- Swetha Associated Development Consultants is an engineering and management consultancy company located in Chennai, India that focuses on vehicle design, prototyping, and innovation for trucks, buses, agricultural equipment, and defense vehicles. - The company offers services like concept design, modeling, stress analysis, prototype development, testing, sourcing, and quality engineering. It has expertise in various design and analysis software. - The company aims to deliver optimized, environmentally-friendly and safe vehicle solutions that meet performance, regulatory, manufacturing, and customer requirements.

1. Swetha Associated Development Consultants Private Limited Vehicle Design. Body Engineering. Prototyping. Innovation S.A.D.C.-In search of new horizons.

2. Swetha Associated Development Consultants Welcome YOU for this presentation

3. Swetha Associated Development Consultants We are an Engineering and Management Consultancy company, focused on Land Transportation – Trucks & Buses , ( Military and on/off highway) Agricultural and Construction Equipment Defence Sector , (Armoured, unarmoured and logistics vehicles)

4. Swetha Associated Development Consultants We are located in a suburb of Chennai, in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Our company was started in the year 2000 and we are one of the preferred consultants for Ashok Leyland and TAFE (AGCO, India).

5. Swetha Associated Development Consultants Services that we can offer our clients include: Concept design, Digital Mock-up Innovative design architecture, assembly drawings, detail design, bill of material Project management Modelling and Finite Element Stress Analysis

6. Swetha Associated Development Consultants Services that we can offer our clients include: (Contd.) Prototype parts development. Prototype vehicle build support Component and vehicle testing using Indian facilities Advice, contacts and interfacing for Indian sourcing. Quality Engineering interface.

7. Swetha Associated Development Consultants Modelling and Design Software expertise : ProEngineer Wildfire AutoCAD Solid Edge Catia Solid Works FEA- most standard packages employed . Other Softwares include MS Office, MS Project. ADAMS (linkages and dynamic modelling). In general, for significant contracts we like to use the same software as the customer, and will train our staff accordingly.

8. Swetha Associated Development Consultants Today’s business environment demands weight / cost optimised, environment friendly, safe solutions, delivered to agreed time targets and meeting all requirements of performance, statutory regulations, manufacturing feasibility and durability, prototype / batch quantity parts support and customer service expectations.

9. Swetha Associated Development Consultants We undertake engineering of complete (specialist) vehicles from concept stage, design verification, thro’ external stages like supplier interaction, development of alpha prototype parts, support to prototype vehicle build, accelerated durability trials, design validation/ sign off programme, as well as support to beta parts development and their parallel validation. We can be a full service provider, effectively partnering with you.

10. Swetha Associated Development Consultants Systematic accumulation, gleaning and retention of domain expertise in the field of vehicle engineering and development has enabled us to develop new design architectures, in short time, from concept to final stage.

11. Swetha Associated Development Consultants This is supported by external resources (Academicians / Industry experts) and specialist vendors, as strategic partners / consortium, on ‘call / retainer / lease’ basis, as required. One such capability available is FEA in association with A U FRG – Institute for CAD / CAM, Part of Anna University, Chennai.

12. Swetha Associated Development Consultants The differentiating factor in our favour is our ability to Innovate Appropriately, on a clean slate, yet relate with best industry practices,lending credibility and feasibility. In the emerging open- knowledge society, We believe Innovation, and Identification and Deployment of cost effective resources, are going to play a key differentiating role, between success and failure, profit or loss making.

13. Swetha Associated Development Consultants We successfully practice Simultaneous Engineering, to minimize time for engineering release, with a mental FMEA process -programme continuously running on the part of designers, (apart from structured scheduled FMEA Sessions with Customer’s Teams) based on the domain expertise brought to bear on the project.

14. Swetha Associated Development Consultants As Manpower costs (the major design costs) are comparatively lower in India we can position well qualified and experienced Engineering personnel at a competitive rate to European American costs, in sufficient numbers to enable to undertake more projects concurrently.

15. Swetha Associated Development Consultants We can work to achieving target weights and costs, and carry out manufacturing feasibility checks with respective suppliers as an ongoing process, so that there are no unpleasant surprises and redesign needs, causing project delay.

16. Swetha Associated Development Consultants Our biggest strength is our committed Human Resources, with multi vehicle (Trucks, Buses, Tractors, Defence, Earth Moving, Emergency and Agricultural Vehicles) engineering experience, with ability to inter relate and draw parallel, to anticipate and pre-empt potential problems, and develop innovative solutions.

17. Swetha Associated Development Consultants Our other strengths are good independent contacts with wide supplier base, based on mutual confidence and professional respect emanating out of past track record, which support is crucial to successful development of prototype parts and vehicles in a time bound manner.

18. Swetha Associated Development Consultants Lastly, our knowledge of Homologation requirements, Indian and foreign, as well as Defence Vehicle requirements, enables design-features for meeting them to be built into the design brief at concept stage itself, so that there are no after thoughts.

19. Swetha Associated Development Consultants Technical Human Resources We are a team of 16 Technical Personnel comprising of 2 Post Graduates, 12 Engineering Graduates and 2 Diploma Holders. The concurrent work experience of the team spans many years in the automobile, commercial vehicle, emergency vehicle and agricultural tractor field.

