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Union Cabinet Minister of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprise (HI & PE), Anant Geete inaugurated the augmented facilities at the National Automotive Testing and RND Infrastructure Project (NATRIP) at the International Centre for Automotive Technology (ICAT) at Manesar in Haryana.ICAT has been rendering services of automotive testing & certification to the industry since 2006.NATRIP is the largest and most significant initiative in the automotive sector which represents a joining of hands between the Government of India, a number of State Governments and Indian Automotive Industry to create a state of the art testing, validation and R&D infrastructure in the country.
The augmented facilities are of Noise, Vibration & Harshness Lab (NVH), Passive Safety Lab (PSL), Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Lab and Tyre Test Lab (TTL) and have been completed at ICAT Centre-II at Manesar in Haryana.The centre already has fully functional facilities like Powertrain lab, Fatigue lab, Vehicle Evaluation lab, Component lab, CAD-CAE lab and Infotronics lab.The newly opened labs have the following facilities: Noise Vibration & Harshness (NVH) Lab, Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Lab, Passive Safety Lab (PSL) and Tyre Test Lab (TTL).With an investment of over Rs 1100 crore and a variety of 16 testing facilities (world-class) are being developed for the auto mobile industry in both ICT centers.
The facilities spread over 8 acres at ICAT Centre-I where 10 different features are available for testing.Around 46.6 acres at ICAT Centre-II, the centre is rendering valuable 6 services to the automotive industry in the country in a major way.