The market industrial component manufacturers were hit by reset due to this unfortunate turn of events. However, the sheer will and zeal of the Indian ‘never hold back’ values lifted this turnkey member of the Indian industrial ecosystem, back on its foot. Particularly, the Fastener manufacturing market had faced a setback, but not for long. The industry soon saw a resurgence. Nasik based Dham Fasteners witnessed a month on month increase in demand and in October 2020, the manufacturer recorded the highest sales in the history of its existence.
Incepted in the year 1987, Dham Fasteners has gained immense prominence over the years for its unmatched expertise in manufacturing high-quality industrial fasteners. Ever since Dham Fasteners has grown to a multimillion-rupee company based on product quality and on-time delivery. More so, with the recovery of the automobile sector, especially due to the festive season, Dham Fasteners is looking optimistic for all the demand growth knocking at the doors. Adding to the reasons, Naresh Dham, Founder & Chairman says, “PM Shri Modiji has also made the war cry #vocalforlocal and for the country to be atmanirbhar, which we hope will push more companies to source parts locally and not rely on imports, so we hope that with the state-of-the-art facility we have to offer we will only see us onboarding more and more customers, thus reducing India’s reliance on China”.
Customers expect Dham Fasteners to manufacture fasteners of the highest grade that can meet the stringiest quality standards laid down by each customer the firm works with, to deliver a standard of fasteners that can compete with any international standard with absolutely no variance. The customers perform a meticulous audit of all of Dham Fasteners’ facilities and manufacturing processes before they approved its factory and certify the manufacturer as an ancillary manufacturer to supply them with fasteners of the highest quality standards. “We at Dham Fastener pledged to supply quality fasteners to our customers by becoming more precise, sharp & competitive at all levels of our operations whether they are related to manufacturing, purchase, supply or administration”, says the Chairman.
Rising from a humble beginning the company today has collectively set up 4 state-of-the-art production units with a total production capacity of 12000 Metric tons per annum and is driven by the passion, strength, and expertise of its 600 Strong workforces. With such infrastructural and resource strength, Dham Fasteners caters to a wide range of multinational companies that require precision fasteners. However, the manufacturer’s core areas of expertise are in fasteners required by the automobile sector mainly passenger vehicles, commercial vehicles, earthmoving vehicles, three & two-wheelers, and electric vehicles. Dham Fasteners has a strong customer base of over 350 companies across the globe and continues to add new customers to its roster.
Setting Differentiated Quality Benchmarks
Dham Fasteners has state-of-the-art inhouse testing facilities. The fastener manufacturer’s in-house laboratory is one of the few NABL Certified labs in the country, well-resourced with advanced instruments for the checking of all mechanical and chemical properties from the raw material to the final manufactured fastener.
Dham Fasteners has invested in 2 fully automatic SCADA controlled heat treatment furnaces and 2 fully automated plating plant that has a unique
barcoding system which gives the manufacturer the ability to trace the life journey of a single bolt from heat treatment to plating and reporting to the minute detail to meet the products desired specifications. These reports are easily accessible and the same is shared with the customers.
Naresh Dham adds, “But this does not stop us and make us rest on our laurels, we are constantly on the lookout for new technologies, machinery, and processes which will enable us to provide a superior product to our customers”.
Quality Standards Met With Utmost Precision
Dham Fasteners’ customers set extremely high standards. Before a company is approved as a supplier, it has to submit a rigorous checklist of all the facilities and processes it has to offer, post that each customer conducts an in-depth audit of the manufacturer’s facilities and manufacturing processes. Dham Fasteners has put in place its internal system of checks and balances which will ensure no faulty fastener if any, ever leaves our facility.
Dham Fasteners has a unique barcoding system that gives complete traceability of every bolt manufactured in the company’s facility. The process begins when the raw material (wire coil) enters the factory, goes through the forging process, threading process, heat treatment, plating, testing lab, and dispatch. This barcoding system helps Dham Fasteners to keep detailed reports of each process and raises a red flag if it finds any discrepancies before the bolt reaches the final testing lab for approvals. These reports are shared with the customers.
Dham Fasteners also has fully automated high-speed final inspection cameras, eddy current sorters to check the hardness and dimensions of every fastener manufactured in its facility.
Dham Fasteners has earned several prestigious certifications because of its efficiencies. The firm is an IATF 16949:2016, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001 certified organization. All products are manufactured conforming to DIN, JIS, ISO, BS, ANSI, IFI, and ISO standards. Dham Fasteners believes in continuously upgrading itself to enhance the quality keeping up-to-date with the changing trends.
Dham fasteners has a unique barcoding system that gives complete traceability of every bolt manufactured in the company’s facility
Meeting Cross-Industry Requisite
Dham Fasteners manufactures the widest range of precision Cold Forged Low and High Tensile Industrial Fasteners and components of carbon, alloy, and stainless steel well suited for all applications in every type of Industrial applications – like various automobile usages, electronic engineering and construction industries along with their respective ancillaries.
This fastener manufacturer is one of the few fastener manufacturers in India that have their own in-house tool design department and NABL accredited testing lab, which aids its customers by analyzing their requirements and giving the optimum solution by designing fastener that matches their needs. This, in turn, saves man-hours and cuts out the need for third-party and reduces production and delivery time.
“Rising from a humble beginning the company today has collectively set up 4 state-of-the-art production units with a total production capacity of 12000 metric tons per annum and is driven by the passion, strength, and expertise of its 600 strong workforces.”
Engine fasteners are some of the most complex and perilous fasteners to mold, as the engine is the heart of an automobile. For the same reason, most manufacturers shy away from developing and providing engine fasteners. Dham Fasteners has approached this problem headon and has developed engine fasteners for many of its customers to succeed in a record turn-around time. This has only strengthened Dham Fasteners’ relationship with its customer base and has helped the firm to become the preferred go-to vendor for developing and supplying precision fasteners for these multinational companies.
Recently, Maruti Suzuki India Limited has chosen Dham Fasteners to be one of their fastener suppliers. To this, the chairman says, “This is a big feather in our cap and we will continue our emphasis on investment and disciplined thinking which will lead us to grow in size, technology, and sales turnover”.
Quality & Honesty Drives Success
Dham Fasteners is continuously looking for innovative technology to improve its existing plants and manufacturing processes. The company is slated to add a 5th state-of-the-art fully automated plant with a production capacity of 1200 metric tons in the year 2021. This is in tune with the organization’s objective to stay ahead of the curve and drive customer satisfaction. Reinstating Dham Fasteners' inclination toward quality, the Founder & Chairman, Naresh Dham says, “Our philosophy is derived from our own experience that outstanding quality does not come from complex systems. It is never an outside pressure. It has been from within ourselves. Quality has got to be here, in the head, in the heart of every workman. Be it on the shop floor or in the board room.” With this philosophy, Dham Fasteners firmly believes that only its customers can show the way to grow. Here, the ideology is very simple, to be fully transparent and honest with the customers.
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