Lumax Cornaglia Auto Technologies (LCAT), a joint venture between Lumax Auto Technologies and Cornaglia, Italy, has expanded its operations in the country by opening a new manufacturing facility in Chakan, Pune.
The company manufacturers emission products for the automotive industry including – air filters, and fuel tanks, among others, for both two- and four-wheelers.
The new facility is spread across a total area of 250,000 sqft and a dedicated 7,000 sqft in-house R&D laboratory and is a one-stop solution for complete vehicle-level emission products requirement of automakers globally. An initial investment of over Rs 30 crore has been made by the company.
It employs over 200 people, including 30 highly skilled and experienced engineers, the facility aims to serve the emission products requirements of the Indian auto industry.
Lumax Cornaglia Auto Technologies’ facility is equipped with modern precision European machines for high-quality production for a diverse product range of air filtration system, snorkels, various blow moulded products like AdBlue tanks (Urea tanks), degassing tanks (expansion or coolant tank) etc. This plant for the first time will manufacture plastic fuel tanks for commercial vehicles. A unique and niche technology of 3D blow moulding products like hoses & ducts will also be manufactured here. All the products are in compliance with the CAFÉ and RDE norms.
LCAT has also entered the roto-moulding segment for manufacturing plastic fuel tanks, fenders, roofs, and mudguards along with design and development facilities.
It earlier had its manufacturing facility at Chakan with a smaller area of 32,000 sqft and in view of the increased business opportunities, the management decided to relocate the said facility to the above new and bigger facility.
The brownfield construction is eco-friendly thanks to solar panels, covering the roof, with a capacity of 990KV and water recycling. Besides sales, product management, research and development, laboratory, machining, and assembly, the brand-new site houses a large warehouse that is intended to serve JIT to our valued customers.
Anmol Jain, MD, Lumax Auto Technologies said, “LCAT has been active in the Indian auto sector since 2007 and it is gratifying to see a world-class facility being built in India to locally manufacture its emission and moulded product range. This investment represents the Group’s long-term commitment to its customers, employees, and business associates in the country.”
With this new facility, LCAT will enhance its current production capacity by almost 40%, in a phase-wise expansion.
Deepak Jain, Director, Lumax Auto Technologies said, “Our partnership with Cornaglia Group enters its 16th year and together we have been offering the world’s best technologies to the evolving Indian auto market. Strengthening our R&D base further, we intend to better support our customers.”
Pier Mario Cornaglia, CEO, Cornaglia Group, Italy said, “Our relationship with Lumax is like a marathon, strong and steady. We have witnessed growth and stability in the past years. The OEMs have shown encouraging interest in our product category, and we are looking for healthy traction in the years to come. This is a win-win partnership.”
Vikas Marwah, CEO, Lumax Auto Technologies said, “This new facility, perhaps, is the only Indian company establishment to have plastic moulding technologies inhouse all under one roof – injection, 2D blow, 3D blow and rotational moulding. We have become a one stop solution for complete vehicle level emission product requirements of any auto OEM.”
The company counts the likes of Tata Motors, Skoda Volkswagen India, Toyota India & Indonesia, Mahindra, Stellantis, MG Motors, SEAT, Skoda Czech, and VW Poland among its customers.
