New Delhi: NIC is on the verge of signing an MoU with the Maruti Udyog Limited (MUL) to collaborate in the redesigning of MUL's passenger cars for the European market.
Once the MoU is through, NIC will be setting up a pilot project for the automation of MUL's entire re-engineering process. This could pave the way for the setting up of a full-fledged Computer Aided Design (CAD) facility at MUL's manufacturing base at Gurgaon. The company is planning to increase its production to 70,000 vehicles every year and would find such a design centre very handy.
MUL plans to redesign its 800cc, 1000cc and Zen models, besides designing a new car, to suit the requirements of its European clients.
Earlier, NIC had successfully designed a new crankshaft and a leafspring for the Maruti 800. NIC is equipped with state-of-the-art CAD facilities.