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Achieving Parivartan
Micron Precision Screws Ltd
Rohtak, Haryana
Micron Precision Screws was established in five Chun Zu one die two
1979. Managing director, Romesh Vig blow headers. The company
qualified as an engineer in Bangalore, and also has a series of hotforging
spent time in Europe learning toolmaking presses. Threadrolling
with a leading header manufacturer. capability, a mix of flat and
Returning to India he worked for one of the circular die machines, ranges
country’s largest fastener makers rising to from 5mm to 30mm. The
the position of production manager, before company also has its own tool
deciding to establish his own family room, and in-house heat
business. treatment – a combination of
The decision was not one to be taken continuous atmosphere controlled
lightly. “I had to sell my wife’s jewellery to furnaces, shaker hearth furnaces
fund the venture,” he says. “We started with and a blackening furnace. Secondary
two machines and four people, so I was operation machinery includes
delivering the products, taking orders and centreless grinders, capstans and
collecting the money before returning to work trimmers as well as a turning centre. Plating
on the next set of orders.” capability ranges from oxidising, zinc
Today Micron Precision Screws is firmly phosphating, electrogalvanising with white,
established as an important supplier to many yellow, black and green passivations and
renowned automotive and two wheeler OEMs includes processing to minimise the risk of
and sub-contractors in India, as well as hydrogen embrittlement.
agricultural and construction equipment Total capacity is around 3,000 metric tonnes
makers, the Indian railway, mining and other and MPS produces around 5,000 different
industries. MPS also supplies the domestic fasteners and parts. Standard products range
aftermarket through its own offices in a from 4mm to 40mm diameter and lengths
number of Indian cities. Export business to up to 400mm. Core to the range are high
Europe is also solidly established with strong tensile socket and hexagonal
and long lasting relationships products in grade strengths
with quality ranging up to 14.9. MPS also
produces a range of pins –
dowel, taper dowel, and clevis –
as well as a variety of knurled
thumb screws and nuts, studs,
plugs and shoulder screws. An
MPS’ quality
extensive and diverse portfolio of
development was
special products includes wheel
accreditation to ISO TS 16949:2002
bolts and studs, flange bolts,
awarded by URS in March 2008. MPS continues
connecting rod bolts and nuts,
as a family business. The second generation is
and cylinder head studs and
ably represented by Karan Vig, who is
bolts.
marketing director and takes responsibility for
A carefully equipped
sales in Europe and the US. Romesh Vig’s
laboratory bears witness to
daughter, Nidhima also plays an active role in
the MPS commitment to
the business as a director.
quality. The company’s promotional literature
The family culture was demonstrated in
is headed “Life Counts on Us,’ – a permanent
November when MPS received a visit from
critical importers. MPS also supplies reminder, says Mr Vig, of the reliance people
delegates of the FDS, the German fastener
major accounts in North America, South Africa must place on the products the company
distributor association, as part of its explorative
and the Middle East. produces. Also prominently displayed around
tour of the Indian fastener industry. After a brief
The Micron Precision Screws plant is located the plant is the single word Parivartan –
introduction of the company and a plant tour, a
in Rohtak on a site of approximately 90,000 Sanskrit for ‘change’. “Another reminder,” says
grand lunch along with Indian folk
square metres. The site is divided into two Mr Vig, “that we live in times of permanent
entertainment was organised for them.
plants, one dedicated to domestic production, change and must focus constantly on our own
“Micron’s association with Europe’s fastener
one to export business. The machine listing development and improvement.” He adds,
market is now many years old,” says Mr Vig.
has moved on from the company’s beginning, “We understand if people think well, machines
“The MPS brand is now popular in Europe and
with four National multistation boltmakers and work faster and precisely.” A milestone in
speaks for quality and precision.”
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