UCAM to set up new facility with Rs 30-cr investment

Bengaluru-based UCAM, the manufacturer of high precision CNC Rotary Tables, Index Tables and Pallet Changing Systems for CNC (computer numerical control) machining centres, is planning to set up a new facility at Dobbaspet, with an investment of Rs 30 crore in few months, a top executive said.

Talking to Deccan Herald on the sidelines of IMTEX-2015 here on Thursday, UCAM Managing Director Indradev Babu said, “We have set up a new facility with an investment of Rs 30 crore at Dobbaspet with a built-in area of 60,000 sq ft, which will help enhance production capacity as well as improve production systems and quality.”

The machine shop is completely temperature-controlled, and equipped with super precision machines, besides quality control and test facilities.

“The products that we manufacture are hitech sub-systems for machining centres. Machining centres are mother machines which can produce parts for automotive, aerospace, mould-making and general engineering industries,” Babu said.

“Our business is focused on machine tool builders, as well as users of these machines who would like to upgrade their existing capability. The automotive sector is the biggest chunk of the customer segment, about 60 per cent. The remaining are aerospace, medical implants, power and general engineering,” Babu added.

The company, which was set up in 1986 at Jalahalli with a small unit, today employs 150 people with a turnover of Rs 40 crore. Last year, the company’s turnover was Rs 36 crore.
UCAM holds 70 per cent of the domestic market, hence export is the key to UCAM’s growth.

Presently UCAM exports 25 per cent of its annual turnover and it is targeting exports to hit the 60 per cent mark in the next four years. The export destinations include Germany, Italy, the UK, Poland, the US and Canada.

UCAM has launched new business units Nimble Machines and Nimble Electric. Nimble Machines produce high performance CNC Gear Hobber to meet high performance requirements of customers in the domestic market.

At the Dobbaspet facility, a hangar has been constructed exclusively for building these machines. Meanwhile, Nimble Electric has a capability to design and manufacture high tech torque motors competing with suppliers from Europe.

UCAM has a subsidiary located in Germany to cater to the European market by stocking and distributing products manufactured in India.

 UCAM has independent design and R&D departments. UCAM’s in-house R&D facility is recognised by the Department of Science and Industrial Research (DSIR), Government of India.
DH News Service