We are on a good wicket; have home-grown advantage: MD, Sundram Fasteners

The new MD and JMD of Sundram Fasteners speak on how the company is placed to grow and face the challenges in the future

81-year-old Suresh Krishna recently stepped down as the Managing Director of Sundram Fasteners, part of $7.5 billion TVS Group, paving way for his two daughters Arathi Krishna and Arundathi Krishna, as MD and JMD respectively, to take over the day-to-day affairs of the Rs 39 billion auto components major.

In their first interview, the sisters spoke to Gireesh Babu and T E Narasimhan of Business Standard about their vision and strategy. Edited Excerpts:

What is your vision and what will be your strategy?

Arathi: We have been behind the target of reaching a billion dollars now, but the value of dollar