ISSUE 8 JUN 2011
Cover Global Scope,
Enduring Ties From the
Chairman Editor’s Note
MMM Airborne CeMAT 2010:
A great success Aero Feri
Aero India 2011 Roadies: The
Yale-Maini Road Show Handy
Reference: WAREHOUSE
HANDBOOK 2011 launch
Meet the RCF People’s Rep
Armes Maini System
Changer IMS Certification
And… welcome
MPP Awarded Greeting
Eaton Safety Measures
Women’s Day
MPC Certified Other NEWS
Mahindra Reva Sap labs
India goes green Sparks As
They Said
MGA Air Force at Aero
India Signature Quality
Marshalling for Boeing
CSR Betterment Bulletin
global scope,
enduring ties
YALE CEO, MICHAEL BROGAN AT MAINI
15th Jan ’11. Chief among the Group’s visitors
this year was Michael Brogan, CEO, NMHG;
his visit was so significant because of the
potential global scale and long-term growth of
the Yale Maini association. Mr. Brogan and
his team came to MMM to explore India’s
market for Yale forklift trucks.
from the EDITOR’s
chairman note
T
H
he year started well for all Group
companies: initiatives begun a year
ago have shown positive results and
will continue to do
so. New relationships
forged last year by
MMM and MPP have
similarly flourished
and should add to the
year’s overall growth.
This year’s efforts are
focused primarily on
a unified brand strategy for Maini. A strong
cross-functional team has been formed to
take this crucial initiative forward. In the
next few months, it will gain momentum
across all companies at all levels. We plan
to synergise all our companies’ strengths
toward presenting a concerted and cohesive
brand to all stakeholders.
By year-end, our CSR initiative should
showcase a strong sustainable model for
development of villages in backward areas,
with a.tightly-knit, deeply committed team
to implement it.
However, the pace varies from company
to company, equally busy though they all
are. What we do is to focus on them in
turn, in pace with what they’re doing. This
means timely exposure for each member in
the Group. Now, it’s MMM’s turn to be in
the spotlight, just as the others have been
before.
This works especially in a bi-annual
newsletter, we think – and as always, we
want to hear what you think, too, on this
and all matters Maini. Here we are at Issue
8 almost before we know it. For us on the
Editorial team, the process gets smoother
by the issue. For this we have to thank all
the company heads and Shubha at Maini
Sadan from whom all inputs flow, as well
as all of you, always, our readers.
My sincere gratitude and appreciation to
everyone at Maini for supporting all these
initiatives.
– Sandeep Kumar Maini
As well as expressing his admiration for
our domain manufacturing strengths and
technical capabilities, Mr. Brogan emphasized
the longevity of the relationship NHMG seeks
with the Group. He affirmed these points
when he made brief visits to Mahindra Reva,
MPP and MGA.
At the
Chairman’s
home on the 18th
evening, Mr.
Brogan relaxed
over dinner
with friends and
associates of the
Group.
ere it is: your
latest Maini
Varta right in
time for Maini Divas.
Being a bi-annual
newsletter, so much
happens between issues:
more than we can give equal emphasis to.
Key Visit (left): Michael Brogan CEO, NHMG at MMM
Feri Wheel (above): With MMM CEO SA Mohan and
Group Chairman Sandeep Maini
– Gita Maini
gitanjalimaini@gmail.com
Airborne
at Aero India 2011, Feri kePT Asia’s premier air show
eco-running smoothly on the ground,
AS IT DOES AT so many mega international events.
CeMAT 2010: a great
success for great
reasons
Dec ’11 Mumbai. CeMAT 2010 was the launch
pad for the Yale-Maini relationship, our launch
theme being Global Brands. Perfect Solutions.
CeMAT also saw the official unveiling of Yale
forklift trucks in India including the YaleMaini co-branded RCF (see item overleaf).
The buzz had it that we were CeMAT’s best
pavilion. Over 500 key visitors – customers
and prospects – took close looks at our
newest products: forklifts, the reach truck,
8T tow tractor, AC stacker and Armes Maini
multi-purpose shelving. The hit features were
the Virtual Reality Zone and the Warehouse
Simulation Tool. The former uses computerbased tools to create a virtual experience
of driving a forklift truck. Our End-to-End
warehousing and logistics solutions were also
showcased on similar technology-enabled
interactive media.
Ce-BRAND
We scored high too on visibility. Eye-catching
posters, standees, pole buntings at strategic
locations and the branding on our pavilion
celebrated the Yale-Maini alliance. CeMAT
Preview, the show newsletter, documented
all the buzz and the highlights of the pavilion
itself. So did the leading mainstream
newspapers and magazines.
