The Tamil Nadu Chapter took a delegation of 50 employees (across all levels of hierarchies) from member companies for a 5 company plant visit to American manufacturing facilities at Mahindra World City SEZ on Friday, May 22, 2015.Companies visited: NCR Corporation, Federal Mogul, Lincoln Electric, American Axle Manufacturing and Timken.Objective of the visit: The plant visit is part of AmCham’s Sharing Best Practices by the Practitioners program. The AmCham delegation visiting manufacturing facilities to see firsthand the best practices employed at the plants visited. The visit also enables networking and improved relations amongst operations personnel on the shop floor.

It was indeed an eye-opener for many of the participants to know that American companies in Chennai manufactures some unique products employing state of the art technology.The visit began at 7.30 am with breakfast served to all 50 participants at the NCR Corp. manufacturing facility. Refreshments were provided by Federal Mogul, Lincoln Electric and American Axle Manufacturing. Lunch was served at the Timken facility. The tour ended at 4.30 pm.