Marelli Motherson adds second Indian lighting plant

Marelli and Motherson have inaugurated a new automotive lighting plant in Sanand, Gujarat, the second facility in the area for their 50:50 joint venture, Marelli Motherson Lighting India. The plant is dedicated to exterior lighting systems for the passenger vehicle segment.

MMLI describes the facility as introducing several firsts to the Indian market. It manufactures single-piece lamps spanning the full width of a vehicle — up to nearly two metres — as well as the country’s slimmest headlamp modules at 17mm in height. High-tonnage injection moulding machines and specialised overhead cranes have been installed, the latter a first for an Indian lighting plant.

Configurations with adaptive driving beam, high-beam boost, and ambient lighting are available depending on customer specification. The plant incorporates rooftop solar and is pursuing additional green energy through open-access sourcing.

The opening brings Marelli’s Indian footprint to 16 production sites and three R&D centres. MMLI, which employs more than 4,500 people, operates eight plants across Pune, Sanand, Bawal, and Noida.

Source: Marelli