Virtual reality show A visitor and the Chairman
experience the Virtual Reality Zone
aero feri aero india 2011
9th-13th Feb ’11. Feri was the smart mode
of VIP conveyance at Aero India 2011.
Our services were deployed by all the
major exhibitors, global aviation giants
like Boeing, SAAB, Gulfstream, Bell
Helicopters, the Tata Group, Safran and
Eurofighter Typhoon, and government
bodies like DRDO-ADA. Ferried too were
delegates from the MOD and CII, and
corporate luminaries like Ratan Tata
(above extreme left).
The Maini branding on the Feri fleet
drew considerable high-powered attention,
confirming the branding exercise’s
effectiveness.
roadies: the yale-maini road show
5 -8 April ’11. Thanks to
our great team, MMM and Yale
successfully staged a traveling
spectacular showcasing the YaleMaini capability spectrum in four
strategic cities: Chennai, Pune,
Ahmedabad and Delhi.
th
th
I
n each city, there was a joint presentation
highlighting organizational capabilities,
technologies and product performances. A
Maini Group overview by the Chairman was
followed by MMM’s Total Solutions offering
360° Solutions. Customized for Challenges by
CEO SA Mohan.
NHMG’s introduction was made by Sunny
Sanyal. Dir. Dealer Bus. Dev. and James
Newman, Territory Mgr, Middle East, Africa
and India, NHMG, detailed the functional
capability spectrum of the Yale product
range.
The Yale forklift
truck range was
displayed in Pune
and Ahmedabad
to rave reviews.
At the podium (above) CEO SA Mohan
Product Shot (below) James Newman, Territory Mgr
NMHG.
Visitor oneon-ones with
MMM and Yale
sales managers
Chandrashekara
R. and James
Newman and
the respective
regional sales
teams were
fruitful and the
Road Show’s
feedback was
extremely
positive.
CUSTOMERS AT THE ROAD SHOW (above left):
Schenker India’s Sundaram, Regnl. Mgr. Logistics;
(above right): Sandip Sanyal, Exec. Dir. Ops. Ford India,
with Sunny Sanyal, Dir. Dealer Bus. Dev., NMHG
(left and below) The ERP25VL
POST-SHOW Team Ahmedabad
handy reference
Warehouse Handbook
2011 Launch
LAUNCH POOJA 25th May
29th April ’11 Mumbai. MMM CEO S. A.
Mohan released The Warehouse Handbook
2011 at the launch by publishers Hamburg
Media. In the audience were prominent
members of India’s logistics, warehousing and
materials-handling industries for which the
Handbook will serve as a handy reference.
With chapters written by eminent industry
specialists, the Handbook provides a new and
a uniquely Indian perspective on the subject.
It covers the gamut from site selection, design
and process, to storage and material handling,
information technology and automation and
addresses the grossly neglected area of security.
and quality departments underwent training
in best-practice-manufacturing in Europe.
Parts development then began in December.
The first frame was presented to NMHG
CEO Michael Brogan during his visit as one
more example of our design and development
strengths.
meet the RCF
May ’11. The month saw the rollout of the
first RCF truck – a landmark – with the first
consignment leaving for Rollon Seals.
Earlier in November ’10, a team of senior
executives from our engineering, operations
Progress accelerated through
January and February. Chassis and
sub-assembly fabrication were completed
with minimum fixtures by mid-March: a
record four months. The RCF’s assembly was
successfully completed and then validated by
an NHMG team mid-April.
2nd June ’11. People’s Rep:
A 6-seater Feri was test-run
at Bengaluru’s Vidhana
Soudha, India’s largest state
legislative building.
The Hon’ble Chairman
of Karnataka Legislative
Council Mr. D. H. Shankara
Murthy who’s expressed a
keenness for a ‘pollution-free
in-campus drive’ and other
senior Council members
took a Feri ride, exploring
the surroundings in the most
eco-appropriate way.
ims certification
System
Changer
OUR UNIQUE MPS
2010-’11. It’s been a good year, one in which
our Multipurpose Storage System (MPS) must
be singled out for particular mention.
DESIGN EFFICIENCY
This boltless system is uniquely applicable
for storage requirements in sectors ranging
from large industrial to retail. To name a few,
Bata India, Alok Industries, NYK Logistics
and Volkswagen India deploy the Armes
Maini MPS in several of their major projects.
MPS replaces conventional slotted angle
shelving without compromising any technical
parameters. Easy-to-commission, it reduces
a project’s turnaround time irrespective of
system size and also enables faster shelf height
customization.
