EYES ON SKY, FEET ON GROUND!

Riding on technology adaptability and scalability, Nishant Jairath – Director, Metalman Auto Pvt. Ltd. is confident that India will probably see the same growth in terms of achieving five percent or six percent YOY growth on GDP after March 2021.

- Niranjan Mudholkar

Can you give us a quick overview of Metalman Auto’s business?

We manufacture sheet metal and tubular-fabricated components for the automotive industry. We act as a Tier 1 company to various OEMs (Original Equipment manufacturer) in India and abroad. Simply put, I would say we are exalted welders and our products include motorcycle frames, exhaust systems, and fuel tanks alike.

Tell us about the manufacturing capabilities and capacities of Metalman in terms of geographical footprint as well as product portfolio.

We have around 10 plants across India. Four of which are located in West India, around the Aurangabad region. We set up one plant recently in Hosur, close to Bangalore. We have one plant in the NCR region, three plants in Ludhiana and two plants in Pantnagar, Rudrapur.

Our major focus is on two-wheelers wherein we are producing motorcycle frames, the exhaust systems (anything to do with Sheet Metal, Tubular Fabricated products). We also assemble motor bikes for some of our customers.

How has the Covid-19 pandemic affected Metalman?

It affected us as much as it has affected everyone else in terms of zero sales. But it was a status quo for everyone at that point of time but what matters now is that since sales have started picking up now, we are kind of achieving the pre-Covid results.