TEK Press works: A Pioneer Firm With Over Six Decades Experience In Manufacturing Sheet Metal

To add to all this, we have also been working actively with Ms. Godrej Aerospace for their various projects for ISRO and Indian Defense Industry”.

Where Quality And Client Satisfaction Come First
The sheet metal industry and its processors are often viewed as those who make small components with simple conventional mechanical presses and traditional technology since the modern technical advancements are not available due to lack of knowledge and high costing. However, in recent years, the MSME has now become a very interactive player with the manufacturers. Currently the national sentiment towards the program ‘Make in India’ has also given a small impetus.

“At TEK Press works, we have always put quality and client satisfaction as our core values. We have been conservative, as we have always considered not to fall in a Debt trap, since it is very easy for industry like ours. However, with the new government initiative, we are also feeling confident of growing. Besides, we have always focused on single segment that is Automobile Ancillary Industry, although we have done considerable work in Railways, Aerospace, defense, and Marine equipment. In a long-term view, we intend to start our own range of product line under our own brand”, mentions Nanda.

Being a single provider for many components to its customers for almost more than 35 years now, the supplied parts of TEK have been delivered JIT (Just-in-Time) and supplied directly to assembly line. This speaks for the confidence of the Quality of our products. “We are ISO 9001-2015 certified company, strictly adhering to the quality system standards. We believe in first time right and mistake-proofing our processes. The parts manufactured by us have proper traceability to the production batch, as well as the incoming material.

Shop floor workers are trained to inspect and record online sample inspection as well as predispatch inspections. We continuously monitor our team performance and have a training matrix to upgrade and avail new skills in both performance enhancement and self-improvement, to our team members. Our shop floor workers are not only skilled in their daily production functions, but also, been trained to attend any breakdown or interruptions in machine functioning thereby reducing down-time”, elaborates Nanda.

At TEK Press works, the press-shop has double-action hydraulic presses, which nowadays is considered obsoleted. Since in sheet metal forming, wrapping the sheet is considered better than deep drawing, as it is faster in production runs. However, the machines here have the combined advantage of using the same press in single action, by combing the double Rams, and two-stage draw speed. Though conventional this is unique in the industry.

“At TEK Press works, we also have custom-built presses to have lower tonnages with bigger operating table sizes. As a standard heavy tonnage press would have to be used for forming large size components. This would impact the cost of production. We use lower tonnage with a large size bed, which has economical advantage. We can design tooling and machinery suited to the function and we can also use cam-dies compound dies, progressive dies, where the process demands”, adds Nanda.

Growing By Leaps And Bounds
Right from developing items for the automobile manufacturing company by actively involving right from the design stage, to working for its mentor and a major brand M/s. Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. right from its nascent growth stage, TEK Press works is a name clients rely upon.
Sheet Metal forming is going to remain in the market for a long time and with new technological advancements, there is increasing scope for the industry. Although alternate materials have been replaced in many areas of application of the metal parts, still where sheet metal is required, it is and will always be required.

“Over the years, we have developed some groundbreaking products, for automobiles, we have done some spectacular work for the railways. We are currently active with work from ISRO and Defense companies for our Customer M/s. Godrej Aerospace. We are also making components for Indian Naval marine equipment. To add to this, we have been exploring new vistas and areas for markets. We started with Automobiles spares in after-sales, to ancillary in Original Equipment sector, Railways, Marine equipment, aerospace, defence industry.

We are further exploring other areas also, such as Material movement and handling for Construction as well as the landscaping industry. In the years to come, we have plans to venture into Landscaping equipment and material handling equipment while we launch products under our own brand name”, concludes Nanda.