The Hindu : SIAM, ACMA tie-up with world body

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Thursday, Jan 22, 2004

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SIAM, ACMA tie-up with world body

By Our Special Correspondent

CHENNAI, JAN. 21. The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International has entered into a memorandum of understanding with SIAM (Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers) and ACMA (Automobile Component Manufacturers Association) to facilitate improved Indian participation at the annual Detroit Congress organised by the former.

Addressing a press conference here today, Jack E. Thompson, President of SAE, said the MoU "is a starting point" and hoped that it would trigger host of opportunities for the Indian industry, in general, and engineers, in particular, to access the knowledge base of experts in the U.S.

The annual Detroit Congress, he said, could provide an opportunity for the Indian automobile industry to showcase their capabilities to the world at large. Mr. Thompson said SAE was primarily involved in writing standards. Further, it was also concerned with the provision of continuous training to engineers to help them stay current. The SAE President said no one would like to pay extra for anything different if his/her needs were the same. Hence, the need for standards, he pointed out. The SAE team, which is in India for sometime now, was impressed by the interest shown by the local industry and individuals in the growth of SAE (India), amongst the only two affiliates of SAE International.

Quizzed if the thrust was moving from emission to safety norms in the automotive industry, Mr. Thompson said lot more work remained to be finished on the emission front. He felt that India could employ most of the safety systems prevalent in the west once the market was able to support them. After all, India had good engineering talent and it knew to deploy these, he pointed out.

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