Steel & Industrial Forgings: Leading Forging Partner For Defence & Aerospace Requirements

Suresh Pullanikat

Managing Director

Suresh Pullanikat

Managing Director

The defence management of a country primarily focuses on technological equipment followed by the physical force, and operational structure, and so on. The kind of equipment being used in the defence directly proportional to the strength and quality of that defence team. There has been continuous innovation in the appurtenances and machinery, and because of this, the efficacy quotient of the defence operations has encountered a sharp spike.

As part of this advancement in the defence equipment manufacturing industry, there are numerous private entities that emerged to cater to this ongoing revolution, yet Steel & Industrial Forgings Limited stands unique in the market with its standard approach to equipment and quality-driven products.

Steel and Industrial Forgings is a prominent collective manufacturer of critical & complex forging for aerospace applications, missile components, online fitting for submarines, defence or tactical equipment & machinery, oil & gas industry, heavy engineering, and substantially more products fall under this gamut.This fully owned Govt. of Kerala Undertaking PSU is further divided into two main dimensions, first is forging units,where spectra of metal alloys take different shapes.

The second dimension is the machining unit, that handles post-forging activities. These two dimensions go hand-in-hand to produce cutting-edge defence equipment.

Steel and Industrial Forgings has not restricted its activities to the defence sector, it also caters to parallel firms like the oil & gas industry, earth moving sector, railways, and many more. Speaking about the prime functionality of the firm, the Managing Director, Suresh Pullanikat says, “Our company caters to unique and specified demands of the Defence and Aerospace sector.

SIFL has been in existence for more than three decades and over this period, the company has built up a reputation for developing complex forgings with the help of its inherent technological skills and catering to customized needs of our customers. SIFL has committed heavily to 'Make-in-India' programme by exclusively indeginising critical components for all the three wings of the Armed Forces”.

SIFL owns its success largely to the unlimited support and encouragement offered by the Hon’ble Minister of Industries for Kerala, P.Rajeeve consequent to his assuming office in June 2021, Hon’ble Minister had tasked SIFL to chalk out a Master Plan for the next 10 years, keeping in view of the emerging requirements of the Defence and Aerospace sector.

Remarkable Quality Assurance
The quality assurance team is dedicated to delivering the forgings by the company’s quality policy. A dedicated team monitors the product’s quality at each stage of inspection. After the forging inspects the dimensions, a hot inspection is performed. Following these continuous checkpoints, numerous tests such as Hardness Testing, Magnetic Particle Inspection, Die Penetrant Test, and Ultrasonic Sound Testing are performed to ensure the quality of the forging. There is an advanced and busy metallurgy lab to ensure the quality of raw materials that enter the workshop daily. This check-up ensures the chemical composition, mechanical properties of materials, and forging capacity. Aside from these, this firm has ISO 9001:2015 certification, AS 9100:2016 certification, Central Boilers Board approval for a well-known forge, and American Bureau of Shipping certification to check the quality assurance.

This company is made-up of highly motivated young minds and experienced hands who cater to the various sub-branches of the defence sector. In its journey to provide defence products, this entity has encountered dogmatic growth. This company believes that providing high-quality products on time is the best way to expand into this market and reach its pinnacle. Steel and Industrial Forgings is geared-up to be the preferred forging partner for defence & aerospace requirements with this standard and quality.