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March 2012
Avtec widening product range
to strengthen market hold
Avtec, the largest independent
manufacturer of power trains and
transmissions in India, is keen to
strengthen its presence in the auto-
motive market with its new range of
products. The company offers prod-
ucts in three verticals: automotive,
off-highway and genset and allied
applications. The automotive and
off-highway divisions have products
in two categories, one in which the
product design and manufacture is
done by the company and the other
where it manufactures as per cus-
tomer design. As for genset applica-
tions, Avtec uses its patented design.
“In the automotive division we
make engines, transmissions, pow-
ertrain and other components for
engines and transmissions. We also
make planetary gears in the gear-
box”, said Mr. V.G. Kulkarni, Vice
President - Sales & Marketing.
At Auto Expo 2012, the company
displayed its CNG version of en-
gines for bus air-conditioning which
would act as an additional power-
pack. The diesel version of the en-
gine is already available and is used
in school buses in Delhi.
Avtec has manufacturing facili-
ties at four locations, at Pithampur,
Kharagpur, Hosur and Chennai. The
company has recently bagged orders
to manufacture engines for a glo-
bal OEM in India, as per the design
specified by the OEM. The engines
will be made at the Chennai plant
while the Hosur plant makes trans-
missions for another leading OEM,
added Mr. Kulkarni.
A well-established company, it
will end this financial year with
an impressive turnover of Rs. 650
crores and has set an ambitious tar-
get of Rs. 1,000 crores in the next
couple of years.
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Component zone
Mr. V.G. Kulkarni, Vice President - Sales & Marketing, Avtec (second
from right), with his colleagues
Already a leading supplier to some of the big names in the
automotive industry for long, Avtec is keen on improving and
expanding its customer base in India. It has tied up with lead-
ing companies in India and is considering more partnerships to
bolster growth.