Advik Pantnagar Plant Plumps For High-Tech Products

Looking from outside, all one can see is an internal combustion engine. But, it needs a lot of small in-built components to run. The invisible components are very important for a bike or a car. The most important parts of an engine are tensioner, oil pump, drum gear shifter, fuel cork body, body centrifugal oil filter, and starter gear reduction. Advik Hi-Tech Private Limited (AHPL), a leading Indian and global automotive components manufacturer, produces these critical parts in its plants in Chakan and Pantnagar.

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Advik has been catering to the needs of a number of domestic and overseas customers in the two-wheeler, stationary engine and transmission system segment for the past 18 years. Its customer base includes leading automotive OEMs in India, Europe, the UK the US and ASEAN region.

A visit to the Pantnagar facility of Advik Hi-Tech revealed its unique facilities for heat treatment and surface treatment and an advanced paint shop which are unsurpassed and available only in this facility. Tensioner and oil pumps, drum gear shifter, fuel cork body and Body Centrifugal Oil (BCO) filter are the components being produced here.

Next to its Pune plant in size and capacity, the Pantnagar facility employs 510 people, of whom 90 are staff members and the rest work in machining and assembly section. “The plant works in Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) way and focuses on safety and quality. Safety of the workers is a priority and there has not been any accident in the past 4-5 months. The firm also ensures total quality and allows no defective product to leave the factory,” Aditya Bhartia, Managing Director, ADVIK Group, said.

The customers of Advik include Bajaj, Hero MotoCorp, Honda Motorcycles and Scooters India (HMSI), Maruthi Suzuki, and Yamaha. From this plant, parts are sent to 11 other locations. The components for Hero is sent to Haridwar, Gurgaon, Baroda, and Neemrana. Being a major manufacturer of oil pumps, Advik supplies around 70-80% to all major companies. Though there is no direct export, products from Pantnagar and Pune plants are exported by Yamaha.