Tata Technologies Supports Fisker Automotive Green EV Success with PLM Solutions Implementation, Training

Tata Technologies, a global leader in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), and Engineering Services Outsourcing (ESO) announced that it is providing PLM solutions implementation, and training in those solutions, to premium green automobile manufacturer Fisker Automotive, with the deployment of CATIA® and ENOVIA® from Dassault Systemes.

Fisker Automotive utilized CATIA for virtual design and ENOVIA for product data management and collaboration in the development of its Karma and Surf models.

"We are proud to have successfully delivered highly-stylized vehicles while achieving all our eco-requirements," said Mikael Elley, director of Fisker IT, in a public announcement earlier this month. "The standardized collaborative design methods enabled through CATIA and managed by ENOVIA SmarTeam help to save us time and money, as well as encourage innovation and sharing of labor among our globally-dispersed teams."

We are proud to have played a role in the successful launch of these unique eco-luxury vehicles," said Craig Radomski, Tata Technologies Vice President PS, NA. "With the successful launch of the Karma and Surf, Fisker has experienced the importance of a tightly integrated product development solution and we look forward to supporting the company as it goes forward in producing new designs."

Tata Technologies takes an all-inclusive approach to PLM by ensuring that its clients have access to the right people, tools, and skills required. Tata Technologies provides training, technology implementation, and professional services to perfectly align clients’ business objectives with project requirements. Tata Technologies professionals help clients create better products that benefit people.

CATIA and ENOVIA are registered trademarks of Dassault Systèmes or its subsidiaries in the US and other countries.

Tata Consultancy Services, in cooperation with SAP, launches AURA dealer business management service for automotive retailers

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS), a leading IT services, consulting and business solutions firm, in cooperation with SAP AG (NYSE: SAP), today, launched AURA Dealer Business Management (DBM) Golden Template, a new predefined service based on an innovative, business-ready and 'lean' model built for the auto retail sector.

AURA DBM Golden Template is a result of co-innovation and joint development efforts between TCS and SAP. The new AURA service has been built on the SAP® ERP and SAP Dealer Business Management applications. The service is offered in the form of a packaged implementation service that can help jumpstart business operations of auto retailers, and contains standard baseline functionality, best practices and end-to-end process scenarios for sales, service, parts business, finance, human resources and their related reports. As a fixed-cost service provided in a ready-to-deploy and out-of-the-box format, AURA reduces implementation time, provides an increased return on investment, and facilitates gradual, stage-wise customisation and change management.

"The last few years have seen the automotive retail ecosystem under intense pressure," said Milind Lakkad, head, manufacturing industry unit, TCS. "This service will provide dealers a new path to profitability and help the OEMs and channel providers differentiate their offerings and services in the market space. AURA weaves new business models built on a cutting-edge technology platform. Today there are over 100,000 automotive dealers worldwide, and the AURA solution, integrated with SAP solutions, will enable dealers and automotive OEMs to rapidly upgrade their business operating systems with contemporary best practices."

TCS has established a centre of excellence for dealer business management that will further drive the process of collaboration between TCS and SAP, to support and develop further innovations to this service to auto dealers and retailers.

"SAP Dealer Business Management leverages the power of the SAP Business Suite to increase value for automotive dealers by providing real-time visibility into the entire range of business operations - from customers to vehicles - at a lower, fixed cost," said Holger Masser, head, automotive industry business unit, SAP. "Automotive retail customers will benefit from the co-innovation between SAP and TCS that has resulted in the AURA DBM Golden Template built on SAP ERP and SAP Dealer Business Management. The use of this predefined service will help automotive retail dealers get up to speed quicker with a DBM that supports their end-to-end business process needs."

Tata Technologies Partners with Supermicro® to Provide Complete High Performance Computing Solutions for Product Engineering and the Mfg Industry

Tata Technologies, a global leader in Engineering Services, Outsourcing and Product Development IT, announces a partnership agreement with Supermicro® (NASDAQ: SMCI), a leading provider of high-performance, high-efficiency server technology innovation for Enterprise IT, Cloud Computing, HPC and Embedded Systems worldwide.

Tata Technologies will work closely with Supermicro to provide scalable and cost-effective solutions for PLM, Modeling, and Simulation to meet the demand for faster, more complex product engineering support within the manufacturing industry. With development cycles shrinking and time-to-market driving business opportunity, implementing systems that enhance, streamline and automate engineering and manufacturing operations becomes a high priority initiative.

“Global competition continues to increase within the engineering and manufacturing industry. Tata Technologies’ customers rely on our solutions and services to assist them in delivering innovative products to market faster than their competition and to efficiently manage those products throughout their lifecycle,” said Craig Radomski, Tata Technologies Vice President PLM Solutions NA. “Our relationship with Supermicro provides us with the most advanced, leading-edge server solutions to help our customers achieve this goal.”

