Leveraging its global manufacturing and R&D capabilities, Dayco, a leading engine product and drive systems manufacturer for the automotive, heavy-duty, and industrial market segments, announces the addition of its new state-of-the-art viscous damper production line at Manesar, serving commercial vehicles, off-highway, and light-duty OEMs across the globe.

This new production line, fully equipped with industry 4.0 and next-gen advancements, is capable to manufacture premium quality viscous dampers with cutting-edge laser welding technology that supports heavy-duty OEMs in reducing vehicle engine NVH (noise, vibration, harshness) and vehicle downtime.

Dayco provides the best-in-class tailored solutions as per customers’ requirements with full system support, making its viscous dampers 35 per cent* more durable than industry benchmarks. Dayco is a unique system supplier to deliver integrated decoupler and viscous damper solutions for premium and performance vehicles that are very efficient to reduce CO2. Dayco is No.1 in delivering a wide range of dampers from rubber to viscous with the best selection of material and advanced technologies.

“As the industry strives to reduce CO2 emissions, Dayco will be supporting the Indian and global OEMs in this endeavour with its value-added premium viscous dampers from India. Our viscous dampers offer higher efficiency and reliability for a wide range of engine applications up to 20 litres, serving leading heavy-duty and light-duty OEMs globally,” stated Wouter Nijenhuis, Executive Vice President of OE Sales and Business Development.

“At Dayco, we design scalable, efficient, and reliable solutions and deliver premium quality products worldwide to meet stringent customer requirements and offer system solutions towards transforming the future, reducing carbon footprints, and making the world sustainable with zero emissions” Wouter added. “As we start viscous damper production in India, we’re rapidly globalising in China, Europe, South America, and North America, to provide innovative technological solutions for all our customers’ current and future mobility challenges.”