The Indian material handling sector has observed a momentous growth in recent years, which is mainly brought about by rising investment in infrastructure development, increased demand for higher automation, and safe working practices in the manufacturing area. As industrialization is set to witness pivotal development in the years to come, the material handling equipment industry has a promising future, too.
Due to technological advancements and a young population ready to take advantage of the same, Indian organizations have a great potential to cater to the global market. Armatic Engineering has been in the global material handling landscape for 54 years now.
Founded by N Bhaskar Manay and his wife, Vyjayanthi Manay on 2nd May 1968 in a small garage in Bangalore South, the company manufactured manual calculators, crane components and bus bar systems. Having designed, developed, and sold over 5,000 components in the last 53 years, the company has been a pioneer in Material Handling Ecosystem for the better part of the century.
In 2010, Armatic Engineering set up an entire state of the art manufacturing facility 30kms away from Bangalore. Catering to more than 75 percent of the Indian Market, Armatic Engineering exports to Germany, Italy, USA, Australia, Turkey, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Mexico, Malaysia, Vietnam,
Kenya, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Columbia, Georgia, Oman, Nigeria, Nepal, and more.
“We have invaluable experience in this industry and quality products that reflect our values. Our main USP is that we approach every order with diligence and an innovative spirit. We have taken up and succeeded in developing some of the most novel (first time in India) products. Not to mention that we have always been the first preferred supplier by many companies due to our manufacturing process, design calculations and most importantly considering high safety factors”, says Arjun Manay.
Armatic Engineering strongly believes in the people it works for and people who work for it. The greatest asset Armatic as are its people. As mentioned earlier, the company was started in 1968 and it still has people working with it since then. Loyalty is the word in Armatic. More than 50 percent of its people are with the company for more than 25-30 years and they are the greatest strength of Armatic Engineering. No matter what the situation and circumstances are, the whole team is up and always there to sort out any issues on priority. The culture is open office, there are no cabins for any one in Armatic and this helps in smooth communication with positive results.
Prior to the year 2000, there were limited options for our customers. Announcement of “MAKE IN INDIA” helped companies to develop and manufacture using Indian materials at lower cost. Given the current exuberance seen across the Indian industry over the past years, Armatic Engineering has focused on having high efficiency in production, less maintenance costs, simplicity in operations along with a reasonable cost structure to stay competitive in the growing market.
Armatic Engineering credits its long-standing reputation to the strong technical knowledge and its streamlined production facilities; uncompromised quality of products and services being the pillars of the company
By doing this they have been able to better understand the client requirements and structure the organization in a way to cater the future demands. Armatic Engineering credits its long-standing reputation to the strong technical knowledge and its stream lined production facilities; uncompromised quality of products and services being the pillars of the company.
Armin Manay believes that, “The future of the material handling market lies in automation. We see systems that are completely automated. We also see that the market is growing and will be required to develop more products. The future road map of our company includes leveraging our position in the market to cater to a larger market and transforming it into a company focused on automation and Industry 4.0”.
