AMT Group: offering German quality at Indian price

February 17, 2015 10:26 am

“German quality which is affordable at Indian market is an advantage for us,” says Chetan Sawant, Director, Machine House (India) Pvt. Ltd, a AMT Group company
 For Ahire Machine Tools Pvt. Ltd. (aka AMT), ‘Make in India’ started with its inception way back in 1982. AMT group was formed with the objective of becoming an all-round partner to business houses in India and abroad.
Over the last 25 years of manufacturing and marketing experience supported by a policy of innovation, AMT group is a force to be reckoned in machine tools industry.
AMT has been working closely with its associates on all fronts, right from product Development stages to contract manufacturing. Today the group has a marketing network in almost 20 industrial cities across India. With an expertise in marketing and manufacturing, AMT should prove to be an ideal partner for European corporate who wish to establish themselves, in India Highlighting the group’s core strength, Chetan Sawant, Director, Machine House (India) Pvt. Ltd. said, “We collaborate with our German partners to represent their products in India. At a later stage part of the product range is manufactured in India under license agreement from our partners for Indian as well as European Markets.” Based on this ideology, the group has established successful partnership with German giants like Bilz Anti Vibration Technology AG, AMF, Allmatic, and Albrecht.
AMT at IMTEX with German associationsAMT along with their German associations has a wide range of products at display at IMTEX 2015. Machine House India Pvt Ltd. along with Bilz Anti Vibration Technology AG provides for vibration solutions for machine tool industry. A range of these products are manufactured in Indian for exports to Germany.
Allmatic and AMF offer different products from the fields of work and tool holding solutions. Around a year back, AMT in technical collaboration with Allmatic, developed a mechanical vice for the Indian market. “We are not only selling this vice in India but also have an interest to meet the demand of other Asian countries,” comments Mr Sawant.
AMT trades for Albrecht – manufacturers of precision chucksAMT manufactures bench and column drilling machines under its own brand and also markets drill – tap machines from Maxion, a company based in south of Germany. AMT’s association with Maxion is a recent development to explore opportunities in Indian market. A high speed drilling machine, which was manufactured in India under a joint collaboration between AMT and Maxion was recently launched at IMTEX 2015. “AMT Group of companies with a global presence, will aim to act as an effective sourcing medium for foreign Manufacturing houses, providing them with cost effective, quality conscious and environmentally Green manufacturing solutions, by way of contracts, collaboration and joint ventures,” Mr. Sawant concludes.