20. Swetha Associated Development Consultants Technical Human Resources (Contd.) Key Resource Persons are: M. Balakumar – BE & MBA. Trained in Leyland Vehicles-UK. 36 years cumulative experience in vehicle design at Ashok Leyland (AL), TAFE (Massey Ferguson India) & in USA. O. Sudarsanam – BE & ME in Automobile Engineering. 35 years experience in Vehicle Design at AL. Exposure to Indian Motor vehicle legislation & EEC Homologation requirements including Tractors. P. Manohar – BE. 35 years experience in commercial vehicle body building and fleet management.

21. Swetha Associated Development Consultants Technical Human Resources (Contd.) Key Resource Persons are: K.R. Sampath – 40 years experience in Gear design and manufacture and Quality Assurance of vehicle parts development, in Ashok Leyland . U. Jaikrishna – B Tech (IIT). 30 years experience. Specialist in Materials & Metallurgy and Prototype parts development. We also have a group of young Engineers who have proficiency in most design softwares for 2D & 3D modelling.

22. Swetha Associated Development Consultants Our Strategic Partners Major manufacturers / developers who associate with us, in our various projects in the recent years include Automotives Coaches and Components Ltd – Tipper and Special Vehicle manufacturers with a work force of 520. - Contd

23. Swetha Associated Development Consultants Our Strategic Partners (Contd.) Imperial Graphics (P) Ltd. – Specialist manufacturer of profile cut components and Diesel and oil tanks. Siva Sakthi Pattern Works (P) Ltd.– Specialist manufacturer of intricate patterns in metal, in CAD/CAM route. Ruby Machine Works – Specialist manufacturer with NC machining facilities.

24. Swetha Associated Development Consultants Our Customer Profile Major customers in the recent years include Ashok Leyland Ltd – Second Largest Commercial Vehicle manufacturer in India TAFE (AGCO India) – Second Largest Agricultural Tractors manufacturer in India Asia Motor Works – New CV manufacturer in India in 25 T Plus Class of vehicles . - Contd

25. Swetha Associated Development Consultants Our Customer Profile (Continued) Major customers in the recent years include Defence Research Development Organization (DRDO) of Govt. of India. Inter Pump Group , Italy AGCO , Beauvais, France Meiller , Germany (Under discussion)

26. Swetha Associated Development Consultants Summing up, we offer our services for evolving new engineering designs and prototype parts development support, in the field of vehicle engineering, and seek opportunities for problem solving. We can also identify and develop sources for supplying parts as per your specifications and schedules at ‘Competitive Rates’ taking care of entire responsibility.

27. Swetha Associated Development Consultants Ladies and Gentlemen, we thank you for sitting thro this presentation, and before taking leave, take pleasure in displaying images of some of the works carried out / under progress by us, in the following slides, as a token demonstration of our capabilities, as per the adage ”Seeing is Believing”

28. Swetha Associated Development Consultants Light Armoured Vehicle

29. Swetha Associated Development Consultants Weight & Cost Reduction Proposals - For Semi Low Floor Bus Chassis

30. Swetha Associated Development Consultants Semi Low Floor Bus Chassis

31. Swetha Associated Development Consultants Asia Motor Works (AMW) truck

32. Swetha Associated Development Consultants Transe axle- Agricultural tractor

33. Swetha Associated Development Consultants Transmission mounted Disc Brake Housing with Cover

34. Swetha Associated Development Consultants Intermediate Transmission Shaft - Agricultral Tractor

35. Swetha Associated Development Consultants Final drive shaft - Agricultural Tractor

36. Swetha Associated Development Consultants Hydraulic Lift Cover

37. Swetha Associated Development Consultants Integral Axle Housing - Disc Brakes -A Cost Reduction Proposal

38. Swetha Associated Development Consultants Weather Protection Cabin For Stores Picker Tractor

39. Swetha Associated Development Consultants Prototype Component Development - Outsourced to us by AGCO, France.

40. Swetha Associated Development Consultants Prototype Component Development - Outsourced to us by AGCO, France.

41. Swetha Associated Development Consultants Design & Development of Complete Steering & Suspension system for Twin Front Axle arrangement.

42. Swetha Associated Development Consultants Steering box bracket design for Twin Front Axle Vehicle

43. Swetha Associated Development Consultants Design & Development of Truck Fire Fighting Equipment on Truck Chassis for Defence More than 350 vehicles in service!

44. Swetha Associated Development Consultants Truck with Armoured Body and Cabin - With Access Control

45. Swetha Associated Development Consultants UNARMOURED BODY FOR LIGHT SPECIALIST VEHICLE FOR INDIAN ARMY

46. Swetha Associated Development Consultants UNARMOURED BODY FOR LIGHT SPECIALIST VEHICLE FOR INDIAN ARMY

47. Swetha Associated Development Consultants UNARMOURED BODY FOR LIGHT SPECIALIST VEHICLE FOR INDIAN ARMY

48. Swetha Associated Development Consultants UNARMOURED BODY FOR LIGHT SPECIALIST VEHICLE FOR INDIAN ARMY

49. Swetha Associated Development Consultants THANK YOU