BorgWarner to outsource from India

By agencies   |   Wednesday, 16 March 2005, 20:30 IST
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PUNE: The $3 billion engine and drive train components manufacturer BorgWarner is looking at sourcing more business from India. The outsourcing includes both its core area of manufacture and in the services field. The company has decided to get additional $1.4 billion new business from India in the next two years. Cynthia Niekamp, president and general manager, BorgWarner TorqTansfer Systems BorgWarner's drive train group, said the company officials visited facilities of an Indian software company in Pune. The visit was part of their aim to source services from India. Borg Warner is looking at increasing its purchase from India. This is on the manufacturing side," Niekamp said, indicating that services, including software engineering design, would be additional. BorgWarner's top management in India, visiting joint venture and wholly owned subsidiaries. BorgWarner has a joint venture and a wholly owned subsidiary in Chennai and two joint venture companies in Pune. Divgi Warner, where BorgWarner holds a 60 percent stake, is a 10-year old JV while BorgWarner's global acquisition of the German company, Beru, has given it another JV in Pune. BW holds a 70 percent stake in that company.