SEARCH - Supplement April 2012
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OPINIONS & MORE
The Gujarat machine tools industry is poised to grow at a phenomenal rate cent. In the last five years, we have been majorly supplying to companies in Gujarat. A small portion of our total share is also supplied to companies in Chennai, Kolkata, Delhi, Bengaluru and Coimbatore.
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“As compared to Maharashtra and Karnataka, the business spirit of Gujaratis will drive the growth of the machine tools industry and the state will reach the leadership position in the time to come,” avers Shashikant Mistry, CEO, Mistry Laxman Kadva Machines, during an interaction with Sumedha Mahorey. Excerpts...
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We have been in the line of manufacturing machine tools products since 1939. We always aimed at producing quality machines. As a result, we could earn prestigious credit and reputation in the engineering faculty. Our products are sold under the brand name ‘LAXSON’. We have accommodated advancements in technology by developing many different models. In 1960, we were among the first in India to produce bandsaw machines taking into consideration the requirements of engineering industries in India. Batliboi was our sole selling agent during 1960 to 2000. As of now, we have already manufactured and sold over 10,000 machines in the market.
SECTORS CATERED TO In any factory, our machinery is
necessary to cut the raw material. Thus, our products are widely used in mostly all the sectors, including machine tools manufacturing, infrastructure and automobiles. We have been supplying metal cutting bandsaw machines of various cutting capacities. These also include manual and automatic, semi-automatic operated bandsaw machines having cutting capacity ranging from 175 mm to 2,500 mm.
IMPACT OF MAJOR INVESTMENT INFLOWS IN GUJARAT Huge investments have come up in Gujarat during the last 10 years. Due to this, the demand for our products have gone up. Also, we are technically sound. That is why we have been able to cater to the growing demands from the industry. The overall demand from the market has gone up by nearly 50 per
Collaborating with the Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers’ Association (IMTMA) has offered us many benefits. Also, partipating in IMTEX, over the years, has helped us connect with the industry at a national level. It offers us scope to not only understand the changing customer demands, but also gave us a fair view of the competition dynamics.
PROMISING OUTLOOK The Gujarat machine tools industry is poised to grow at a phenomenal rate in the next five years. As compared to Maharashtra and Karnataka, the business spirit of Gujaratis will drive the growth of the machine tools industry and the state will reach the leadership position in the time to come.
CAPACITY ADDITION PLANS We are planning to double our capacity from 100 machines per month to 200 machines per month. For this, we have constructed another factory near the existing one in Surendranagar. This plant will be ready in the next three months.
YOUR VISION We wish to see our company among the top companies within our product range. We also wish to become the largest and the most cost-effective manufacturer of bandsaw machines in India. sumedha.mahorey@infomedia18.in