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EU-India trade deal signed January 2026 · Chinese EV makers localizing under EU tariffs

Both sides of the bridge.

Dicatrie helps Asian industrial companies in automotive, EV and engineering land and run in Europe. Led by Franck Euvrard, the only operator who has run the Indian subsidiary of a French company and the French subsidiary of an Indian one.

Faurecia (now Forvia) KPIT VinFast Tata Conseiller du Commerce Extérieur de la France

Why now

Two waves are pushing Asian industrial companies into Europe at the same time.

Jan 2026
The EU-India free trade agreement was signed, opening clearer routes for Indian service and engineering companies into Europe.
617,600
Chinese-made cars sold in Western Europe in 2025, up from 25,900 in 2020. EU tariffs now force local production.
30 years
Operating across the Europe-Asia bridge, on both sides of the table, in exactly these industries.

What we do

Land, build and run your European operation.

Not a slide deck of advice. The hands that set it up, stand it up, and run it until your own people can carry it.

01 — Land

Get in without burning a year.

Entry strategy, the right route (employer of record or subsidiary), compliance (CBAM, GDPR), and your first European customers.

02 — Build

Stand up the operation.

Partnerships and alliances, your first European team, and the supplier and distribution network that makes the entity real.

03 — Run

Lead it until it stands on its own.

Hands-on operating leadership of the new entity. Turn it around if needed, drive performance, then hand it to your own people.

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The operator

Run by an operator, not a consultant.

I have run the Indian subsidiary of a French company and the French subsidiary of an Indian one. For 30 years I have built and led industrial operations across the Europe-Asia bridge. Now I help Asian companies do the hard part: standing up and running a real business in Europe.

  • CEO of the R&D centre, Faurecia (now Forvia), Pune
  • Managing Director France, KPIT
  • Deputy CEO Product Development, VinFast (EV range), Hanoi
  • EVP Global Engineering, Tata
  • Global vehicle program led from Tokyo, vehicle-systems integration in Shanghai
  • Conseiller du Commerce Extérieur de la France, based in the Paris region

Who it's for

Asian industrial companies coming into Europe.

Automotive

Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers setting up European production, sales and engineering presence.

EV

Chinese and Asian EV makers localizing under EU tariffs: plants, partnerships, shared capacity.

Engineering

Indian engineering and software-defined-vehicle firms capturing the EU-India trade opening.

Next webinar

The India-EU trade deal is signed. Here is how to actually capture it.

A 30-minute operator's session on the moves that work, the traps that cost a year, and a live Q&A. Date to be confirmed.

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