Kirloskar Pneumatic Company Limited (KPCL) yesterday formally inaugurated the new manufacturing facility at Nashik. This facility includes a 32 tonne forge hammer to make High Speed Gear Blanks and a comprehensive fabrication facility to make base frames, pressure vessels and a range of heat exchangers.

The facility will primarily cater to the requirements of KPCL and help in enhancing the competitiveness through Value chain advantage as well as to speed up execution of projects. The facility will also earmark about 25% of its capacity to external customers.

In the first phase the plant can produce about 6000 tons of forged parts of sizes upto 1/2 a ton each a year. The plant also can fabricate complex parts upto 35 tons each.

The investment in the plant is in line with the company's aim to be a comprehensive and reliable supplier of Compression systems for Air, Refrigeration and Gas.