Harisons Group has inaugurated a new core shop at its Global Exportech Pvt Ltd (GEIPL) foundry in Vadodara, Gujarat, expanding its casting production capabilities. The facility is equipped with seven core shooter machines, each with a capacity of 25 kilograms, enabling an annual production capacity of 1.0 million cores.
The new core shop forms part of the group’s ongoing capacity expansion in India and is aligned with its Vision 2030 plans. The inauguration was attended by representatives of Xylem Inc., including Evie Stougia-Kauffmann, Global Castings Manager, Iron, and Thompson Tanner, Senior Buyer and Sourcing Manager.
The investment is intended to strengthen the group’s supply capabilities for global original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), particularly in the United States market. Harisons Group has previously stated its intention to enhance its India sourcing value to USD 25 million for the financial year 2025, reflecting a focus on export-oriented manufacturing.
The Vadodara operations have undergone multiple upgrades over the past two years. Global Exportech Pvt Ltd commissioned an OMEGA loop-line production system featuring a FURON-based no-bake moulding system, adding 1,200 metric tonnes of production capacity. The group also operates Harisons Foamcast Pvt Ltd, a lost foam casting (LFC) facility in Vadodara with an installed capacity of 9,000 metric tonnes annually.
Across its entities, including GEIPL and Harisons Foamcast, the group reports a total foundry capacity of over 20,000 metric tonnes and in-house machining capacity of 5,000 metric tonnes. Its manufacturing operations are supported by coating, fabrication and logistics divisions, including warehouses in Texas and Pennsylvania to serve North American customers with ready-to-use components.
Harisons Group specialises in vertical turbine pump castings, including fully machined and finished components, and supplies customers such as Xylem, SPX Flow, Johnson Controls, Circor, Siemens, Taco, Franklin Electric, Caterpillar, ITT and A. Stucki. The group, established in the late 1960s and headquartered in New Jersey, USA, operates more than 12 manufacturing facilities and serves multiple industrial sectors through an integrated India-to-USA supply chain model.
