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We began in 1970 as a small engineering company in Pondicherry, a quiet coastal town in South India. We made turned components, including nuts, but the turning process is generally slow (~300 parts/h) and wasteful (30%-60% wasted raw material), as much material is removed to get the final part. After a decade of surviving, we decided to leap into making nuts by cold forging, in 1982. Cold forged nuts are produced at a faster rate (~300 parts/min), are less wasteful (~12% wasted raw material), have a better finish and can do external forms that turning cannot. As luck would have it, this coincided with the first changes in the Indian automotive market, marked by the entry of Suzuki and other global players. The formalisation in the sector, emphasis on quality and delivery, posed severe challenges to the small engineering company we were, tucked far away from burgeoning industrial clusters. We struggled, learnt, failed, grew, and were fortunate to find the right people and partners along the way, slowly building a reputation in a cutthroat market. In the early 1980s, companies were vertically integrated – they did most processes in-house, and so did we. Today, outsourcing for cost-cutting is the flavour and many in the industry have done so. We remain an interated facility, relying on decades of learned experience to deliver better products. In 2011, we partnered with our oldest customer to make large cold-forged parts. This diversification led to a new cycle of development, technical challenges and new customers. ![]() | |
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| Target State: Tamil Nadu Target City : Puducherry Last Update : 25 November 2025 6:39 PM Number of Views: 7 | Item Owner : thulasimani Contact Email: Contact Phone: 09994049625 |
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