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		<title>India Manufacturing Surges in August</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent article in Automation World, freelance journalist Uday Lal Pai has put down some positive figures based on industrial output as of August 2009.  Manufacturing output is expected to be at 8% for the year ending March 2010 and Industrial Production (IIP) has grown 10.4% YOY as of August 2009 &#8211; the highest its [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://indiamfgtalk.com/?p=97</link>
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		<title>Government Plan for Auto Component Manufacturers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In what is perhaps the only whiff of this, The Financial Express ran this article on September 4th which I had completely missed out on.   What was interestingly pointed out was that the government was working out a scheme to help auto component manufacturers who largely come from the SME segment.  Some excerpts from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://indiamfgtalk.com/?p=92</link>
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		<title>Fiat India &#8211; 85% Localisation of Grande Punto</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a recent press release Fiat India announced that they are targeting 85% localisation of parts for their Grande Punto model by 2009.  Currently the Fiat claims to have achieved localisation of 60%.   The 85% target would give Fiat room to leverage prices to aggressively sell the Punto.  The Grande Punto is currently priced between [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://indiamfgtalk.com/?p=88</link>
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		<title>Renault Nissan Oragadam Plans on track</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the wake of the recent news that Mahindra &#38; Mahindra would no longer be part of the Renault Nissan venture at Oragadam, local industry received reassuring news when Nissan confirmed that plans for the Oragadam plant were on track.  The plant which is spread over 640 acres is scheduled to be completed in May [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://indiamfgtalk.com/?p=83</link>
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		<title>GM India: An Optimistic Outlook</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the midst of news of GM filing for bankruptcy earlier this week it was a reassuring to see that GM India was cast as part of the new "good GM" and seen as a separate entity from its ailing parent.  This is good news for those in the GM India supply chain.  GM India for its part has to secure funds on its own since the bankruptcy.]]></description>
		<link>http://indiamfgtalk.com/?p=77</link>
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		<title>Opportunities for Manufacturing Still Abound</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The global recession has all but wiped out the exuberance of the manufacturing industries.  Nothing new to report here.  News all over the web and print medias focus endlessly on the agony being faced by the common man these days but the fact is that the manufacturing industries have been reeling long before.   Spiraling [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://indiamfgtalk.com/?p=72</link>
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		<title>Visionary Leaders for Manufacturing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent press release from the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) announced the launch of a pilot programme &#8211; designed under the CII Mission for Manufacturing Innovation &#8211; to develop Visionary Leadership in the SME segment.  Citing figures of 14% growth in the Indian manufacturing industry and the need to sustain this growth, the report [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://indiamfgtalk.com/?p=42</link>
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		<title>Engineering Services &amp; Manufacturing Prospects</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The long term prospects of manufacturing in India look bright in spite of the recent setbacks suffered due to the increase in oil and steel prices. Manufacturing industries have taken a hit in the recent months with thinning margins thanks to the rising cost of inputs. Interest rates tapered demand in the price sensitive domestic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://indiamfgtalk.com/?p=29</link>
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		<title>Rising Prices of Inputs Hamper Auto Component Manufacturing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The India manufacturing slump story has been in the news over the past few months as rising interest rates and fuel prices hit the auto industry making life difficult for auto majors and their suppliers. The auto component industry has been hit with rising steel costs, along with the deprecating dollar. Industry news reported negative [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://indiamfgtalk.com/?p=25</link>
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		<title>Interest Rates Torpedo Two Wheeler Mfg</title>
		<description><![CDATA[India&#8217;s two wheeler industry consisting of the motor cycle, scooter and &#8220;scooterette&#8221; segments has been hit by the rise in interest rates as sales have plummeted in the last few months. Sales figures of Bajaj Auto and TVS slid against market leader Hero Honda which as a result of this downturn widened it&#8217;s gap with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://indiamfgtalk.com/?p=23</link>
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