Company Profile Vision & Mission Quality Policy Environment Policy Our Journey Certifications Awards CSR Company Profile Sandfits Foundries Private Limited – One of the leading foundries in south India, was started in 1962 at Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, primarily to cater the captive needs of local industry. Early in our inception, we carved a unique business model to success. With the state of the art infrastructure, a team of young & energetic family and wide range of products with excellence in quality, we have emerged as a castings solution provider to a diverse industrial clientele. Today we are a well-established entity with an emerging global presence. Recently we have developed CGI and ADI castings for Automobile applications. Sandfits, leading Manufacturer of all grades of Grey and Ductile iron castings, conforming standards, quality and grade to meet the markets globally. Our casting weight ranges from 3 kgs upto 4000 kgs. Sandfits has the capability to supply various Engineering and production needs of AUTOMOTIVE, EARTH MOVING, GEAR TRANSMISSION, HYDRAULICS, TRACTORS, TEXTILES & WIND ENERGY. This is largely due to Engineering & Manufacturing skills, adequate manufacturing facilities, skilled workforce and technological excellence. Sandfits has two major units, Unit I for Green Sand Process and UNIT II for Resin Sand Process Download E-Catalog Unit I Unit II Management Team Mr AV Varatharajan, Chairman Mr R Saravanan, Managing Director Mr Nishok Saravanan, Director- Operations Mr Udayabhanu, President Mr CG Rajendran, Vice President Mr K Selvaraj, Associate Vice President Mr M Muralidharan, GM Marketing Our Vision Sandfits shall strive to be the Technology leader in Foundry Industry by delivering higher value to all interested parties while adopting safe and Environmentally friendly processes and efficient Business System Our Mission Benchmarking for Technology and Quality against World class Foundries That continuously improve its efficiencies with World class Business systems Being a company that develops the employees continuously to enable them to give better value to customers Being environmentally focused company that exceeds Statutory and customer requirements Our Principles Innovation We encourage change, always pursuing promising opportunities for clients, our partners and ourselves. Our Culture We embrace diversity and foster a culture that promotes teamwork and inclusion to pursue a common goal. Partnership We create the future by working together and with our clients in an atmosphere of trust and confidence. Integrity At the heart of everything we do, is an unshakable commitment to honesty, fairness and respect. Quality Policy SANDFITS FOUNDRIES, manufacturers of Ferrous Castings commit total responsibility to provide Quality & Services and comply with all applicable interested parties’ requirements. We achieve customer satisfaction and trust by the active contribution of all our employees through Continually improving our Quality Management Systems Upgrading manufacturing processes Benchmarking our Quality & Technology with best in Industry ENVIRONMENT OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY POLICY We at Sandfits Foundries, manufacturers of Ferrous Castings, are committed to establish Green & Clean Environment and Safe & Healthy Work Atmosphere in and around our plant We shall achieve this by: Prevention of environmental pollution and elimination of hazards related to occupational health & Safety. Complying with all applicable Environment, Occupational Health and Safety, Legal and other requirements. Enhancement of environmental performance, prevention of occupational illness & safety problems. Improving our energy efficiency and waste reduction and promoting re-use & re-cycle of wastes wherever feasible. Training and active consultation and participation of employees and contract personnel on occupational health, safety and environment requirements. Minimizing the risks, impacts due to the occupational health and safety hazards. Continual improvement of Environment, Occupational Health and Safety Management System. Our Journey We started from humble roots in the year 1962 at Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, primarily to cater to the captive needs of local industry. Early in our inception, we carved a unique business model to success. We celebrated our golden jubilee in 2013. Today, we are a well-established entity with an emerging global presence. Photographs of our Humble Roots Photographs from our Golden Jubilee Celebration 2013 1962 Company Established 1988 Acquired own land. Constructed new factory building and Shifted the operations to new premises 1991 ARPA line was commissioned in the foundry 1995 Conventional machine shop facility added 1996 induction furnace installed 1997 Commenced production of ductile iron castings 2000 ISO 9002 certifications obtained 2001 Imported spectrometer from Germany and its has been installed 2002 QS 9000 certification obtained 2006 Obtained ISO/TS 16949-2002 Certification from TUV 2007 Resin sand foundry with IMF-FLL machines installed to Produce heavy castings as a green field project names as sandfits foundries private limited UNIT II at Appanaickenpatti near Sulur, Coimbatore 2008 ARPA 900 Machine Moulding Line installed at UNIT I 2010 Obtained SQ Mark Certification by Hyundai Motor India 2011 DISA match 24*28 horizontal moulding line Installed (HPML). Core shop expanded with cold box core shooters. To supply the machined diff case in-house machine. Shop expanded with CNC HTC, VMC and VTC. Magma simulation software (5.1) installed. Golden Jubilee Celebration. 2014 Conveyorised painting booth for dipping process installed. Solid works software procured with 2+1 license. Multi-Gauge system installed for online inspection with SPC analysis (Statistical Process Control). 2015 VMC Machine added for In house pattern Machining. 2016 Kunkel Wagner Multi-fan cooler installed. Certifications Awards CATERPILLAR - SQEP BRONZE CERIFICATE FOR UNIT IIJOINT PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AWARDGREEN FOUNDRY AWARD-2018 FOR UNIT IBEST KAIZEN AWARD FROM TAFE FOR UNIT IILAXMAN RAO KIRLOSKAR AWARD-2017 FROM IIF FOR UNIT IBest Supplier Award from KOMATSUTAFE – Self-Certified Supplier CertificateCaterpillar – Core Supplier for CPSSandfits has won prestigious awards from caterpillar for selecting us as one of its four Core Suppliers in India for the year 2012 for Caterpillar’s CPS ( Caterpillar Production System ) and VST – Wave 12-1 ( Value Stream Transformation). Best Supplier Award From TAFEBest Supplier Award From ILJINTAFE Overall Best supplier awardBEST MANAGER AWARD FROM CMA ON 21.2.17KOREA METAL WEEK 2016BEST MANAGER AWARD FROM CMA ON 21.2.17 Our CSR Initiatives While it is now statutory for corporate to involve in CSR activities, we sandfits have it in since 1962. We firmly believe that wealth in financial form is just quantifiable whereas wealth in human investments is quality and immeasurable, in terms of the difference it make in the life of beneficiaries At SANDFITS we undertake many CSR projects. Providing Computers for School children Biogas was donated to shri Ramakrishan Ashram Supply of tables and chairs to government high schools in the surrounding areas, and also in assistance to local schools to develop their infrastructural facilities. Sponsorships for school children for their higher educations Contribution towards Eye camp activities. Contribution for religious activities in constructing temples, communal halls etc