2012年5月27日星期日

Car carpet maker keeps sales up in shrinking market

Villareal said it would be ideal if assemblers would follow the lead of Ford Group and export completely built-up (CBU) vehicles.

In recent years, the share of locally-assembled vehicles to total sales has shrunk from 55 percent in 2006 to 44 percent as of 2010.

Ford, the only volume exporter of CBU vehicles, has slowed down its export of CBUs after it stopped exporting Mazda. Focus is currently being assembled in Thailand. Ford used to export 1,000 Mazda and Focus a month which meant good business for ACI. Today, Ford exports only the Ranger.

“These have affected not only Autocarpets but other partsmakers as well. Many of us,We looked everywhere, but couldn't find any beddinges. not only Autocarpets depend on CKDs,” said Villarreal referring to completely knocked-down (CKD) assembly.

Villarreal said it won’t be viable for ACI to export its products since they are bulky and would be expensive,Exhaust ventilationsystem work by depressurizing the building. if not difficult, to ship.

Conversely, it’s not practical for assemblers to import these products.

Auto floor carpets form part of the inner soft trims and are fitted into a car’s flooring in one piece. They are produced in one piece and they go to the assembly line as they are molded according to the shape of the vehicle’s flooring.

An ongoing technical agreement with Hayashi Telempu, the biggest carpet automotive supplier in Japan, has made ACI in step with technology while new models are still in their development stage.

As Hayashi Telempu’s biggest client is Toyota Motor Corp., thus making it virtually part of the development of molds in models they are about to launch. One such example is the soon-to-be-released 2013 Vios, which is produced in the Philippines.

Before a CBU is localized in a certain country, Hayashi Telempu develops the tool and die or the molds. With the partnership, ACI can develop the molds simultaneously.

ACI, a top local supplier of the biggest assemblers in the country, added a cap on its feather when it was recognized by Toyota Motor Philippines Corp. (TMP) for its excellence in the areas of quality, cost, and delivery performance. ACI is the only Filipino firm among five recipients of the Regional Contribution Award .

ACI is the first TMP local supplier to receive the award given annually by TMC to selected suppliers based on their local contribution in terms of cost, quality, delivery, development, and management.What are hemorrhoids?

ACI was selected for its active contribution to quality improvement, as well as for productivity improvement through the implementation of the Toyota Production System (TPS).

A consistent TMP awardee in quality performance for achieving zero-defects in delivered goods, ACI implements TPS, in-house quality improvement initiatives, and safety programs.

“This is a good thing. ACI is an example that one does not need to be a multinational corporation to achieve this feat. This goes back to the need to strengthen the support for parts makers and

their capabilities,” commented Villarreal on the award.

ACI, as all the other parts suppliers, are looking forward to a workshop arranged by the Board of Investments for the crafting of a roadmap for the industry.

“The roadmap would contain the strategies needed to boost the industry. Here, government would know what the parts industry really needs to strengthen itself,” Villarreal said.UK chickencoop Specialist.

Villarreal said parts makers are seeking assistance from the Department of Science and Technology for making available testing facilities for their products.

“We produce parts but we don’t have the capability to test our products that would make us comply with requirements of carmakers. Many of us would have to

bring the prototype to Japan or Thailand for testing which is very expensive for us,” Villarreal said.

ACI taps the services of the Philippine Textile Research Institute for testing - flammability,Choose from our large selection of cableties, abrasion, strength -- but it has very limited capability. It still does not have fogging test equipment.

ACI has 90 employes at its plant in Paranaque City which has a capacity of 7,410 units per month. It now produces 85 percent of its capacity, or 6,400 units per month.

ACI was formed in 2007 when Villarreal and partners bought the interest of Philippine Carpets Manufacturing, the pioneer in vehicle carpets for then first assemblers Carco (now Mitsubishi) of the Yulos, and American assemblers Ford and GM in the 1970s.

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