Mumbai, Feb. 23 -- Marelli and its joint venture partner Motherson have inaugurated a manufacturing facility for automotive lighting in Sanand, Gujarat. This plant is the second facility for the Marelli Motherson Lighting India (MMLI) joint venture in the region and increases Marelli's total footprint in India to 16 production sites and three R&D centres.

The facility focuses on exterior lighting systems for the passenger vehicle market. It introduces several technologies to India, including the production of single-piece lamps that span the full width of a vehicle. These components create light signatures up to two metres in length for the front and rear of cars.

The plant localises the production of headlamp modules with a height of 1...