Divisions
Menon and Menon is a company based in Kolhapur, Maharashtra. We have been involved in the manufacturing of intricate automotive grey iron castings like cylinder blocks and heads for over 50 years. We have facilities to cast and machine cylinder blocks and heads as per customers requirements. We have set up a Greenfield state-of-the-art foundry at Kagal, near Kolhapur, which brings world class manufacturing capabilities to india and it also effectively doubles our production capacity. We currently produce castings for almost all the major Indian automotive OEMs. With the installation of this plant we can offer large capacities for exports. We are supported by one of the best, most vibrant and passionate teams in the industry. Our belief in constantly updating our technology, improving our skills and increasing our productivity has given us an edge over competition. Meeting international standards of quality continues to be our primary focus. Our capable quality systems and business capabilities have won us several awards.
Menon and Menon has 3 units:
- Kagal Foundry
- Kolhapur Foundry
- Machine shop
Welcome to the Kagal Plant
The most modern cylinder block foundry in India which is comparable with the best foundries in the world.
Kagal Foundry
Kagal Foundry
Welcome to the Kagal Plant
The most modern cylinder block foundry in India which is comparable with the best foundries in the world.
Testimonials
This Foundry is the result of an extensive 1 year bench marking exercise which took our team to some of the best block foundries in the world located in Germany , Japan, China, Thailand and Spain.
We combined this learning with our Indian manufacturing experience to setup this foundry, which today is recognized for its
- Cost effective, lean operations
- Efficient plant layout and material movement
- High productivity levels
- Capable of producing thin walled next generation cylinder blocks
We are a combination of world class equipment’s, world class processes and a unique Indian low cost manufacturing capability
Kolhapur Foundry
This foundry was established in the early 1960’s. We have constantly upgraded ourselves to meet the changing needs of the market. We produce cylinder blocks and heads in this foundry. This foundry is supported by extremely robust manufacturing processes and experienced man power. We also have an in house fettling facility.
More than 50 years of experience in manufacturing critical castings like Cylinder Heads and Blocks has given us the unique capability of producing even the most critical castings.
Kolhapur Machine Shop
Welcome to our state of art machining facility capable of fully finishing cylinder blocks and heads.
Consists of
- 2 dedicated block lines
- Dedicated head line
- Flexible block line
- Flexible head line
The Flexible line is the result of an extensive 2 year bench marking exercise which took our team to some of the best block and head machining facilities throughout Europe.
The net result of which is
- Cost effective in terms of man power used, area occupied, power consumption, high process capability
- Effective material Handling
- Maximum utilization of industrial resources with minimum human interference
- Lean layout to optimize job travel, space optimization
- Maximum utilization of machine through automation
Our Flexible head line has a capacity to machine around 160 numbers / day.
Our Flexible Block line has a capacity to machine around 60 numbers / day.
The flexible lines gives us the flexibility to cope with altering customers requirements with minimum lead time. We are planning horizontal deployment throughout our machine shop