Rane Brake Lining Limited, India’s leading Brake Friction manufacturer and flagship company of Rane Group, reached a major milestone in its 44 years history in the country with the inauguration of its state-of-the-art and environment friendly factory on June 13, 2008. Present during the inauguration ceremony at RBL’s Trichy plant were Mr. L.Lakshman, Executive Chairman, Rane Holdings Ltd., Mr.L Ganesh, Chairman, Rane Group and Mr.S Maitra, Executive Director & Managing Executive Officer(Supply Chain), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. along with Rane Brake Lining employees and other guests.

Mr. PS 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.

“The new facility is born out of extensive interaction and participation by Nisshinbo executives. Some of the critical equipments have been imported from Japan to match manufacturing processes between RBL & Nisshinbo” said Mr.Bheemsingh Melchisedec, Plant Head of the RBL, Trichy Plant. “We also improved the overall layout of the various functional areas of the factory to ensure a more efficient flow of materials, from receiving and storage to assembly, packaging and finally shipment. The facility emphasizes on poka yoke (mistake proofing) in all manufacturing processes to ensure defect free products to our customer ” he added.

RBL produces world-class brake friction products for Automotive, Industrial & Railway applications. RBL also makes clutch friction products including clutch facings and sintered ceramic clutch buttons. The products are sold in export and domestic markets. It is a group company of the Rane Group. RBL is a leading supplier of friction material products to the major vehicle OEMs through their Tier 1 customers, namely brake assembly manufacturers & clutch assembly manufacturers in domestic markets. RBL has a strong distribution network for sales & distribution of replacement parts for automobiles. The company has major exports into SAARC, Europe, Australia & Middle East. RBL generates around 1800 million in annual revenue, with 8% coming from exports.

“Manufacturing Excellence and Benchmarking of Quality will continue to contribute strongly to our business growth as a group,” said Mr. L Ganesh, Chairman, Rane Group. “By expanding our capacities and capabilities, our constant endeavour is to continually improve the supply chain and better serve customers locally as well as globally. The new RBL plant in Trichy is a State-of-the-art facility. This will be the most modern asbestos-free disc pad plant in India.

Sourced From: Sampark Public Relations Pvt Ltd

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