Continental had reached a production milestone of one million instrument clusters a year and cumulative over eight million since the beginning of clusters” production in India
Continental is expanding its human machine interface business in India. The company announced that the move was taken following a new order from Korea-based Hyundai. Continental has now commenced instrument cluster supplies to Hyundai for car models including Verna and Venue.
“We are upbeat about the growth potential of products, software and services that enrich the user experience (UX) of vehicle drivers and passengers in India. The user experience is becoming the key product differentiator for vehicle manufacturers and buying decisions by consumers are influenced by UX more than ever,” explained Prasad C Basappa, head of Business Unit Human Machine Interface in India at Hyundia through an official statement.
He added, “The global market is growing significantly, and the value share is also increasing in India. As a global market leader in this field, we have received some significant orders in 2020 to continue our growth journey here.”
Continental’s HMI business unit is a part of the ‘Vehicle Networking and Information’ (VNI) within automotive technologies. It is focused on developing systems and solutions for a holistic human-machine interface. Products falling under Continental’s HMI business include instrument clusters, display solutions, head-up displays, multimedia systems and cockpit high-performance computers.
In India, this business unit has been partnering with automotive OEMs to deliver user-experience rich information systems and solutions, it said, adding in 2018, it reached a production milestone of one million instrument clusters a year and cumulative over eight million since the beginning of clusters” production in India.