Lucas-TVS to exit India Japan Lighting, sell stake to JV partner Koito
Auto
electricals manufacturer Lucas-TVS
will exiting its joint venture by selling its 29.9 per cent stake in
the company to Japanese partner Koito Manufacturing, for around Rs
148.5 crore.
The
joint venture, India Japan Lighting (IJL), was established in 1997 to
manufacture and sell automotive lighting equipment. Since then, IJL
has been supplying automotive lighting equipment mainly to Japanese
automotive manufacturers in India.
"With
the changes taking place in the lndian automotive industry, both the
partners have agreed that Koito will assume 100 per cent ownership in
IJL, towards the end of December 2019, and going forward, they will
proceed to focus on their respective strategic initiatives,"
said a statement by Arvind Balaji, joint managing director of
Lucas-TVS.
"In
India, where the automotive market is expected to grow over the
long-term, it would be necessary for the Koito Group and IJL to
accelerate its decision-making," Koito Group said. Read
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