That is how we could describe our journey in this highly competitive, fast paced and ever changing auto industry.Autoline Industries Ltd (AIL) (incorporated on December 16, 1996, as Autoline Stampings Private Ltd.) was initially set up in January 1995 as a partnership firm known as "Autoline Pressings" under Indian Partnership Act 1932, with a capital of Rs. 0.30 million & term loan of Rs. 0.15
million from State Bank of India and Cash Credit limit of Rs.0.05 million. AIL has grown into a medium sized engineering and auto ancillary Company, manufacturing sheet metal components, sub-assemblies and assemblies for large OEMs in the Automobile Industry. We are engaged in Manufacturing various auto parts / sheet metal components for Passenger cars, Sports Utility Vehicles (SUV), Commercial vehicles, Two wheelers, Three wheelers, Tractors, etc. Tata Motors was looking to entrust the manufacture of the load body of their new mini truck to someone whose capabilities they believed in. It was a challenge, no doubt, to our highly skilled yet small team that had hitherto handled designs and manufacture of small and medium assemblies. However, being a team that enjoys challenges, Autoline got cracking and tackled the job so efficiently that in precisely 20 weeks, the first mini truck model named ACE load body came off the assembly and six months later a 200 strong workforce was rolling out 150 load bodies in a 3 shift day! As ACE became a runway success, six months down the line another fully automated line had to be set up to meet the demand of 300 units per day.We are one of the prime vendors to various Automobile Companies like, TATA MOTORS LTD. (earlier TELCO), BAJAJ AUTO LTD, KINETIC ENGINEERING LTD, MAHINDRA & MAHINDRA LTD., FIAT (INDIA) PVT. LTD., WALKER EXHAUST (INDIA) PVT LTD (a Subsidiary of Tenneco, a fortune 500 U.S. AIL is also exporting auto parts i.e. brake shoes for Mercedes Benz Trailers to Saudi Arabia, Dubai etc. Further negotiations are at various stages with various Detroit based Auto Component Makers for direct exports. Due to excellent quality in work, cost competitiveness, timely deliveries and State of the Art Tool Room with latest CAD / CAM facilities, the company has, in a short span, become prime vendor to all the reputed Auto Manufacturers in and around Pune. The turnover of the company has accordingly increased from a modest Rs. 6.30 million as on 31.03.1997 to a massive Rs. 1113 million as on 31.03.2006, in just 9 years time. All the manufacturing facilities have been certified as ISO/TS 19649: 2002 by TUV(Rh), Germany. Considering the rapid growth in the business, the company was in need of additional space and manufacturing capacities. Therefore 3 to 4 expansions had to be taken up in quick succession during last 9 years. Initially we started our operations at Kudalwadi with 10,000 sq. Then expanded to Chakan with 114,000 sq. Plot area and T-135, MIDC, Bhosari with 53,000 sq. Further we have now acquired additional Land of 15 Acres (600,000 sq. area approx) in Chakan very near to the existing Factory. Out of the 15 acres land acquired, 7 acres has been utilized to set up a new modern manufacturing facility on a built-up area of 1,60,000 sq. Thus our existing operations of the company are spread at five places (including a wholly owned subsidiary) with good infrastructural facilities. Autoline has grown by leaps and bounds from a single plant, a modest capital and a small staff to a company that can boast of 5 manufacturing units, over 1500 strong human resource and an almost 100 percent growth each year for seven years. Autoline Industries has traversed a growth path at an enviable pace; all thanks to excellent work quality, cost competitiveness, timely deliveries and state-of-the-art Tool Room with latest CAD / CAM facilities. To further enhance design capabilities, Autoline has take a major stake in a design engineering firm making it our subsidiary. With this acquisition, Autoline has the unique capability of Offshore Designing & Manufacturing model (ODM). At Autoline, we are continuously renewing technology and upgrading quality standards, keeping in mind international benchmarks. Today, more than 400 products from Autoline fit into a range of SUVs, LCVs , HCVs and passenger cars besides 2 and 3 wheelers. Stringent quality controls and timely deliveries have helped consolidate our position in the market as one of the top 5 vendors of Sheet Metal components for Tata Motors. Autoline has an ultramodern manufacturing facility and has the experience of producing large volumes in specified time and to the required quality specifications. Customized to the requirements of the client, as per their drawings / samples provided, various operations on metal sheets (pre-cut to strips as per requirement of jobs) like blanking, bending, trimming, forming, piercing, etc. are carried out with appropriate dies loaded and set in the required size and capacity. The components that require welding are sent to the welding shop for welding and assembly. There is a quality check at every level and before final dispatch. All processes are completed as per the Quality Plan for each Component as specified by the ISO/TS 16949:2002 Standards for Quality and Processes. The application of virtual reality technology in product design, engineering, and manufacturing has revolutionized the work of many industries. Using the power of collaborative visualization, companies facilitate collaborative decision making and multi-disciplinary communications that enable companies to identify and resolve manufacturing design problems while in a virtual state with significantly reduced developmental time and money. We provide a wide range of engineering enterprise services, based on a combination of business consulting, product design, and IT skills. Every manufacturing facility has a tool room attached. Besides, there is an ultra-modern Tool Room equipped with Hartford CNC Vertical Milling centre, TAL's Computerised Milling Centre, Wire-cut Machine, Horizontal Boring Machine and host of other supporting tooling machinery to take care of even the large size dies. This is supported by a state-of-the-art Design Engineering setup with the latest Hardware and Software backed by CAD/ CAM facilities for optimum utilization of tool room machinery. The recent acquisition of Autoline Dimensions Software (P) Ltd., has added a world-class design engineering capabilities to our ensemble. The Company thus has set up World class facilities for maintenance of sophisticated Dies given by the OEMs which has given an impetus to further orders from them. Autoline has made sophisticated large sized Dies up to 3 meters, for in-house production and on orders from clients.
