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Industriewerk Schaeffler INA Ingenieurdienst
GmbH
Industriewerk Schaeffler INA Ingenieurdienst
GmbH, (INA Bearings) a
German multinational company has opened
a new manufacturing facility in Mulshi Taluka,
near Pune.
The company specializes in Precision Engineering
products for a wide range of applications
in the Automotive, Machine Tool, Material
Handling and General Engineering industry.
INA, through its product range of rolling
bearings, linear systems and engine components
provide innovative system solutions to its
customers. Founded in 1946 by two eminent
visionaries,
Dr Wilhelm Schaeffler and Dr Ing E H Georg
Schaeffler, the company today has over 30
plants worldwide with around 24,000 employees.
 Dr.
Geishinger, the President of INA world wide,
addressing a press conference said, "The
company has long-term investment plans for
India. We are now locating the bearing plant
in the country, which is our 32nd worldwide.
Our first objective in India is to win the
confidence of the Indian customer."
Asked if the company had any plans of sourcing
its bearings from India, Dr Geishinger said,
"Our strategy is to make this plant
a part of the Asia supply chain. We would
like to establish our operations in this
country so that the operations could go
on smoothly. At a later stage we would also
plan to source our other product, the clutch
pulley, from India".
Dr. Geishinger, when asked why the company
was entering the Indian market so late,
as the automobile industry was entering
a recessionary phase and most of the companies
were down sizing,  replied,
"We could either find the customer
and then build the plant or build the plant
and then find the customer. Our team had
first built the basic customer, in this
case the local automobile majors. If you
may recall most companies want their vendors
close by and with the Mercedes Benz factory
close by, we decided it was the right time
to invest. As far as recession goes, that
is the right time to invest, you must remember
that it is cyclical in nature. When the
time comes for the economy to boom, we would
be ready with the technical know how and
the product to meet the customers demand."
 He
elaborated further and said that INA India
which is a 100% subsidiary of INA world
wide, seeks to be a long-term development
partner of major automobile manufacturers
in the country. Their mission is to cater
to the growing high quality segment of Indian
automotive Industry in the initial phase
of activity and would focus on Needle Cages,
Needle Bushes, Belt Tensioner and Clutch
Bearings.
The company's products shall conform to
the design and processes of the INA Group
and meet the international quality standards
laid down by the automotive industry. INA
India shall thus make available internationally
bench marked products with the added benefits
of localization.
The Indian operations will have access
to INA's engineering capability and thus
greatly benefit from R& D activities
carried out in the INA Group. Customers
in India can therefore look forward to optimized
solutions. In addition to the factory and
corporate office located at Urawade (Pune),
INA India already has its marketing offices
at Pune, Delhi and Bangalore and sales partners
at Mumbai and Chennai servicing a host of
customers throughout the country.
Address: Indo-German Technology Park, Village
Urawade, Mulshi District, Poona - 412 108,
Phone: 400 124
Text: Rahul Surkund
Photographs: Hari Krishna
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