coimbatore a delegation from codissia coimbatore district small industries association visited automobile major isuzu motors fujisawa plant in japan on july 22 the delegation which is on an industrial visit to japan comprised about 35 mediumtolarge component manufacturers from coimbatore the visit was aimed at developing supplier relationships with isuzu motors india the delegation was led by n rajendran managing partner bestomech industries the codissia delegation spent an entire day at the fujisawa plant and was given an exhaustive explanation of isuzus production systems isuzu also shared its india business plan with the visiting delegation the visiting team found the tour to be highly informative and the delegation was very impressed with the new technologies they saw in the automotive manufacturing processes at isuzu rajendran said isuzu motors india a subsidiary of isuzu motors has recently started discussions with auto component suppliers in india as part of its vendor development program this visit was a part of the relationship building exercise with the component suppliers in india the company said we have started discussions with the indian component manufacturers and are very satisfied with the quality of their products and processes said takashi kikuchi president isuzu motors india we expect to have a localisation of 70 when we start our manufacturing plant in india by 2016 after seeing the capabilities of the indian suppliers we are confident that we will be able to take the localisation content to almost 100 in a short period of time from the start of operations he said isuzu motors will set up its own manufacturing facility at sri city nellore district andhra pradesh ap earlier this year isuzu signed a memorandum of understanding with the ap government to acquire 107 acres of land for setting up the manufacturing plant the plant expected to be ready by 2016 will have a capacity of 12 lakh units the company has arranged a contract manufacturing agreement with hindustan motors hml hml will contract manufacture isuzu pickup trucks and sports utility vehicles at its factory in thiruvallur in tamil nadu