“Our collaboration with Tata Technologies provides the Manufacturing Industry with end-to-end CAE solutions,” said Tau Leng, General Manager of High Performance Computing at Supermicro. “We anticipate Supermicro’s application optimized HPC solutions combined with Tata Technologies applications and service expertise will enable innovative technological and competitive advantages for our customers.”

From high-end workstations to shared HPC resources with individual or large teams of engineers performing compute-intensive modeling and simulation, Tata Technologies’ partnership with Supermicro will deliver a complete array of systems, software and services for advancing digital manufacturing.

Tata Technologies, founded in 1989 and a part of the Tata group, is a global leader in Engineering Services Outsourcing (ESO) and Product Development IT services solutions for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and Enterprise Resource Management (ERM) to the world’s leading automotive and aerospace manufacturers and their suppliers.

Tata Technologies is headquartered in Singapore, with regional headquarters offices in the United States (Novi, Michigan), India (Pune) and the UK (Coventry). The company has a combined global work force of more than 4,500 professionals serving clients worldwide from facilities in North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.

Supermicro® (NASDAQ: SMCI), the leading innovator in high-performance, high-efficiency server technology provides advanced server Building Block Solutions® for Data Center, Cloud Computing, Enterprise IT, HPC and Embedded Systems worldwide. Supermicro is committed to protecting the environment through its "We Keep IT Green®" initiative by providing customers with the most energy-efficient, environmentally-friendly solutions available to the market.

Tata Technologies Moves UK Headquarters to Coventry

Move driven by growth in program work in region.

Tata Technologies, a global leader in Engineering Services Outsourcing and Product Development IT, announced the move of its UK headquarters to Coventry city. The move was driven by growth in program work in the region and an overall expansion of UK operations.

Nick Sale, Tata Technologies European COO, said, “Coventry is a strategic operation center for all our activities, additionally the incredible welcome and support from the City Council of Coventry aligns with our goals to go forward and pursue new and expanded business opportunities.”

To facilitate relocation, the company was guided by the Council’s Inward Investment Team. Tata Technologies, with its engineering services and product development IT services programs underway, is a major employer in the region, with a staff of 368 professionals located in Coventry.

Cllr Linda Bigham, cabinet member for City development, said: “We aim to continue the relationship that has been built up and believe that their decision to locate to Coventry further shows what Coventry can offer.”

The new Tata Technologies UK Headquarters facility is within the Coventry University Technology Park. The company is considering plans for the construction of an all-new European Headquarters building in Coventry in late 2012.

Tata Technologies, founded in 1989, is a global leader in Engineering Services Outsourcing and Product Development IT services for the global manufacturing industry. Tata Technologies, through its pragmatic approach to engineering and manufacturing processes, also delivers best-in-class solutions for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and Enterprise Resource Management (ERM) to the world’s leading automotive, aerospace, heavy machinery, industrial and consumer product manufacturers and their suppliers.

Tata Technologies has offices in 14 countries with Delivery Centers in India (Pune), the United States (Novi, Michigan), UK (Coventry),Germany (Stuttgart), Thailand (Bangkok) and its international headquarters in Singapore. The company has a combined global work force of more than 5,200 employees working from Tata Technologies facilities as well as client sites.

Tata Technologies Earns Autodesk 'Consulting Specialization' Status

Tata Technologies has announced that it has earned the “Consulting Specialization” designation from Autodesk Inc. As an Autodesk Consulting Specialized Partner, Tata Technologies has demonstrated a significant investment in its CAD professionals, presented a solid consulting business plan that includes referenceable customers, and has consistently offered the highest level of product and industry knowledge and support to its customers.

The Autodesk Partner Consulting Specialization designation enables partners to highlight and brand their expertise in delivering related professional services in key industry areas. By completing the required curriculum and training, as well as meeting the required levels of service and standards established by Autodesk, Tata Technologies further demonstrates its strong customer service focus and further establishes the company as a trusted adviser to customers worldwide.

"For more than 25 years, we have worked closely with Autodesk to provide our customers industry benchmark solutions with Autodesk products," said Craig Radomski, vice president sales – NA. "This designation is the result of our dedication to customers, and the dedication of our professionals to serving those customers. I want to thank the Autodesk organization for this designation, and I want to thank all of our team members who have worked so hard to earn this.”

The Autodesk Consulting Specialization Program, newly introduced in 2011, helps Autodesk partners build world-class consulting organizations, enabling them to develop, manage, and deliver consulting services that help maximize the customers’ Autodesk software investment.

Tata Technologies Limited, founded in 1989, is a global leader in Engineering Services Outsourcing and Product Development IT services to the global manufacturing industry. Tata Technologies, through its pragmatic approach to engineering and manufacturing processes, delivers best-in-class solutions for Product Lifecycle Management, Enterprise Resource Management (ERM) and Application Development and Maintenance (ADM) to the world’s leading automotive and aerospace manufacturers and their suppliers.

