Huf opens its first testing and requalification center in India
Huf, the German headquartered specialist for car access and authorization solutions, recently announced the inauguration of its new testing and requalification center in India at its plant in Chakan near Pune with local customers and employees. With the opening of TCIL (Technical Center India Laboratory), Huf expands its local engineering competence after the inauguration of the Technical Center India (TCI) in the Baner in Pune last year.
The new Laboratory will support the product development activities for the Asian market by testing and validating upcoming innovations but also highly frequented products like lock sets and door handles that Huf is already supplying to global car manufacturers. The new TCIL will also take care of the annual requalification requirements emerging from other Asian and other global Huf locations.
“In 2008 Huf opened its doors in Pune and very quickly became a well-known address for excellent access and authorization products,” said Dirk Fischer, COO of Huf, at the inauguration ceremony. “Today, Huf India is one of our flagship locations for lean management and sustainability. The team in India plays an important role in our Grow beyond strategy to increase our net sales in 2031 up to 2 billion Euros.”
“We are expanding our global network of testing and validation centers to meet the ever-increasing demand for our innovative products and fulfill the high expectations of our customers,” said Bogdan Nuna, CTO of Huf. “The new TCIL is the next milestone in our global set up of development teams to deliver innovation to customers when and where it is needed at reasonable prices, while retaining the leading position when it comes to product quality. With the TCI in Pune and the new TCIL in our plant in Chakan we have now a very good set-up to accelerate our business growth not only on in this important market but also in Asia and above.”
The TCIL is located in a new prepared area of more than 350 square meters with further expansion potential of additional 200 square meters in the Huf site in Chakan. Skilled test and validation engineers will work around the clock on the latest car door handles and locking solutions for Asian but also global customers.
“The TCIL complements perfectly our strategy of high vertical integration in India,” said Sandeep Chaudhary, Vice President, Huf India. “In Chakan we have the production competencies like die casting, molding, Robotic painting and assembly, and can now directly test and validate our products to supply top quality to our customers. Combined with the product development team located in the western part of Pune we offer high competencies in engineering and production.”
