The Company was incorporated as “Craftsman Automation Private Limited” on July 18 1986 as a private limited company under the Companies Act 1956 pursuant to a certificate of incorporation granted by the Registrar of Companies Chennai Tamil Nadu. Pursuant to the conversion of the Company to a public limited company and as approved by the Shareholders pursuant to a resolution dated April 30 2018 the name of the Company was changed to “Craftsman Automation Limited” and the RoC issued a fresh certificate of incorporation dated May 4 2018.Major events in the history of the Company :1986- The Company was incorporated as Craftsman Automation Private Limited2001- Commissioned aluminium foundry unit at Kurichi Coimbatore2005- Commissioned a satellite unit in Pithampur- Obtained ISO 9001: 2000 and ISO/TS 16949:2002 registration certification2007- Commissioned satellite unit in Chennai and Jamshedpur- Commenced joint ventures with Carl Stahl and Mitsubishi- Obtained “Star Export House” registration certificate2008- Incorporated the Subsidiaries i.e. Craftsman Europe B.V. (formerly known as Craftsman Marine B.V.) and Craftsman Automation Singapore Pte. Ltd.2010- Commissioned satellite units Sriperumpudur near Chennai2011- Commissioned satellite units in Pune and Faridabad2012- Set up storage solutions in Arasur Coimbatore2014- Commissioned second satellite unit in Pune2015- Set up technology division in Bengaluru- Commissioned aluminium sand foundry HPDC and LPDC in Arasur Coimbatore2016- Commissioned railway and camshaft business in Arasur Coimbatore- Commissioned HPDC facility at Bengaluru2017- Commissioned machining services in Bengaluru2018- The Company was converted into public limited company and the name of the Company was changed to “Craftsman Automation Limited”2019- Commissioned third satellite unit in Pune and second satellite units in Bengaluru and Faridabad- Malumichampatti unit-5 shifted to Arasur unit-32020- Initiated winding up process of the Subsidiary Craftsman Automation Singapore Pte. Ltd.Awards and Accreditations :2005- Received the “Star Performer Award” in bearings gears gearing and driving elements & parts (medium enterprise) from EEPC India2009- Received “Star Performer Award” in bearings gears gearing and driving elements & parts (large enterprise) from EEPC India2011- Received “Star Performer Award” for miscellaneous general purpose machinery (large enterprise) from EEPC India- Received “Best Quality Performance Award (Auto Division)” from Mahindra & Mahindra Limited- Received “Certificate of Recognition for Quality” from GE2012- Received “Sanjeevani Award in Farm Division” from Mahindra & Mahindra Limited- Received “Excellent Supplier Award” from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Printing & Packaging Machinery Limited2013- Received “President Award in Auto Division” from Mahindra & Mahindra Limited2014- Received “Certificate of Excellence” for “Best Supplier - Quality 2013” by GE2015- Received “Best Supplier Award” from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries – VST Diesel Engines Private Limited2016- Received “Supply Chain Transformation Award” by Cummins2017- Received “Certificate of Appreciation” for outstanding support as strategic supplier partner from GE Energy Connections- Received “1st Prize in Mould Base Category” from Godrej- Received “Suppliers Business Capability Building Award” from Mahindra & Mahindra Limited- Received “India Direct Supplier of the Year Award” from Cummins- Received “Category Partner” status from Cummins- Received “Recognition for long-standing association” by Royal Enfield2018- Received the “Suppliers Summit -2018” award in recognition of outstanding business alignment for defense business from Ashok Leyland- Received “Appreciation for Best Overall Performance Award” by Siemens2019- Received “Certificate of Excellence in machining category Award” from BEML Limited in recognition of outstanding performance in supply of material during the year 2015-16 and 2016-17- Received “Annual Commodity Award in casting and forging for automotive division” by Mahindra & Mahindra in recognition of superior performance for Fiscal 2018- Received “Suppliers Excellence Award for New Product Development” from Faiveley Transport- Received “Award for Quality” from Tata Motors at Annual Supplier Conference 2018- Received “Certificate of Appreciation” from Ashok Leyland for persistent efforts in maintaining higher levels of capability and performance for two consecutive quarters- Received “Award for Best Quality” from Escorts group at Suppliers Meet 2018- Received “Recognition of Supply Chain Partnership” by Royal Enfield at Supplier Meet 2018- Received “Certificate of Appreciation” for persistent efforts in maintaining higher levels of capability and performance and being in Quad A for quarter 2 of Fiscal 2019 by Ashok Leyland- Received “Certificate of Appreciation” for persistent efforts in maintaining higher levels of capability and performance and being in Quad A for quarter 3 of Fiscal 2019 by Ashok Leyland2020- Received “Certificate of Excellence in Partnership” from Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Private Limited- Received “Best Product Development Performance - Furio” at Mahindra Supplier Excellence Awards- Received “Best Product Development Performance - Marazzo” at Mahindra Supplier Excellence Awards- Received “Quality Excellence Award” at TATA Motors Annual Supplier Conference 2019- Received “Quality Excellence Award” at GE India Supplier Conference- Received “Annual Supplier Conference Award” by JCB- Received the status of “Self-Certified Supplier” for the cover rocker component being supplied to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries – VST Diesel Engines Private Limited for the period between April 1 2019 to March 31 2020- Received recognition award from the Principal Commissioner of GST & Central Excise Coimbatore- Received “Star Performer for 2017-18” for miscellaneous transport equipment and parts (large enterprise) from Engineering Export Promotion Council of India2021- Received “Certificate of Appreciation” from Siemens for zero defect quality culture and qualification for “Gold” category for performance in Fiscal 2020
Name | Position |
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Mr. Srinivasan Ravi | Chairman & Managing Director |
Mr. Ravi Gauthamram | Whole Time Director |
Mrs. Vijaya Sampath | Independent Director |
Mr. Tamraparni Srinivasan Venkata Rajagopal | Independent Director |
Mr. Sundararaman Kalyanaraman | Independent Director |