Tata Technologies is headquartered in Singapore, with regional headquarters offices in the United States (Novi, Michigan), India (Pune) and the UK (Coventry). The company has a combined global work force of more than 4,500 employees serving clients worldwide from facilities in North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.

Tata Elxsi appoints Nick Talbot as global design head

Tata Elxsi, a leading design company, has appointed design veteran Nick Talbot as the global design head for the industrial design (ID) division. Mr Talbot will be based in the Bengaluru headquarters of Tata Elxsi.

An alumnus of Royal College of Art, London, Mr Talbot holds a master’s degree in transportation design. He brings with him over 20 years of design experience in working with some of the world’s most innovative brands. He joins ID from Seymourpowell, one of the world’s leading design and innovation firms, where he was both design director and director on their board.

Mr Talbot has enjoyed a varied career and has led key projects, including the design of a production train for Bombardier, a concept show car for Ford and production of running prototypes of ENV — the world’s first hydrogen-fuelled motorcycle. More recently Mr Talbot led the team that created the ‘Aircruise’ concept for Samsung Construction and Trading. He has also been the recipient of the Giugiaro Award for transportation innovation.

In his new leadership role, Mr Talbot would be responsible for all design initiatives at ID across the globe including India. This includes innovation-driven initiatives for customers and supporting them with new product creation, development and delivery. He will also be responsible for IP portfolio creation within Tata Elxsi.

Speaking on the appointment, Anil Sondur, vice president, industrial design, Tata Elxsi, said, “We are delighted that Mr Talbot has joined our global design team. We are confident that with the global design experience he brings, we can add substantial value to our customers’ brands and products.”

Mr Talbot commented, “The Tata group is one of the most respectable organisations in the world and I feel very proud to be associated with Tata Elxsi. India, as an emerging market for global design, has a tremendous talent pool and potential both for innovation and growth. I look forward to an exciting career at Tata Elxsi and working with clients around the world in key areas of design and innovation.”

i GET IT Adds "Fundamentals of GD&T" to its Engineering Training Course Portfolio

i GET IT, the online self-paced training solution for engineers from Tata Technologies, announced that "The Fundamentals of GD&T" is now available in its exclusive portfolio of online self-paced training for engineers.

This comprehensive fundamentals course covers the ASME Y14.5M-1994 Geometric Dimension and Tolerancing (GD&T) standard. While the course is designed for engineers, it is applicable as well for anyone involved in design, drafting, purchasing, manufacturing, estimating, and the inspection of parts and assemblies. Particular emphasis is placed on professionals primarily involved in design and manufacturing, and those responsible for quality. The full course is structured in 16 distinct units, to provide highly detailed GD&T knowledge and is offered at $295 per user.

This i GET IT GD&T training material is available in two courses:

1. Introduction to GD&T: This five-hour introduction course is presented in five units to provide the student with key introductory GD&T knowledge. As a bonus to engineering professionals, this Introduction to GD&T is included, at no additional charge, in i GET IT Platinum Training Bundles for the following courses: Autodesk Inventor, CATIA V5, SolidWorks, and Siemens NX.

2. Fundamentals of GD&T: This 12-hour comprehensive fundamentals course is presented in 16 units to provide fully detailed GD&T training.

"Offering this industry-leading training course is part of the overall strategy of expanding the i GET IT library to address all of the engineer's needs," said Dan Miles, Vice President iPRODUCTS. "Beyond training and skills enhancement, i GET IT offers engineering professionals a full portfolio of courses and engineering support to keep individuals and organizations continuously increasing their productivity."

After completing the i GET IT GD&T Fundamentals course, David Hayden, of Texas, had this to say, "I have been working in and around machine shops since the mid-70s, and was first exposed to GD&T in the early '80s. Had I only known the three big concepts of GD&T (that I learned in this course) I would not have made the costly mistakes I have made over the years."

This course was developed in cooperation with Applied Geometrics Inc. (AGI), an organization that has been designing and delivering GD&T training to the engineering community for more than 20 years.

i GET IT provides engineers in more than 60 countries with a world-class user experience including online training, online technical assistance, and engineering industry news. To preview the new course, visit: http://www.myigetit.com/vault/course-topic.aspx?id=132

Tata Technologies CAD Geek Tuition-Free 'Summer School' is in Session

Tata Technologies, a global leader in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), and Engineering Services Outsourcing (ESO) announced that its annual CAD Geek ‘Summer School’ Tour runs July 20 through August 18. The beach-oriented theme of this year’s 13-city tour is “Catch the Latest Wave of Knowledge – Free” and offers training in Autodesk Inventor and Autodesk Simulation.

