Japanese firm Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. has established an office in Guragaon, India, to speed up business by locating engineering and sales operations closer to the head office of its main customer, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. These operations were previously situated at its subsidiary, Toyoda Gosei Minda India (TGMIN)”s head office in its Neemrana plant, where it produces airbags, steering wheels, weatherstrips and other products.
The new office, located in a suburb of Delhi, is a further step in localization of product development.
Together with this relocation, local development operations will be enhanced by increasing the number of employees and expanding facilities. By 2020 the number of engineering and sales employees will be increased to about 20 people.
Toyoda Gosei views India as an important market and is taking steps to enhance its production network there, including the scheduled start of operations of a new TGMIN Gujarat Plant in western India in October 2018. The company is targeting sales of 35 billion yen, over two times the current level, for all of India by 2025.