Fleetguard
Filters has the distinction of being India's first ISO/TS 16949:2002
certified Filter Company.
Released on
= August 11, 2005, 3:01 am
Press Release
Author = Ashutosh Bhabhe
Industry = Industrial
Press Release
Summary = Established in 1987, Fleetguard Filters Pvt. Ltd. is India's
leading manufacturer of heavy-duty air, fuel, lube and hydraulic
filters and coolants for on and off highway applications.
Press Release
Body = 1) Fleetguard receives ISO/IEC 17025 from NABL
FLEETGUARD Test
Laboratory, the filter performance testing lab of Fleetguard Filters
Pvt. Ltd., a manufacturer of heavy-duty air, fuel, lube and hydraulic
filters, received the ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation from the National
Accreditation Board for
Testing & Calibration Laboratories (NABL). Fleetguard Test Laboratory
is one of the first engine filter testing facility to receive ISO/IEC
17025 accreditation in
India. Speaking on the occasion, Niranjan Kirloskar, Managing Director,
Fleetguard Filters Pvt. Ltd. said, "The NABL accreditation
will enable us to deliver top line products for the filter market.
The accreditation also authorises us to certify filters other than
ours for their performance and suitability."
2) Fleetguard passes test
FLEETGUARD Test
Laboratory, the filter performance testing lab of Fleetguard Filters
Pvt. Ltd., a leading manufacturer of heavy-duty air, fuel, lube
and hydraulic filters for on and off highway applications, has received
the ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation from the National Accreditation
Board for Testing & Calibration
Laboratories (NABL), New Delhi. According to Dr. P A Thomas, Director
(Research & Technology), Fleetguard Filters: "Over the
past few years, Fleetguard invested
millions in sophisticated product testing facilities. But now the
accreditation ensures that our customers worldwide can have 100
percent confidence in our
product's performance." A Cummins group company worldwide,
Fleetguard is an OEM supplier to automotive, engine and compressor
manufacturers like Ashok Leyland, Cummins, Eicher Motors, Tata Motors,
Atlas Copco and so forth.
3) "We have 170 selling points across India"
Niranjan Kirloskar, Managing Director, Fleetguard Filters Pvt. Ltd.,
on the Company's Performance & Future Plans:
What was your turnover in the last financial year?
We clocked a turnover of Rs. 120 crore in the last fiscal. This
was against a turnover of Rs. 86 crore in the year before that.
What do you attribute the better performance to?
Earlier, we were only a filters manufacturer. In the past year we
have started manufacturing air intake systems for vehicle owners.
It has given us a good boost in the OEM market.
What are your expansion plans? We set up a plant at Jamshedpur last
year to cater to Tata Motors. We have now bought land and are setting
up a plant at Hosur in Karnataka. This plant shall come up by the
end of the current financial year and shall require an investment
of Rs. 6 crore. With these expansions our total installed capacity
will be 22,000 air intake
systems and filters a month. The basic idea behind these new facilities
is that our plants should be as near the OEM manufacturer as possible
to cut the lead-time in manufacturing.
What is your annual spend on R&D? We have invested Rs. 10 crore
in a Research & Development setup that has come up at our Nandur
plant. The results from this facility will be seen three years hence.
We
will continuously invest in R&D.
What are your plans for the after sales market?
We have around 170 selling points today and are not interested in
creating a mass distribution system. We want a committed distributor
in each city who will invest in our business and meet selected targets.
In return we will give the distributor exclusive rights of distribution
for that city.
What are your plans for exports? As a part of the Fleetguard INC
we are allowed to export to our parent company. We do not plan to
market our products internationally.
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