Each CAD Geek Summer School student receives a free t-shirt and is entered into a drawing for an Apple iPad®; and – most important – each student gets the latest technical information that will help them be more effective and productive with their tools. Advance registration is required. The 13 Summer School Tour dates and cities are:

Wednesday July 20
Madison Heights, Mich.

Thursday July 21
Toledo, Ohio

Wednesday July 27
Tampa, Fla.

Thursday July 28
Sarasota, Fla.

Thursday July 28
Addison, Ill.

Tuesday August 9
Dayton, Ohio

Wednesday August 10
Columbus, Ohio

Thursday August 11
Strongsville, Ohio

Tuesday August 16
Muskegon, Mich.
Jacksonville, Fla.

Wednesday August 17
Orlando, Fla.
Kalamazoo, Mich.

Thursday August 18
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

The Tata Technologies CAD Geek Summer School curriculum includes:

12 - 1:15 p.m. – Registration, lunch, overview

1:15 - 2:15p.m. – Simulate Your Ideas: Run dynamic simulation inside Autodesk Inventor, use the results for Finite Element Analysis. Discover even more fuctionality with Autodesk Simulation to generate fatigue analysis

2:30 - 3:00 p.m. – Autodesk Inventor Drawing Template Creation: Designed for users wanting more out of their drawing templates and a better understanding of the resources that go into automating a documentation engine

3 - 3:30 p.m. – Autodesk Inventor Fusion 2012: It's not just a preview anymore! Learn to edit and maintain non-native imported data and enable non-engineering team members to collaborate on your 3D data

3:45 - 4:45 p.m. – Visualization: Generate compelling images from basic visualization to stunning animation with Autodesk Inventor, Autodesk Showcase and 3DS Max.

To register for the tuition-free CAD Geek Summer School tour, call 877-668-TATA (8282) or email autodesk@tatatechnologies.com or register online at: http://www.tatatechnologies.com/summerschool

To commemorate 'World Industrial Design Day' Tata Elxsi launches 'connect D'

Tata Elxsi, a leading design company and part of the $70 billion Tata group, today announced the launch of 'connect D', on the occasion of 'World Industrial Design Day 2011 (WIDD)' on Wednesday, June 29, 2011.

'connect D' will be an annual event that endeavors to create a platform to engage with future designers. The event this year will focus on the global theme of 'Industrial Design: How does it improve your life'? It will be held at Tata Elxsi headquarters in Bangalore.

The event will provide a platform for design students to interact with industry experts and get a firsthand experience on the various opportunities and challenges faced by industrial designers. There is also an exclusive design contest arranged for the design students to participate and display their creativity and innovation in product design.

Tata Elxsi would also organize exclusive demos at the event which would enable the students to interact with the senior Tata Elxsi design team and help them understand the design nuances.

World Industrial Design Day is an international day of observance in recognition of the profession of industrial design. It is a new global initiative which aims to provide professional industrial designers and design enthusiasts with an opportunity to promote a global understanding of design and all that it encompasses.

First declared on June 29, 2007 on the occasion of ICSID's 50th anniversary, the international observance is an occasion to mark the development and evolution of industrial design throughout the course of its history, as well as accentuate industrial design's role in improving the economic, social, cultural and environmental quality of life around the world.

Tata Technologies Opens a new Global Engineering Centre in Bangalore, India

Tata Technologies has embarked on a strategic initiative with the opening of its new Global Engineering Centre in Bangalore, Karnataka. This reinforces the company’s commitment to offering manufacturing clients innovative solutions for product development from Bengaluru.

Tata Technologies will hire 400 people by March, 2012 which will take its headcount to over 5,000.

The new centre has been envisioned to cater to the growing Tata Technologies global portfolio of clients in the automotive, aerospace and construction/heavy engineering verticals, engaging high-end engineering talent available in Bengaluru.

Commenting on this significant development, Samir Yajnik, President Global Services & COO Asia Pacific said; “Our Bengaluru team has been meeting product development engineering challenges posed by our global clientele in the automotive, aerospace and heavy engineering industries exceedingly well. The new centre is a natural extension of our growth plans around Bengaluru as a base”

Tata Technologies is one of the first engineering services company in India to offer full-vehicle development capabilities with a robust offshore engineering engagement model to reduce cost and deliver benchmark quality products. Tata Technologies’ revenue has doubled over the past five years and its profits have grown by over 11 times. The company is positioned to meet the product development demands of the industry worldwide.

“While we have been active here for the last few years, we want to significantly ramp-up in Bengaluru keeping in mind the large pool of qualified engineering and IT professionals who prefer living and working in Bengaluru.”; said Gopinath Jayaraj, Tata Technologies’ President, Global Delivery, Tata Technologies.

