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Wabco, a leading global player in safety and control systems in trucks and buses, sees emerging opportunities for safety systems in commercial vehicles in India.
“India is the second pillar of global source of value for Wabco group. We are giving significant amount of focus to this market. It is the production hub for brake actuators and a key production base for a list of products. ,” says Jacques Esculier, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Wabco Holdings while showcasing electronic stability control technology for trucks and buses at company’s test track near Chennai.
With about 4400 employees, Wabco India accounts for one third of Wabco’s global workforce and the number continues to grow. Also, Wabco Group’s one-third engineers (more than 500) are sitting in India and are involved in design and development of every product and system.
Sourcing from India has been growing and last year it amounted to ₹550 crore. The present capacity is about 45,000 systems a month and the current capacity utilisation level is about 85 per cent, said P Kaniappan, Managing Director of the ₹2103-crore Wabco India.
Wabco India, which is a leader in air braking systems market, has introduced its electronic stability control (ESCsmart) system for trucks and buses in the country.
Vehicle stability ESCsmart system, which comes as an add-on for pneumatic ABS, is an active safety system and will keep the vehicle stable during critical driving manoeuvres by selective intervention on brakes and engines. With its automatic intervention, the system is expected to reduce the likelihood of accidents, particularly associated with roll-over and skidding.
Tata Motors has decided to deploy ESCsmart system across its Prima range of medium and heavy duty trucks.
“Accident prevention is major part of this stability control system,” said Kaniappan.
Trucks, buses and multi-axle vehicles account for little less than a third of road accidents in India and about 84 per cent of accidents happen due to loss of control.
Electronic stability control system has been adopted long time ago in Europe. Many countries, including India, are thinking of making it mandatory for trucks in their countries.
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