Its design innovations include the patented
Z-shaped folds in the shelving which
maximize load-carrying capability. As
application demands, additional loads can be
configured with add-on stiffeners.
Jun ’11. Being recommended for the Integrated
Management System (IMS) ISO 9001:2008, 14001:2004
and OHSAS 18001: 2007 simultaneously by TUV India is
a significant milestone: an incentive to look toward newer
and ever more challenging destinations.
June 9, 2011
This is in reference to the ISO 9001: 2008, ISO 14001: 2004 and
OHSAS 18001: 2007 certification assessments conducted at your
works on 17-18.05.2011 and 07-08.06.2011.
The audit has been successful and the company is recommended
for certification.
We congratulate you and your team for your endeavours and
successful compliance.
Yours faithfully,
For TUV India Private Limited
Manish Bhuptani
Associate Vice President-South Region
AND
... WELCOME
Ravi Shankar who joins us
as Senior Vice President. He
comes with rich experience in
manufacturing and the racking
industry in particular. His
experience in companies such as
Godrej and Widia, among others,
extends over 23 years.
Happily married (they have a daughter), Ravi Shankar
loves long-distance driving and photography, and is a
voracious reader. He has traveled widely and cites as his
favourite trip, one to Japan and Taiwan.
greeting eaton
8TH MAR ’11 Bommasandra Plant. Visiting from
Eaton were Craig Reed Sr. VP Corp. Supply Chain Mgmnt.,
Sean Wu, VP Corp. Supply Chain Mgmnt. Asia-Pacific in
charge of Automotive, Aerospace, Hydraulics and other Eaton
divisions. Rahul Sathe, Reg. Sourc. Mgr. Pune accompanied
them. With them, from MPP, were Gautam Maini CEO,
Anantha Krishnan, Rajendar Dagar Avinash Kumar.
safety measures
women’s day
8TH MAR ’11 BOMMASANDRA & PEENYA. At MPP
this was the day when we rose to the occasion,
as we do every year, to express our continuing
appreciation for the invaluable difference our
female employees make to what we do.
awarded
Once again, recognition for quality sustained.
The Best Supplier Award from Delphi-TVS
given at their Annual Suppliers Meet 2010’11 (above and below).
4TH MAR ’11 BOMMASANDRA. (Above) Gautam Maini
MD, Balakrishnan Rangarajan COO Auto and Ananth
Krishnan VP MGA at National Safety Day.
This year’s was the 40th National Safety Day and the
theme was Establish and Maintain Preventative Safety
and Health Culture. A quiz conducted the day before
(below) was won by the QA Dept.
Jan ’11. B. R. Nandkumar, COO, and staff with the Caterpillar citation
W
certified
e’ve been awarded Caterpillar’s
Supplier Quality Excellence
Process certification (MQ11005
standard – bronze level). This means we now
begin supplying Caterpillar worldwide.
The certification letter commending our
achievement also cited our “strong values and
ethical principles in conducting business and
commitment to collaborate with (Caterpillar’s)
Our COO at the certification awarding, with the Caterpillar team (from left): Kevin
Thieneman, MD Ops. India, Indonesia & ASEAN, Jharmal Bhangoo, Strat. Sourc. Mgr,
and (ext. right) Dale Noel, Purch. Dir, Global.
objective to implement a culture for zerodefects across (their) supply base,” a culture
in line with Maini’s own.
The letter was signed by Caterpillar’s Dale
H. Noel Dir. Global Purch. and Kevin R.
Thieneman MD Ops. India, Indonesia and
ASEAN.
other news
CREATING New state-of-the-art facilities to
address projected growth segments.
ADDED New five-axis CNC router which
doubles our trimming capacity.
BAGGED Complete body exterior panel
manufacturing contract for the new Mahindra
Reva.
BAGGED Complete body-parts contract for a
new tractor to be manufactured by Kerala
Agro Machinery Corporation with an Italian
collaboration.
Congratulations to the
Mahindra REVA team
for reaching the milestone of 4000
REVA Cars on road,
around the world
Chetan Maini
R. Chandramouli
sap labs india goes green
Mar 16th ’11 Bangalore. SAP Labs India
today initiated a unique way to encourage
employees to Go Green, a first-of-a-kind step
to further realize its vision of sustainability.
Under this collaborative scheme with
Mahindra Reva, SAP employees can own and
operate a REVA at minimum cost, by means of
an attractive monthly cash incentive and a host
of benefits like free charging points, reserved
parking space and routine maintenance and
service. Mahindra Reva will extend warranty
and servicing period to 36 months against its
standard 24 months and install charging points
at employees’ homes for free.