Tata Technologies, founded in 1989, is a global leader in Engineering Services Outsourcing and Manufacturing Enterprise IT services for the global manufacturing industry. Tata Technologies, through its pragmatic approach to engineering and manufacturing processes, also delivers best-in-class solutions for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) to the world’s leading automotive, aerospace, construction/heavy machinery, industrial and consumer product manufacturers and their global supply chain.

Tata Technologies has reported a revenue of Rs 1,249.30 crore for year ended March 31, 2011.

Tata Technologies serves clients in 25 countries, with a delivery model specifically designed for engineering and IT engagements that offers a unique blend of deep, local expertise integrated with our five global delivery centers, Detroit (USA), Coventry (UK), Pune (India), Stuttgart (Germany), and Bangkok (Thailand). The international headquarters is located in Singapore.

'Ultimate Engineering Productivity' is the Goal of i GET IT 3Dconnexion Packaged Offering

Offering focuses on delivering significant improvement in productivity for engineers.

Detroit – i GET IT, the online self-paced training solution for engineers from Tata Technologies, announced an all-new packaged offering with 3Dconnexion that focuses totally on delivering significant improvement in productivity for engineers.
Through July 31, engineers may purchase an i GET IT Platinum training bundle subscription – the most comprehensive education package available – with the industry-leading 3Dconnexion SpacePilot PRO 3D mouse included, for only $495, a combination which would otherwise retail for $794.

“The combination of hundreds of hours of training within i GET IT on the industry’s leading design tools including Autodesk Inventor®, SolidWorks®, CATIA®, and Siemens NX®; with the 3DConnexion SpacePilot PRO 3D mouse deliveries significant productivity improvements for engineers,” said Dan Miles, Vice President – Tata Technologies iPRODUCTS. “Engineers are able to expand their knowledge with the i GET IT online self-paced training classes, and then use the SpacePilot PRO to that knowledge to work immediately, streamlining modeling with hotkeys and transparent rotating and zooming.

“I personally have used 3Dconnexion 3D mouse devices for more than 10 years,” Miles added, “Professionally, I cannot live without one, as I know it increases my productivity and saves hundreds of mouse clicks a day.”

This special training bundle offer expires July 31, and is available within the United States only. It includes ground shipping within the United States. For details: www.myigetit.com/3dconnexion

i GET IT Adds Four New Autodesk Courses to its Portfolio

i GET IT, the online self-paced training solution for engineers from Tata Technologies, released four new Autodesk® training courses for the most recent 2011 and 2012 Autodesk product releases.

“We continue to add online training courses to i GET IT for the leading Autodesk products, with more to come in the next several months. These new courses increase the knowledge and productivity of engineers; making them more successful on their individual projects and making the projects more successful for their companies,” said Dan Miles, Vice President – iProducts. “i GET IT offers engineering professionals a full portfolio of courses and engineering support to keep individuals and organizations at the leading edge of industry advancements.”

These latest releases are part of an ongoing program to expand the Autodesk training course i GET IT portfolio. These are the new courses released:

AutoCAD Essentials for New Users
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AutoCAD 2D Parametric Design
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Autodesk Showcase Essentials
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Autodesk Alias Essentials
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i GET IT is an Autodesk Authorized Publisher and Developer for training material, offering the most extensive library of online PLM training courses in the industry.

Tata Technologies to receive Rs. 141.06 Cr. Equity Funding from Alpha TC Holdings and Tata Capital Growth Fund

Announces completed round of equity funding.

Pune, India – Tata Technologies, a global leader in Engineering Services Outsourcing and Product Development IT, announced it has completed a round of equity funding for Rs.141.06 Cr. ($30 million USD) from Alpha TC Holdings Pte. Ltd. and Tata Capital Growth Fund I. The investment represents a 13.04% equity stake on fully diluted basis.

Alpha TC Holdings Pte. Ltd. and Tata Capital Growth I, specialize in investing in mid-sized companies within India that are market segment leaders which demonstrate high growth potential.

Commenting on this significant development, Patrick McGoldrick, Tata Technologies Managing Director and CEO, said; “We welcome our new investors, their vote of confidence in the business model we have created and their commitment to help us grow our company. With this investment, we will continue to aggressively grow our business and provide our customers with better, more innovative products.”

“Mizuho Securities is pleased with the investment made by Alpha TC Holdings Pte. Ltd. in a top-quality engineering and product development company like Tata Technologies,” said Shigeki Usuki, Head of Investment Department – Mizuho Securities. “We anticipate that such investments will fulfill the promise of the Fund to connect exceptional Indian businesses to potential Japanese customers.”

“Tata Technologies has strong expertise in manufacturing-related verticals, positioning it in the sweet spot of the third wave of outsourcing. We are confident that its highly-talented international executive leadership will leverage the business model and macro factors, as well as its incumbent advantage to create the top specialized engineering and product development business in India” said Akhil Awasthi, Managing Partner – Tata Capital Growth Fund.

