This article is based on one published in the November 2008 issue of FOUNDRY, produced by ABB Robotics AB, Sweden (www.abb.com/ robotics) with contributions from Foundry Trade Journal editor Lynn Postle following her visit to the Chennai plant in 2008. The highway from Chennai airport in South India provides vivid proof of the country's love affair with the car. Aged autos with rusted bodywork vie for space with luxurious new limousines and, regardless of their age or condition, there's a deafening passion for the horn.