Mumbai, April 19 -- MAHLE Engineering, MAHLE IT and Sales shared services Centre in Pune, which is now wholly-owned by MAHLE, will help the German company to act faster on product development and investments. In an interview, Arnd Franz, Member of the Management Board, Corporate Executive Vice President, OE- Automotive Sales and Application Engineering, MAHLE, said India will see addition of two million combustion engines in passenger cars every year for the next five years. He also expects the Pune centre to grow in capabilities and manpower.

Q: MAHLE had a joint venture with Anand Group for engineering service. Now it is fully owned by MAHLE. What advantages will the company have?

Franz: We still have joint ventures with Anand Group for...