Tata Technologies is the first of its kind in India to offer full-vehicle development capabilities with a robust offshore engineering engagement model to reduce cost and deliver benchmark quality products. Tata Technologies’ revenue has doubled over the past five years and its profits have grown by over 11 times. The company is positioned to become the number-one partner to manufacturers worldwide.

Tata Technologies, founded in 1989, is a global leader in Engineering Services Outsourcing and Product Development IT services for the global manufacturing industry. Tata Technologies, through its pragmatic approach to engineering and manufacturing processes, also delivers best-in-class solutions for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and Enterprise Resource Management (ERM) to the world’s leading automotive, aerospace, heavy machinery, industrial and consumer product manufacturers and their suppliers.

Tata Technologies has offices in 11 countries with Delivery Centers in India (Pune), the United States (Novi, Michigan), UK (Coventry), Thailand (Bangkok) and international headquarters in Singapore. The company has a combined global work force of more than 4,500 employees working from Tata Technologies facilities as well as client sites.

Tata Capital Limited is a subsidiary of Tata Sons Limited. The Company is registered with the Reserve Bank of India as a Systemically Important Non Deposit Accepting Non Banking Financial Company (NBFC) and offers fund and fee-based financial services to its customers. Tata Capital Limited caters to the diverse needs of retail, corporate and institutional customers, directly or indirectly, through its subsidiaries across various areas of business namely the Commercial Finance, Investment Banking, Private Equity, Infrastructure Finance, Securities, Wealth Management, Consumer Loans, Cards and Travel Related Services.

Tata Capital Growth Fund I, is sponsored by Tata Capital Limited, is established as an irrevocable trust under the Indian Trusts Act, 1882, and is registered with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (“SEBI”) as a venture capital fund under the SEBI (Venture Capital Funds) Regulations, 1996, as amended from time to time.

Alpha TC Holdings Pte. Ltd. is a private limited company incorporated under the laws of Singapore and wholly-owned subsidiary of the partnership sponsored by Mizuho Securities and other international investors.

Tata Technologies Tells University of Michigan Audience a 'Third Wave of Outsourcing' is India's Current and Future Automotive Industry Trend

"Inside India – Understanding India’s Current and Future Automotive Industry."

Novi, Mich – Tata Technologies, a global leader in Vehicle Programs and Development, Engineering Services Outsourcing (ESO), and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) was a participating organization at the University of Michigan on April 20, in a day-long program titled “Inside India – Understanding India’s Current and Future Automotive Industry.” Kevin Fisher, President – Vehicle Programs & Development Group, represented Tata Technologies as a speaker and a panelist.

The program was a part of the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) “Focus on the Future” Automotive Research Conference series. This was the first-ever session focused upon the future of the industry in India.

Fisher’s afternoon presentation positioned the industry-leading automotive innovation currently coming from India; and the “third wave of Indian outsourcing – engineering services,” which is being led by Tata Technologies.

“Unlike the previous waves of outsourcing in the IT and BPO sectors, engineering is represented by a new and unique outsourcing model,” Fisher explained. “Engineering depends upon a high degree of customer intimacy, and therefore requires a new approach to outsourcing that involves a balance of on-shore and off-shore professional resources.”
Tata Technologies is the first India-based engineering outsourcing company able to deliver full-vehicle development programs, Fisher noted. The Company employs India’s largest and most experienced automotive engineering staff.

"The next decade will see an ever increasing demand for accelerated automotive product development and the need to incorporate more new technology than the industry has seen in 30 years," Fisher told attendees. "Increasingly, those innovations and solutions will be coming from India."

Fisher was part of a panel that included Mohan Bachhav, Client Solutions Executive for IBM Global Services and Jayendra Parikh, Executive Director – Ashok Leyland. More than 60 attendees from the University of Michigan, Chrysler, Corning Inc., EASi, Ford, GM, Maruti-Suzuki, Navistar, R.L. Polk, TRW Automotive and WardsAuto.com participated in the conference.

Dassault Systèmes Honors Tata Technologies' Product Sales Division with its Sales Excellence Award for 2010

Award a testament to Tata Technologies foray into new industries.

Pune – Tata Technologies, a global leader in Engineering Services Outsourcing (ESO), Enterprise Solutions services, and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) has been honored with the Sales Excellence Award for ‘Outstanding Performance and Exceptional Commitment to Win Business and Dassault Systèmes references in New Industries Leveraging Dassault Systèmes Brand Initiatives for Year 2010’ at the Asia Pacific South Sales Kick off 2011, held in the month of January, in Bangkok, Thailand.

Commenting on this award, Wishwas Julka, Vice President PLM Solutions – Asia-Pacific for Tata Technologies said: “This award is a testimony of Tata Technologies team’s relentless effort and commitment towards organization’s growth focusing on better business results while simultaneously expanding the foot prints in new industrial domains. I want to congratulate each and every one of our team members for the hard work and effort that led to this recognition for 2010. Everyone is excited and thrilled to have won this recognition and look forward to performing even better in the coming year.”

