Rane Brakes opened a new facility in Sethurapatti Village, about 25 km from Tiruchi last month. This plant is projected to produce two million disc brake pads, about Rs 15 crore in value. Over time, the plant’s capacity would be ramped up to 10 million by 2012. The new manufacturing facility is the company’s fourth and will make nonasbestos- based (therefore, environment-friendly) disc pads.
July 10, 2008
August 17, 2008 at 9:08 AM
Rane Group’s brake friction manufacturer, Rane Brake Linings, today said it had inaugurated its new plant at Trichy to manufacture disc brake pads. The new plant, a 100-per cent asbestos-free facility, will help the company increase its total cpacity by 160 per cent and will make 10 million units annually in technology collaboration with Tokyo-headquarterd Nisshinbo Industries Inc.
RBL makes brake and clutch friction products including brake linings, disc brake pads, clutch facings, railway brake blocks – are highly safety critical items for automobiles and Indian Railways and the automotive sector. Ther company is a major supplier of friction material products to the major vehicle OEMs through their Tier 1 brake and clutch assembly manufacturers in India and exports to SAARC, Europe, Australia and the Middle East.
P S Rao, president, RBL, cited two major reasons for the expansion, “The first is to invest in latest manufacturing technology in close co-operation with our collaborator M/s. Nisshinbo Industries Inc., Japan in order to provide high quality products meeting emerging customer requirements. The second is to increase capacity ahead of market requirements in order to meet our customers’ growing demand” he said. “This facility will remain testimony to our relentless drive to improve all aspects of our operations and to maintain our status as one of the best suppliers in the industry,” he stressed.
“This facility will remain testimony to our relentless drive to improve all aspects of our operations and to maintain our status as one of the best suppliers in the industry,” stressed P S Rao, president, Rane Brakes.
Rao said there were two reasons for the Tichy investment – invest in the latest manufacturing technology in close co-operation with Nisshinbo to provide high quality products meeting emerging customer requirements and, to increase capacity ahead of market requirements in order to meet our customers’ growing demand.
September 15, 2008 at 10:15 AM
please note that we have a supply Luk clutch linings with ref AF4059 of Beige colour and we are told by the supplier that Rane and Luk are sister company, kindly advise if this is so and can you help uss to differentiate between an asbestos and non asbestos product.Relying on your reply to action from our end thanks.
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