Initiatives shared on the sidelines of its 25th anniversary celebration
BSE and NSE listed NELCAST Ltd, an INR 340 crores market leader in the Ductile Iron producing foundry segment in India, today celebrated its successful completion of 25 years of existence in which it has grown to become a name to reckon with in its chosen space. On the sidelines of an impressive function held to mark the occasion, the leadership company shared few key initiatives in the offing to help the company in its goal of becoming the one among the top five Ductile Iron producing foundries globally, in the next 3-5 years. The current Installed Capacity of the company is 1, 50, 000 Tonnes. Shri R Seshasayee, Managing Director, Ashok Leyland Ltd was the Chief Guest, Shri Vinod K Dasari, Whole Time Director and Chief Operating Officer, Ashok Leyland Ltd and Shri R C Banka, President, TAFE Ltd. were joined by a galaxy of senior industry executives at the impressive 25th anniversary celebration function of the company held at Chennai.
Addressing media persons, Shri P R K Reddy, Chairman & Managing Director, NELCAST Ltd. said, “The timing of the celebration and the outlining of key initiatives comes at a time when the Indian economy is staging a quick and significant recovery driven by automotive sector among others. This and the continued growth of India as an export hub for certain segments of automotive industry and the growing excellence in technology and manufacturing of companies like ours provide a realistic opportunity to strive for global leadership in the chosen area. The silver jubilee year is a good time to put together a clear path of how do we get there and start making the investments and decisions that will aid our efforts to get there.”
“NELCAST Ltd. has come a long way from being a small player with an output of about 50 tonnes per month 25 years ago to being a listed company that is now one of the largest in its space in India. The steps we have outlined today mark the beginning of our next phase of growth and also our clear focus to emerge as the one of the largest player in the world over the next 5 years. We look forward to the continued support of our customers, investors, suppliers and employees in this phase as well,” he further added.
Going forward, NELCAST Ltd is in the process of moving up the value chain and plans to increase the share of high-margin machined castings in the total production to 20% over the next three years from its current level of about 10%. Also, steps are being taken to expand the product base by focusing on Heavy Castings for Earth Moving and Tractor Segments. The company is exploring all avenues to grow both organically and inorganically to attain the global leadership as stated above.
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Established in 1985, Chennai-based NELCAST Ltd. today is one of the India’s largest suppliers of the finest ductile iron and grey iron castings ranging from 0.5 Kgs to 250 Kgs in weight. It is also India’s largest ductile iron foundry with respect to installed capacity of 1,50,000 MT. The company is a significant and diligent participant in the ferrous casting industry, producing superior quality castings across segments ranging from HCVs Tractors and Railways. It manufactures around 400 different castings in SG and Grey Iron, while Cylinder Blocks, Flywheels, Flywheel Housings, Housings, Hubs, Spring Shackles, Brackets, Transmission Cases, Axle Housings and Exhaust Manifolds are some of the items produced by the company that find application in the commercial vehicle and in the Tractor segments. Additional information is available at the company's website at www.nelcast.com.