Tata Technologies has earned this recognition from Dassault Systèmes and IBM PLM every year since 2005, the beginning of the Dassault Systèmes PLM solutions business in India. Tata Technologies is the only Dassault Systèmes business partner in India to earn the prestigious Platinum Partner Award in 2008. While last year too, Tata Technologies was the recipient of two major awards from Dassault Systèmes – “VAR of the Year 2009 – Best Product Mix across All Dassault Systèmes Brands” and “Best Out Location Focus in the Territory.”

Ajay Verma, Vice President, AP South, Dassault Systèmes said; “The Dassault Systèmes value proposition holds great value for the entire Indian industry, and the key to adding value to our customers is reaching out and evangelizing the same. Tata Technologies has been at the forefront working with Dassault Systèmes on this mission, and I would like to congratulate the team for its tremendous commitment as well as the passion that they bring to the Company”.

Tata Technologies Forms New Vehicle Development Group

Tata Technologies is forming a new vehicle programs group.

DETROIT - Tata Technologies, a global provider of engineering services, is forming a new vehicle programs group to meet the demand for faster, more complex vehicle development support within the auto industry.

Tata Technologies’ Vehicle Programs & Development (VPD) Group will include more than 200 engineers operating from four automotive engineering centers of excellence worldwide -- Detroit, Coventry (UK), Pune (India) and Stuttgart (Germany).

Kevin Fisher, a senior Tata Technologies executive with more than 30 years of experience in vehicle program engineering, has been named president of the new organization and will be based in the Detroit suburb of Novi.

"Our group draws on industry-leading technology and global engineering expertise in the places where today's automotive ideas take shape," Fisher noted.

He added that the Tata Technologies VDP Group uses a multidimensional approach to vehicle engineering and development that will leverage the company's global delivery system and proprietary Knowledge Based Engineering (KBE) platforms to develop products faster and more cost effectively.

"The next decade will see an ever increasing demand for accelerated product development that also will need to incorporate more new technology than the auto industry has seen in 30 years," Fisher said. "We are positioning the Tata Technologies VPD Group to set the pace in automotive product development and technological innovation."

Fisher reported that the new group has already won several full-vehicle programs in the United States and Europe, including development of the G2 electric car from Maryland-based Genovation Inc. European-based premium car manufacturers, North American OEMs, major automotive suppliers and independent automotive start-ups are also part of the Tata Technologies VDP Group client portfolio.

The company will be an exhibitor (Booth #1015) at the 2011 SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) World Congress taking place April 12-14 in Detroit. Members of the Tata Technologies VPD team will be on hand at the company's SAE exhibit along with a scale model of Genovation's G2 electric vehicle. An urban mobility concept model, under development at the Tata Technologies North American Styling Studio, also will be on display, to showcase the styling capabilities within the VPD Group.

Tata Technologies is Corp! Magazine 'Best of Michigan' in Engineering

Novi, Mich – Tata Technologies, a global leader in Vehicle Programs and Development, Engineering Services Outsourcing (ESO), and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) was named a “Best of Michigan” company, in the category of Engineering, in the Corp! magazine 2011 reader survey.

The award was presented at a special Executive Breakfast in Troy, Mich., honoring the 66 “Best of Michigan” companies for the year. Other honorees included Plante & Moran, in the category of Accounting; Chemical Bank, in the Banking category; and The Kellogg Company in Manufacturing.

Corp! magazine was founded in 1998 to inform business owners and executives by providing features, news and corporate profiles. The magazine’s print circulation reaches more than 30,000 business owners, executives and senior managers throughout Michigan. The Corp! online edition contains original content, going to opt-in subscribers every-other-week reaching throughout the Midwest and beyond.

Tata Technologies has more than 300 employees in Michigan. More than 120 of those employees at its Novi, Mich., North American headquarters facility, including engineers, consultants, product and software specialists, account managers, corporate IT staff, and finance and administration staff members.

Tata Technologies Will Promote Heavy Equipment Capabilities at CONEXPO-CON/AGG in Las Vegas

Engineering Expertise that Yielded Automotive Innovation Breakthroughs is Applied to Heavy Equipment and Farm Machinery Industries.

Detroit – Tata Technologies, a global leader in Engineering Services Outsourcing (ESO), Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), and Product Development IT announced today that it will promote its heavy machinery industry expertise at this year’s CONEXPO-CON/AGG International Exposition in Las Vegas March 22-26.

“The same expertise in innovative automotive engineering that promoted throughout 2010 with our BETTER INNOVATION on Tour event series can be effectively applied to the heavy machinery and farm machinery industries,” said Andy Summerlin, Tata Technologies Global Head – Heavy Machinery. “Our value proposition offers global support for the heavy machinery industry from our centers for engineering and advance design in North America, Europe and Asia.”

