DuPont India has opened an innovation centre at Pune to address the needs of the automotive segment with a special focus on six key areas. This is the fourth such centre set up by the company in the Asia Pacific region.

The Pune Centre will operate as an interface between auto OEM clients in India and 9500 scientists and experts at DuPont’s 100 R&D Centres across the globe to provide solutions to help make automobiles faster, lighter, safer and more fuel efficient.

Pune’s emergence as an important auto hub where significant milestones have been created influenced the choice for locating the new centre here, Mr Balvinder Singh Kalsi, President, South Asia, DuPont said. It will help develop solutions that re both new to India and new to DuPont, he said adding “We can then take it to global markets.”

Amongst the other roles the Centre will fulfil will be to identify need and market trends, develop innovative solutions and speed up their delivery to the market place, he said. The areas it will address are sustainability, lightweight, improved performance, alternate drive, safety and comfort.

Ms Diane Gulyas, President, DuPont performance polymers said that the Innovation Centre will be a world ‘collaboratory’ where people can come together for brainstorming and connecting with DuPont’s experts across the globe for solutions.

Globally, one-fifth of DuPont’s business comes from the auto sector and this is expected to grow by multiples of three or four over the next few years, Mr Kalsi said.

DuPont India is a wholly owned subsidiary of US-based E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company. It has six production facilities at three locations and a knowledge Centre in Hyderabad.

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