Motherson has extended its cooperation with Marelli Automotive Lighting (Marelli) for a new tool room in India. This will be the first of its kind tool room in India dedicated to specific lighting applications. The toolroom will be an extension of the existing joint venture company “Marelli Motherson Automotive Lighting India Private Limited”. The 50/50 JV was established in 2008 to address the Indian exterior lighting market and now it counts four plants in India.The new toolroom will localise tools for the domestic market (previously imported), specific for the lighting domain, enhancing our local capabilities. With the additional capabilities in tooling, Motherson’s manufacturing and existing tooling competence combined with the technical know-how of Marelli will result in high precision and aesthetical automotive lighting products. The new tool room, which will be based in Delhi Region (Noida), India, is slated to begin production in Q2 FY23.