Summerlin noted that Tata Technologies is actively engaged with clients in the heavy machinery and farm machinery industries throughout its worldwide operations, including dedicated facilities in India.

To learn more about Tata Technologies capabilities in the heavy machinery and farm machinery industries, visit representatives at Booth # S-10859 at the CONEXPO-CON/AGG International Exposition. Visitors will have the chance to take the XBOX® Discus Challenge and win an XBOX Kinect 4GB game unit.
This year’s event will feature more than 2,000 exhibitors and includes comprehensive education programs and professional sessions focused upon industry issues and trends, management and applied technology.

Autodesk Names RND Automation & Engineering as Inventor of the Year for 2010

SAN RAFAEL, Calif - Autodesk, Inc has named RND Automation & Engineering LLC as the Autodesk Inventor of the Year for 2010.

Members of the Autodesk manufacturing community from around the world chose the Sarasota, Fla.–based company by voting on the community website. RND Automation designs customized automation solutions for a wide range of customers, including manufacturers of hydraulic valves, contact lenses and insulated beverage containers. The company was originally named Inventor of the Month in March 2010 for its Digital Prototyping work with clients to help manufacture and assemble products more efficiently and with less waste.

“Autodesk’s products give us an advantage over our competition in terms of time to market, ability to illustrate concepts to our customers and the flexibility to quickly change design parameters,” said Sean Dotson, president of RND. “My relationship with Autodesk goes back more than 13 years to the first days of Inventor Release 1. It’s quite an honor to receive this award and to be recognized for our work.”

Digital Prototyping Simplifies Challenging Projects

With the assistance of Tampa-based Autodesk reseller Tata Technologies, RND has successfully used Autodesk Inventor software since its first release on a wide range of projects, tapping almost every area of the software’s functionality in the process:

* For a hydraulic valve manufacturer, RND created an automated assembly machine that was 22 feet long and eight feet wide, with 16 assembly stations and four articulated robot arms. RND designed, visualized and simulated the entire machine using Inventor, enabling them to fully analyze operation of each assembly station, all before any materials were purchased.
* To create a machine that manufactures disposable contact lenses, RND needed a design mechanism capable of rapidly raising and lowering heavy weights. RND used the finite element analysis (FEA) functionality in Inventor to analyze the forces placed on the linkages to help ensure the overall design was strong enough to withstand the pressures of daily operation.
* RND is also using Digital Prototyping to help Tervis Tumbler, the leading manufacturer of insulated beverage containers for hot and cold drinks. RND used Inventor software’s animation capabilities early in the design phase to show Tervis how each assembly station would function and at what precise location the fully assembled product would exit the machine.

“Inventor software is helping RND bring the benefits of automation to clients in a broad array of industries,” said Robert “Buzz” Kross, senior vice president, Manufacturing Industry Group, Autodesk. “We join the Autodesk Manufacturing Community in congratulating RND for its standout application of Digital Prototyping software to surpass the competition with its custom machine designs.”

i GET IT® Adds 'The Fundamentals of Vehicle Design and Packaging' to its Engineering and Design Knowledge Portfolio

Detroit, – i GET IT®, the online self-paced training solution for engineers from Tata Technologies, today announced that “The Fundamentals of Vehicle Design and Packaging” is now available in its exclusive portfolio of online self-paced training for engineers.

“H-Point – The Fundamentals of Car Design and Packaging,” by Stuart Macey, is the definitive reference guide for car designers and automotive engineers, presenting a process for developing vehicles that is underpinned by logic and creativity; organizing packaging standards that apply to automobile and truck design. The material is now available within i GET IT, as a fully self-paced training course, for $50. Macey himself adapted the material from the original reference guide for the web-based format.

"H-Point was written for automotive design students and industry specialists, to provide them with an insight into the advance concept vehicle development process,” said Macey. “With the auto industry in the midst of a technology revolution, starting a concept from a clean sheet has never been more important. This unique material, in this new format, takes the reader through a generic step by step process, starting with product planning, concept ideation and competitive product benchmarking, through to system selection and component packaging.”

Also included, Macey added, is a brief look back in history at the major milestones in vehicle architecture. Viewing the industry from this perspective helps us to understand what drives change and the direction that automotive design may take in the future."

“Offering this industry-leading training course is part of the overall strategy of expanding the i GET IT library to address all of the engineer’s needs.” said Dan Miles, Vice President iPRODUCTS. “Beyond training and skills enhancement, i GET IT offers engineering professionals a full portfolio of courses and engineering support to keep individuals and organizations at the leading edge of industry advancements.”

i GET IT provides engineers in more than 60 countries with a world-class user experience including online training, online technical assistance, and engineering industry news. To preview the new course, visit: www.myigetit.com/vehicle-design.