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Suspension Division
Overview
| Sales Turnover (2005-06) |
US $86 Million |
| Production (2005-06) |
1.6 Million Front Forks, 4.6 Million Shock Absorbers |
| Total no. of Employees |
700 |
| Shock Absorber Plants |
2 |
| Export Division (Front Forks) |
1 |
| Front Fork Plants |
2 |
| R & D Center |
1 |
A Collaboration with Paioli Meccanica S.p.A., Italy - one of the oldest & leading manufacturers of Telescopic Front Forks and Shock Absorbers.
- Plants
- 2, 3 & 4–Wheeler Shock Absorbers Plant at Aurangabad, Maharashtra.
- Front Fork Export Division at Aurangabad, Maharashtra.
- Front Fork Manufacturing Plant at Aurangabad, Maharashtra.
- Shock Absorbers & Front Forks Plant at Chakan, Pune, Maharashtra.
- Shock Absorbers & Front Forks Plant at Pantnagar, Uttaranchal.
- DSIR approved R&D Center for Suspension at Aurangabad, Maharashtra.
- Plant Capacity
- 4 Wheeler Shock Absorbers – 5 lakhs/annum.
- Gas Springs – 3 lakhs/annum.
- 2/3 Wheeler Shock Absorbers – 8 million/annum.
- Front Forks – 3 million/annum.
- Products
- 2/3 Wheeler Shock Absorbers.
- Motorcycle Front Forks.
- Front Fork Serviceable Parts.
- Front Fork Oil.
- Gas Springs for 4–Wheeler Automotive Applications.
- Hydraulic & Gas Charged Dampers.
- Struts.
- Highlights
- The export of Front Fork components to PAIOLI Meccanica for YAMAHA - Spain & YAMAHA - France based on their design specifications.
- The Development of Cartridge type Front Forks.
- The Development of Long Travel Front Forks (155 mm Stroke – Off–Roader M–Cycle).
- The Development of INVERTED Type Front Forks. The Variable Damping Fork is under development.
- The Development of 19 Types of Telescopic Front Forks and 64 Types of Rear Shock Absorbers.
- The Development and Manufacture of 2–Wheeler GAS FILLED SHOCK ABSORBERS.
- The Development and Manufacture of SPRING – N – SPRING (SNS) design SHOCK ABSORBERS.
- The Development of 4 Wheeler Shock Absorbers, Struts and Gas Springs for Commercial Vehicles, Cars and Utility Vehicles.
- The export of Shock Absorbers to Europe, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
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4 Wheeler Assembly Line – Shock Absorbers & Struts
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4 Wheeler Machine Shop Area – Rod Line (Induction Hardening & Grinding)
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