Future Fleet, a SAP AG global research
program to test the use of electric vehicles
powered exclusively by renewable energy.
The company aims to induct around 100
electric vehicles into its fleet in Walldorf,
Germany, and the surrounding areas by end
2011. SAP Labs India aims to be the largest
contributor to this initiative with its lineup of
35 electric cars.
The first batch of electric cars was handed
over to four SAP staffers by V. R. Ferose,
MD, SAP Labs India and Chetan Maini,
Chief Tech. and Strat., Mahindra Reva.
SAP Labs’ Green Car Policy derives from
ECO-SAPPORT (above and right) Chetan Maini at the SAP
handover
As they said
“We
expect this to provide
the thrust to choose
ecologically-friendly electric cars over the
fossil fuel-powered. I thank our employees
and partners for joining us in our global
journey to reduce energy use.”
– V. R. Ferose
“All
congratulations to SAP Labs
on a path-breaking policy,
(showing) the
way forward to
the corporate
sector
with their
pioneering
efforts by
including their
employees and partners in this initiative.
We wish them happy driving electric!”
– Chetan Maini
sparks
exemption In April, Chhattisgarh
completely exempted REVA from VAT.
ANNOUNCED The Union Budget 2011-’12
announced a national commission on EV’s
and hybrids which should add impetus to
green mobility solution provision.
Mahindra Reva will work to engage the
commission’s attention on industry issues
needing government support like uniform
tax reduction across states and public
charging infrastructure as part of our
ongoing initiatives in this direction.
THEY WANT TO BREAK FREE The recent petrol
hike makes driving petrol cars even more
unattractive, judging from the surge in
enquiries since. More and more people are
considering alternative fuel vehicles and
choosing to go petrol-free with REVA.
our new plant
Building Design Includes solar charging, natural lighting and ventilation.
Eco process Car panels are pre-impregnated: paint use eliminated
air force at aero india
Feb 9th- 13th Bangalore. Aero India is now
considered Asia’s premier air show. This year,
over 600 domestic and international aerospace
and defence companies took part, testifying to its
eminence in the global aviation community. What
added to this year’s show’s scale and profile was all
the major OEM’s exhibiting their products.
The Maini Group’s having successfully grown into
a major aerospace and defence player since our
first showing at Aero India 2009 is something
we’re proud of. Our members’ individual strengths
and capabilities synergize comprehensively and
effectively in solution innovation.
The response from current and potential customers,
and the media was very encouraging: we signed
major long term agreements and MOU’s.
FROM HAL COPTER
P. Soundarajan, Dir.
Corp. Plan & Mktng
& MD Helicopter
Cmplx HAL
From GE AVIATION whom the Maini Group will work with at a strategic level on its global projects (2nd from left): Harman
Cheema, Leading Sourc. Spec., Rajen Desai Dir. Int’l Programmes and Nalin Jain, Country Dir., seen with MGA’s (extreme
left) Rajib, Dr. Nair, Grp. Advisor and Chairman, Gautam Maini, MD, Naresh Palta, CEO, S. K. Singh and Rajender Dagar.
signature quality
UTC Vivek Saxena, Country Mgr, India, UTC with MGA
MD and CEO
marshalling for boeing
MGA
entered into a longterm
contract with MTU Aero
Engines after a year-long assessment by the
latter identified MGA as the only company
in India to meet its stringent quality and
delivery parameters. MGA MD Gautam
Maini (above) shakes hands with Alexander
Kreitmeir, Sr. Mgr. Procmnt., MTU.
Also in the picture (seated): Mr. Guenther,
Dir. EJ 200 & RB 199 and Mr. Kurnf, Dir.
Bus. Dev. MTU (standing second from
right), Rudolf Hisserich, VP Eurofighter
Chief Prod. & Equip. Military Air Sys. and
(extreme right) the late Gp. Capt. Motilal
Nalluri, GM EADS.
FROM HONEYWELL V. Balasubramanian, Dir. Ind. Sourc.
with our MD. Also from Honeywell (2nd from left, standing):
Girish Nair, Sr. Commodity Mgr., (3rd from right, standing)
Prashant Kulkarni, Sr. Prog. Mgr., and (4th from left,
seated) Pramod Krupakar, Commodity Mgr.
A
strategic partnership was also
signed with Marshall Aerospace
for structural machined parts for
Boeing P8-A/I aircraft.
(From left) Marshall’s Jeremy Rogerson, Supplier Qual.
Assur. Mgr., Andrew Monk, Supplier Mgr. with MGA’s
R. Dagar, Naresh Palta, CEO and Gautam Maini, MD.
DASSAULT AVIATION (from left) Gerard Sellier, Indl.
