BR Engineering Works Pvt. Ltd. maintains pace with the evolving wire & cable industry through constant development of new designs and metallurgy for its screw & barrel, in order to ensure that its customers can increase output with minimum energy & maintenance cost. This was shared by Mr. Ashish Talaviya, Director, BR Engineering Works Private Limited, during an exclusive chat with Wire & Cable India.
Wire & Cable India: Please provide a brief overview of your company, including its history, mission and values.
Ashish Talaviya: My father Mr. Shambhu Bhai Patel established BR Engineering Works Private Limited in 1984 with a single conventional lathe machine worth USD 100 at a small 100 sq ft area with an aim to provide the best solution for screw and barrel to the processing industry. Starting from a very modest beginning, we have come a long way, becoming one of the country’s largest manufacturers of high-quality screws & barrels, and a technology leader. With consistent quality and good business ethics, we have been able to get a clientele of more than 1000 customers in our bucket within a short span.
Behind this gratifying growth is a simple industrial mantra – Respect the customer and deliver optimal quality product within the assured minimum delivery periods. Since we have in-house facilities for the complete process, we are able to deliver products with unmatched quality and assure on-time delivery.
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WCI: Kindly walk us through your manufacturing setup and production capacity.
AT: The BR Engineering Works’ plant, spread across 55,000 sq ft, features best-in-class manufacturing machinery, technologies & processes, along with an expert team of 50-plus professionals. Machining, grinding and polishing operations are conducted under one roof, obviating the need for sub-contracting. The plant adheres to niche tool-room culture, ensuring that at every manufacturing point, the parts are handled optimally.
We have developed an in-house vendor park to maintain secrecy and quality. Our in-house CNC thread milling machines & CNC deep hole boring machines can make 25 mm to 250 mm dia of screw & barrels. In terms of length, we can produce up to 5,000 mm in a single piece. We also have an in-house vertical gas nitriding furnace, enabling it to accept jobs up to 650 mm diameter and 4900 mm length. This furnace is equipped with a fully automatic microprocessor-based control system with PID precision, ensuring uniform hardening and surface treatment, which in turn renders your replacement items highly durable.
The plant maintains a large inventory of pre-conditioned, ready-for-machining raw materials at all times, which cuts down on material sourcing time and ensures short delivery periods. The plant operates all 24 hours of the day in full-fledged rotation shifts, making possible the shortest delivery times in the industry. To assure there are no compromises in quality at any stage, we have stringent checks and balances. In fact, inspection rejections at the BR plant are practically nil. Our current installed capacity is more than 6000 screws and barrels, which is slated to augment to 15,000 screws and barrels per annum in near future.
WCI: What are some of the key products or solutions BR Engineering offers to the wire and cable sector? What sets BR Engineering apart from other players in the wire and cable market?
AT: As a manufacturer of screw & barrels, we understand the current environment of the wire & cable industry and focus on new designs & processes, which make our customers more competitive. Our advanced manufacturing set-up, experience of more than 40 years and knowledge of customers’ evolving needs gives us an edge over other players. Since we supply screws and barrels not only to the wires & cables industry but also to plastic, rubber and food Industries, it gives us a broader perspective in manufacturing processes and design.
Our design division is equipped with the latest IT infrastructure (computer systems and software), while our expert team of design engineers have the skillsets to prepare complete designs as per client requirements, with only a few basic dimension specifications provided from the client’s end.
Our extensive product range for the wire and cable industry includes twin parallel screw, barrier screw, single screw, single barrel, twin hole rear barrel, twin barrels (sleeve fitted, parallel), grooved feed bush, associated plastic machinery parts, bimetallic screw & barrel, and segmented twin screw & barrel.
WCI: Please tell us about your market footprint and key clientele.
AT: Besides having presence in all states across the country, we supply screws and barrels to the United Kingdom, China, Cameroon, Mozambique, Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Oman, Egypt, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Nigeria, Germany, Dubai, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, to name a few. In India, we are supplying our screw barrels to OEMs including Windsor Exports, Electronica Group, Shibaura Machine India Private Limited, Prikan Machinery Private Limited, Supermac Industries, etc.
WCI: Please shed some light on your recent developments or upcoming projects.
AT: We have started manufacturing complete pipe plants for High Density Polyethylene (HDPE), Poly Vinyl Chloride (PVC), Polypropylene Random Copolymer (PPR) and drip with adoption of the latest technologies, which make these plants one of the most efficient in the market.
WCI: What are the current trends you see in the wire and cable industry, both in India and globally?
AT: Like all the industries, the wire and cable industry is also facing numerous challenges. Intense competition and rapid changes in technology make it necessary for every player to be alert and ready for new challenges & opportunities.
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WCI: How do you see the wire and cable industry evolving in the future? What role do you envision BR Engineering playing in this evolution?
AT: Adoption of new technology and practices is a must to grow and survive in the market. BR Engineering Works, as always, is constantly developing new designs and metallurgy for its screw & barrel, so that its customers can increase output with minimum energy & maintenance cost. With our continuous efforts in design & development in screw and barrel, coupled with our customer-centric policies, BR Engineering aims to maintain its leading position in the industry.
