January 29, 2026
Kross Limited reported progress across capacity expansion, product diversification and exports during the quarter and nine months ended 31 December 2025, alongside steady financial performance. The company prioritised manufacturing scale-up and backward integration initiatives during the period, aimed at supporting medium-term growth across its core automotive segments. Kross continued to expand its manufacturing footprint during […]
January 29, 2026
Minamida Co., Ltd, a Japan-headquartered manufacturer of cold-forged and precision-machined automotive components, plans to establish a new automotive components manufacturing facility in India through its subsidiary, Minamida India Pvt. Ltd. This will expand the group’s production footprint beyond Japan, Thailand and Mexico. The proposed facility will be located at the Tumakuru Machine Tool Park in […]
January 29, 2026
Balu Forge Industries Limited has been inducted into the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) supply chain, enabling it to manufacture and supply high-precision defence components to NATO member states. The development expands the company’s defence manufacturing footprint beyond India and positions it within global artillery and advanced ammunition programmes. The induction allows Balu Forge to […]
January 21, 2026
Ramkrishna Forgings Limited has commenced commercial production at its aluminium forging facility at Plant V in Baliguma village, Saraikela-Kharsawan district of Kolabira, Jharkhand, with effect from 20 January 2026. The new unit has an installed production capacity of 3,000 tonnes per annum and represents the company’s entry into aluminium forging. Ramkrishna Forgings stated that the […]
January 8, 2026
Bharat Forge Limited signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Germany-based Agile Robots S.E. on 8 January 2026 to explore a strategic collaboration in artificial intelligence (AI)-driven robotics and intelligent industrial automation. The proposed collaboration is focused on civilian manufacturing applications, with an emphasis on enabling highly autonomous production environments commonly referred to as dark […]
December 23, 2025
Vardhman Special Steels Limited approved an investment of INR 4.75 billion to set up a steel forging and machining manufacturing facility in Ludhiana, Punjab, marking its entry into the steel forgings segment. The proposed unit represents a forward integration from steelmaking into forged automotive components and is intended to expand the company’s participation in value-added […]
December 10, 2025
Balu Forge Industries Limited has commenced operations of an automated empty shell production line at its greenfield manufacturing campus in Belgaum, Karnataka. The line has an annual production capacity of 360,000 shells and includes an advanced forging and machining line for large calibre ammunition projectiles. The production line is one of the first fully indigenously […]
November 20, 2025
Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory (DMRL), a unit of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), marked its sixty-second annual day by transferring several advanced materials technologies to domestic industry partners. The technologies support programmes in naval platforms, combat vehicles and missile systems. The technologies handed over include the manufacturing process for DMR 249A steel in […]
November 11, 2025
The Ministry of Defence inaugurated the new Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSU) Bhawan in New Delhi on 10 November 2025 and conducted a comprehensive review of the performance of all 16 DPSUs. The meeting, chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, also marked the conferment of Miniratna (Category-I) status to Munitions India Limited (MIL), Armoured Vehicles […]
November 3, 2025
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has invited responses from Indian industries for establishing a 20,000-ton isothermal forging press facility in the country to support aerospace and defence manufacturing. The Request for Information (RFI), issued on 30 September 2025 by HAL’s Sukhoi Engine Division in Koraput, Odisha, remains open for submissions until 16 November 2025. According to […]