Gen. Directorate Mgr, Philippe Christofino and Stephane
Kohl, Dep. VP Indl. Policy with our MD & CEO
CSR BETTERMENT BULLETIN
ORGANIC CENTRES
Gramothan Foundation (GF) signed
agreements with Savayava Krushikara
Sangha (SKS), H. D. Kote Taluk and Kraca
Dawn Organic Farming (KDOF) to establish
training centres for organic farming, gostals
and products from cow waste.
BOARD
Ganesh Shenoy, Ekal Vidyalaya, Vivek
Cariappa, KDOF and Vippen Sareen, Trustee,
Maini Samaj Kalyan Kendra, have been
invited to join the GF Board of Trustees.
DONATIONS, ETC.
For their contributions, the GF Board thanked
MPP (Rs. 20 lakhs) and MMM (Rs. 25 lakhs)
which will help immensely in GF’s work.
Gramothan has selected a few Bahut Garib
Parivar members to train and eventually work
at Sargur in organic farming and associated
trades.
CAR FEST GF participated in and contributed to car festivals at Bhyraveshwara Temple, Dodda Byrana Kuppe and
Ayyappa Swamy Temple, Anemala.
CONFERENCE
GF Karyadarshi Subramanyam and Gau
Prabandhak Malle Gowda from our
Machur Office attended a workshop from
9th to 12th December ’10 held before the 2nd
International Conference on Yoga, Cow, and
Rural Reconstruction, organized by Gau
Anusandhana Kendra, (SVYASA University),
Bangalore, Institute of Vedic Sciences,
Akkalkot and Govijnan Anusandhana
Kendra, Nagpur.
At the end of the four-day international
conference from 13th to 16th December, the
Maini Group, through GF, sponsored a
Rs. 5,000 cash award for the practicing of
cow-based organic farming. The award went
to Sanjeeva Reddy, a farmer from Anantapur
who, while farming organically for the last
ten years, has also done a lot to propagate the
technology amongst his peers.
CLEAN DRINKING WATER
GREEN MEET 12th April ’11. Maini Samaj Kalyan Kendra (MSKK) submitted a project proposal for the greening of
Mandyakoppal Village, Phase 1 to the Ministry of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Development (RD & PRD) with
PPP financial assistance. The outcome of this was the first-ever meeting of the Secretary, RD & PRD and MSKK, held in
Mandyakoppal and attended by a high-powered team from the Ministry. MSKK also arranged for Prof. Dr. Chowdiah,
former National President, Institution of Engineers (India) and his team to attend.
BHAJAN MANDALIS
MERIT
Meaningfully improving rural quality of
life has to substantially engage the villagers
themselves on organizational, as well as
spiritual levels.
Recent Maini Merit-Cum-Means Scholarship
recipients included ten students from the
villages and hadis of Machur Sub-Cluster,
D. B. Kuppe Grama Panchayat. All of them
are studying at Government PU College,
H. D. Kote, except for Vishwanatha, son of
Mani of Machur-II, who’s doing his BBM at
Maharaja’s College, Mysore.
To strengthen team spirit, ten Bhajan
Mandalis, each comprising about 15 people
from each village, have been constituted in
Bogapura, Hullumutlu, Machur I & II, Golur,
Hosur, Netkal Hundi, Anemala, D. B. Kuppe
and Thimmana Hosa Halli.
Each Bhajan Mandali is named after its
village’s presiding deity and the singing of
bhajans for about an hour starting at sunset is
encouraged.
MEDICAL Ramesh Kumar, son of Janakamma, injured
in a fall from a tree, was substantially reimbursed for his
treatment.
To sort out the villages’ water-related issues,
GF has formulated a matrix for drinking
water sources and water filter locations and
has designated people in Anemala and D. B.
Kuppe to implement it.
AyurvediC Health
GF has tied up with Arogya Foundation
of India to conduct ayurveda-based health
and sanitation programmes using home
remedies and locally-available herbal and
other organic resources for the 23 villages
in Machur Sub-Cluster, H. D. Kote Taluk,
Mysore Dist. where GF’s initiatives are
conducted. This particular initiative
is supported by the Ekal Vidyalaya
Movement.
After these training programmes are
over, a Grama Arogya Sevika will be
appointed for each village: part of his
or her equipment will be a herbal first
aid kit, developed by ayurveda doctors
in Coimbatore. One programme was
scheduled for the 11th to 18th June for 30
women selected from all 23 villages.
The Maini Group, 38 Maini Sadan, 7th Cross Lavelle Road,
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