Growing requirements for lightweight and fuel-efficient automobiles motivated the demand for heat treatment to achieve desirable properties of automotive components. The global heat treating market was valued at $100.73 billion in 2021 and is expected to expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.4 percent from 2022 to 2030. Throughout the forecast period, the market is anticipated to rise faster due to the rapid expansion of the electric vehicle industry and the rising demand for metallurgical modifications to fit particular applications. The pandemic is likely to speed up the adoption of electric cars and will play a significant role in critical structural changes in this process, which is widely used in the automotive industry. With its headquarters in Noida, Lopan Metal Treatment provides one of the top heat-treating services in the industry by fusing traditional customer service with cutting-edge technology. The company's success is based on providing excellent customer service, and Lopan Metal Treatment never loses sight of the fact that its clients are the reason they are in business.
The Overall View & Milestones
In 1972, Lopan Metal Treatment was founded as Lopan Kemikals by Late O.P. Sekhri along with his two sons, Sanjay Sekhri and Sumeet Sekhri. O. P. Sekhri had the experience of nearly 50 years in the field and was a pioneer in the technology of heat treatment. The production of heat treatment salts in 1972 marked a modest beginning. "We were the first to develop the idea of utilizing sodium cyanide with base carburizing salts, which allowed our customers to save tons of money.
With an eye for quality and a passion for providing heat treatment services, we quickly rose to the top of the industry in North India. Our brand Lopan is well-liked by consumers", stated Sumeet Sekhri, COO, Lopan Metal Treatment. As Late O. P. Sekhri had an experience for nearly five decades, he started with the manufacture of heat treatment salts/chemicals. Later the company also started manufacturing quenching oils for heat treatment.
And in 2005, Lopan Metal Treatment was established to switch to the latest technology available for heat treatment.
The unit started with just two furnaces in Surajpur Industrial Area in Greater Noida, but it swiftly expanded to 21 furnaces in three units over the course of about 15 years. Due to the promoter's extensive and flawless understanding of heat treatment technology, the company is able to produce products of exceptional quality, deliver them on time to consumers, offer competitively low pricing, and maintain an impeccable work ethic.
As a result, not only do loyal clients continue to use Lopan, but an increasing number of elite businesses are willing to collaborate with them. Their three facilities—Khuskhera in Bhiwadi, Gajraula in Uttar Pradesh, and Surajpur Industrial Area—are now completely staffed and operating at full capacity aroundthe- clock. They also built a fourth unit in a Baddi, Himachal Pradesh, industrial region to accommodate the growing demand from both its current and potential new customers in the far north of India. The system will start operating by the end of November 2022.
"Our long association, experience, and wide knowledge of heat treatment prompted us to start this new venture Lopan Metal Treatment, for doing heat treatment work in 2005 with two sealed quench furnaces, one pre-heating furnace, one tempering furnace, and one washing machine. And now, in 2022, we are equipped with 24 SQFs, 29 tempering furnaces, nine washing machines, 40 CNCs, four VMCs, two sets of hobbing and shaving, and four shot blasting machines", explained Sanjay Sekhri, CEO, Lopan Metal Treatment.
State-of-the-Art Services & Solutions for all Business Needs
Heat treating must be as sophisticated as the sectors it supports, necessitating exact knowledge, comprehension, and control over the heating and cooling of metals in any alloy configuration. At Lopan Metal Treatment, OEMs can choose from a number of services for heat treatment solutions, such as carburizing and carbonitriding, hardening and tempering, stress relief, shot blasting, LAB, and machine shop services, including turning process, VMC, and broaching. Through the use of top-notch tools, highly skilled workers, and a commitment to ongoing growth and improvement, Lopan Metal Treatment is dedicated to the science of thermal processing. Also, Lopan Metal Treatment modifies the structural composition of metals to precisely predetermined qualities through carefully regulated atomic manipulation, enabling components of hundreds of different devices to carry out their intended functions.
Future Offerings
With such effective services, Lopan opened its additional locations in Bhiwandi and Gajraula. And in the near future, the firm intends to expand its market into the southern and western zone, which is known as the automobile hub of the country. This is due to the fact that, in contrast to other participants, the company offers 1700 tonnes of equipment, the largest field furnace in India. And for this reason, a lot of wellknown corporations, including Tata, Honda, Mahindra, Indian Railway, Nipha, Hero, Ashok Leyland TVS, JCB, and many more, are linked to Lopan.
Lopan is rapidly expanding, with annual growth exceeding 30 percent. The current size of the business is 60 crores, but Lopan aims to reach 100 crores by 2025. The company aims to offer the best heat treatment services to the automotive, railroad, and other business segments. "By implementing the most recent heat treatment technology, we are concentrating on growing our market share. We also want to provide our clients with high-quality work on time so that we may achieve zero rejection on our end. In order to achieve so, we expanded our range to include aus quenching & vacuum heat treatment and machine shop", concluded Sumeet.
