he East Cape Automotive Industry Forum (ECAIF) is a network for automotive components manufacturers in the Province to grow their businesses through coordinated development and unlocking synergies. The objective of the ECAIF is to facilitate competitiveness of the Eastern Cape automotive component manufacturers and to drive initiatives that enable this competitiveness. Members involved in the foru
m include manufacturers, specialised suppliers and service providers to manufacturers, as well as training organisations and key government representatives. Although members are all independent businesses and organisations, they share the common goal of improving the economic performance of automotive-related manufacturing in the Eastern Cape and growing the automotive manufacturing sector, and they find that participation in the ECAIF provides opportunities to increase the productivity and competitiveness of their individual businesses, and so of the automotive manufacturing sector as a whole. Forum members also benefit through shared initiatives, including finding and gaining access to new markets for existing and new products, development of the supply chain, specialised training and efficiency programs, and channels of communication to key government representatives in the Province.
