Recent Articles Published by Brian De Souza
'Our vision is to reduce road fatalities by offering customised safety products for the Indian auto market.'

By Brian de Souza calendar06 Aug 2014

Dr Steffen Berns, Bosch Ltd’s MD and president, Bosch Group India, speaks to Brian de Souza on safety products, afterm...

Lear Auto India in the driver's seat

By Brian de Souza calendar30 Jul 2014

With key business from M&M, Nissan and Ford, Lear India is positioned comfortably in seating systems even as it plans ...

Honda bets big on Tier 1, 2 cities for Mobilio sales in India

By Brian de Souza calendar25 Jul 2014

Honda Cars India hopes to sell between 3,000-5000 units of the Mobilio, the seven-seater MPV that it launched in Mumba...

Brazil’s not only about football – it’s also BRTS and ethanol

By Brian de Souza calendar15 Jul 2014

The last goal has been scored in the FIFA World Cup 2014 and Germany has gone home the deserved winner and the BRICS S...

Gold Seal Group spreads its wings

By Brian de Souza calendar14 Jul 2014

Mumbai-based supplier that makes sealings and radiator hoses and has two JVs sealed its connect with OEMs over half-a-...

'With One Sourcing, we get economies of scale, which enables us to get a handle on costs. And suppliers have a single point of contact.'

By Brian de Souza calendar14 Jul 2014

Hemant Sikka, M&M’s chief purchase officer, on the new ‘One Sourcing’ policy, working with SsangYong and the challenge...

Wagon R springs a surprise in Maruti’s June tally

By Brian de Souza calendar10 Jul 2014

Buyers made a beeline to passenger car showrooms ahead of the expiry of the reduced excise duty regime (in end-June) w...

India’s auto industry welcomes FY15 Budget’s GST intent, infrastructure vision

By Shobha Mathur & Brian de Souza calendar10 Jul 2014

The Indian automotive industry has given the thumbs up to the Union Budget 2014-15 announced by finance minister Arun ...

Rail Budget signals FDI, private-public partnerships

By Brian de Souza calendar08 Jul 2014

Announcing the Narendra Modi government’s first Railway Budget, Union railway minister DV Sadananada Gowda said he pla...

Tata Motors says growth in H1, FY2014 will remain subdued, awaits infrastructure boost

By Brian de Souza calendar04 Jul 2014

Tata Motors has said that growth in the first half of 2014-15 is unlikely to be much different from that in the last f...