Hero hires new head of R

Hero MotoCorp has appointed Markus Braunsperger to head its R&D division. The division is coming up at Kukas near Jaipur, the foundation stone for which was laid in September, 2013 by vice chairman, Pawan Munjal in the presence of the company's global technology partners Erik Buell of Erik Buell Racing, Alberto Strazzari of Engines Engineering, and Markus Feichtner of AVL.