Makers Association (CAMM) to explore Trade, Technology and Investment between India and Canada. We all must embrace this positive change and act accordingly. We should all celebrate this occasion and make the best of it.

DK Sharma , President

Exhibitor's Views

I would like to thank and appreciate the effort put in by TAGMA and Toyota. It gives us a platform to showcase our capabilities and learn about opportunities. Countries such as Taiwan, South Korea have excellent cluster approach, means a tool room may not necessarily do everything in-house but have small vendor base who support them in many activities such as roughing, heat treatment, etc. India needs such cluster approach. I believe with such events tool makers will come close and such a cluster could become a reality soon. I would definitely like to participate in such events in the future.

Rajeev Paal Gupta,

Group COO, CAPARO

This is the first time we are participating in such an event where customers are directly coming to us and charting out their expectations. This way we can learn about their expectations and upgrade ourselves and venture out towards new possibilities. We met about 10 different companies since morning and had detailed discussions about their requirements. I think, TAGMA has done an excellent job by organising this event. Such events also help us know fellow suppliers and their capabilities to explore synergies together.

GV Rangaraju,

Vice President - Tool Engineering, Autoline Industries Ltd

Any event is successful when all the players in the eco-system are present under one roof and here we have OEMs, tier-I suppliers and tooling providers discussing about the requirement, capabilities and exchanging information. There are professionals from Toyota Europe, Toyota Africa, etc. I would say we could generate some good leads and make good contacts.

Anil S Patil,

Director - Technical, Reliable Autotech Pvt Ltd

This is an excellent event to understand the expectation from the customers, showcase our capabilities and explore business opportunities. It is beneficial for both, as we can work together, learn from each other and generate more business, thus supporting the Make in India campaign. We are already supplying some parts to Toyota and are well aware about their quality expectations, however this event was sort of an eye opener for us to understand the future dynamics such as green vehicles and EVs. The event was also helpful in providing us the much needed exposure regarding the customer expectations by keeping all the stake holders such as tooling suppliers, tier-l suppliers and OEMs under one roof. I would say TAGMA is doing an excellent job and acting as the marketing department of the Indian tooling suppliers, and also providing us such a fruitful platform.

KR Balasubramanya,

AGM - Design & Development, Prabha Industries

Very good initiative of TAGMA as we are able to have direct interactions with OEM and their Tier-I suppliers. Unlike other exhibitions, this is very unique platform as its focussed and subject specific. Whether we get business or not but the discussion we are having with visitors is like an eye opener for us as we could understand the kind of quality requirement an OEM and its suppliers are having.

Rahul Shah,

Director, Bharat Technoplast Pvt Ltd

This is an extremely good event organised by TAGMA jointly with Toyota. The whole arrangement is very professional. Usually its very difficult to meet the right people from OEMs and Tier-I suppliers, but here the arrangement is such that they are visiting our stalls, discussing about our capabilities and sharing their experiences. I could not have asked for more. I have received very good leads and hope to convert the same into business.

N Arumugam,

Managing Director, Karthigeya Mould & Dies Pvt Ltd

Participants at TKML-TAGMA Tech Show

Exhibitor from Stamping category
S.no	Tool Maker
1	Autoline Industries Limited
2	Caparo Engg India Pvt Ltd
3	Classic Moulds & Dies
4	Galaxy Tooling
5	Godrej & Boyce Mfg Co.Ltd - Tooling Division
6	Horizone Industrial Products Pvt Ltd
7	IHTM
8	JBM Auto Limited
9	Nagata India Pvt Ltd
10	Prabha Industries
11	Reliable Autotech Pvt Ltd
12	Richcam Auto Engineering (l) Pvt Ltd
13	Jyoti Tooling & Press Components
14	Planetto Tooltech Pvt Ltd

Exhibitor from Resin category
S.no	Tool Maker
1	Abhijeet Dies & Tools Pvt Ltd
2	Bharath TechnoPlast Private Limited
3	Cam Tools
4	Craftman Automation Limited
5	CTM Inida Ltd
6	Daxter Tools
7	Devu Tools Pvt Ltd
8	Elin Electronics Limited
9	Basis Mold Inida Pvt Ltd
10	Lakshmi Designer
11	Mastercraft Engineers Pvt Ltd
12	Mutual Engineering Pvt Ltd
13	Renata Precision Components Pvt Ltd
14	Sridevi Tool Engineers Pvt Ltd
15	Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited
16	Vem Tooling (India) Private Limited
17	Clastek Engineering Pvt Ltd
18	Karthigeya Moulds & Dies Pvt Ltd