Indian manufacturing market has lot of potential
Abhijat Equipments Pvt Ltd, established in the year 1977, is the sole manufacturer of Cylinder Head Valve Lapping Machine in India since 1985. The machine is most economical for IC engine manufacturers and engine re-conditioners. In 1989, the company started manufacturing Second Operation Turret Lathe with capacity 25mm.In the last 10 years; the company developed various models such as 32mm capacity, 42mm capacity Turret Lathes, Small Precision Second Operation Lathes and Single Spindle Automatic Lathes. Abhijat has a full-fledged manufacturing set up with mother machines specifically selected and build under supervision to give close assembly tolerances for manufacturing of machine tool components.
“Nowadays people want service and reliability from a company which is fulfilled by Indian manufacturers. Even if these services are available for higher price, they will go for it. The machines that we display are meant for lower segments and we compete with the manufacturers from Taiwan and China. Here price plays an important factor, but technology wise we are better. To increase our exports, we need trained manpower and a change in culture since we have a wide range of products that are of the best quality,” Executive Director of Abhijat Equipments, Mr Sachin Doshi said while speaking to CNCTimes during IMTEX 2015.
“There is a lot of potential in Indian market and it is developing with each passing day. Many Taiwanese companies are approaching us for having their controllers fitted on our machines since we mainly focus on bar work as our machines are best for that. We have a vast range of turning machines for bar components and are also exporting to countries such as Germany, Italy, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Estonia etc. In fact 10% of our turnover comes from exports and we have big plans to move ahead with our state-of-the-art CNC machines,” Mr Doshi said.
He added that though Indian market is price sensitive, but customers here are willing to pay more if they get the best quality. “At the IMTEX, we introduced Ajinkya- 4x-42 made for the first time, Deepak 42 with three live tools besides Autocut machine developed with cross slide hydraulic and is CNC operated. We are achieving our sales through dealers and have representatives in Bangalore, Chennai, Gujarat, Hyderabad, Delhi, and Mumbai. In Pune, we have our own office and are also looking for dealers in the areas where we are not represented till now,” Mr Doshi said.
On the company’s vision for next 10 years, Mr Doshi said that Abhijat already manufactures the machine which no one does and the company’s segment is specific. “We have developed our niche area and definitely we want to be the leader is producing machines for bar components. As far as revenue is concerned, we have not fixed any target as such but yes, we will develop and reach newer heights,” Mr Doshi signed off.