Stampings Overview
Caparo India specializes in providing complete steel and aluminium metal stamping solutions for a variety of applications. It is the only supplier in India possessing capabilities to meet all stamping components, sub-assemblies and assemblies required by OEMs. Starting right from the process design and development stage to providing tools, migration to mass production and effective delivery management, the company offers tailor-made solutions to its customers.
Having started with a single unit at Gurgaon, Caparo India’s stamping operations are now spread across several hi-tech facilities in India. It has developed capabilities to supply complete body-in-white systems to OEMs like Tata motors – a skill set critical in the Indian industry. The company’s wide range of stamping products include body parts, chassis parts, long members, reinforcements, brackets, frame add-on parts, and other general stampings.
Apart from the above Caparo owns Coil Blanking line at Bawal and Sanand, Tailor Welded Blanking (TWB) facility at Bawal in JV Marubeni – Itochu Steel, Japan.
Stampings Products
- Skin Panels
- Inner Panels
- Suspension Systems
- Chassis Assembly
- Long Members
- Tailor Welded Blanks
- Customized Stampings
- Door Assembly
- High Tensile Parts
- Other BIW Parts
Stampings Application
Skin Parts – Caparo India manufactures all kinds of skin parts such as outer panels and inner panels in various sizes (t = 0.5 – 6.0 mm). It fabricates deep draw and extra deep draw panels and specializes in hemming of doors.
High Tensile Parts – High tensile parts are used by OEMs to lend strength and stiffness with a favourable mass to cost ratio. The manufacture of high tensile parts needs special die designing capabilities.
Caparo has pioneered this concept in India and supplies 15 such parts to Honda. While each high tensile die capability requires an average of 10 years of experience, Caparo India has built such capabilities within one year at their plant at Greater Noida.
Long Members – They are the members on which the complete chassis and body of commercial vehicles rest, making them a critical component for strength and safety.
Caparo India is making long members for Volvo Eicher at its Pithampur plant. The company is the only independent component supplier to import a 4000 ton machine for making a long member automatically. This will increase the speed of production and ensure quality for this critical component. These capabilities were hitherto available only with the OEMs.
Assembly Systems – This involves assembling the various body parts including frames, members, floors, etc through a combination of processes like welding and adding nuts and bolts.
Body – In – White Systems – Caparo has built capabilities for complete body in white systems that include side panels, body frames, pillars, boot lids, seat components etc.
Tailor-welded Blanks – Through its joint venture with Marubeni Itochu of Japan, Caparo has set up a state-of-the-art tailor-welded blanking facility at Bawal with a focus on Technological Innovation.
Coil Blanking – Caparo has in-house facilities for coil blanking at Sanand and Bawal.
Painted Components – Caparo has the ability to provide painted components (Powder-coated and CED) through its units at Pithampur, Halol, Chennai and Bawal.
Stampings Menufacturing Plant
Caparo India’s stamping operations are currently based out of 15 plants. Most of these facilities have been set up close to the site of major OEMs – a critical strategic advantage in this business.
Caparo India’s facility in Greater Noida, primarily services Honda Siel while the Pithampur plant is dedicated largely to Eicher Motors and Force Man. Halol has been set up mainly for General Motors and the Gurgaon and Bawal facilities service Maruti. The plants in Pune and Jamshedpur were acquired in January 2007 and are critical to developing business with Tata Motors.
