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Rane (Madras) Limited

Steering and Linkage Business

Vision
“Enhance domestic leadership & expand global presence in steering systems by providing
value and technology solutions”

Profile
 Manufacturer of steering & suspension systems for every segment of automobile
industry, viz Passenger cars, Multi utility vehicles, Light commercial vehicles, Heavy
commercial vehicles and Farm tractors.
 Inception of manufacturing facilities in the year 1960.
 Branched into Hydraulic products (HSU and Cylinder) for Farm Tractors and
Commercial Vehicle segment
 Best in class manufacturing facilities
 Holds major market share in India both in Manual steering gear systems & suspension
systems

Design
 Core design philosophy of “getting it right the first time”
 Contemporary computer aided engineering and design applications
 Finite element analysis for all critical parts
  Vehicle steering system analysis to simulate real life conditions
Technology
 The journey to continuously enhance product life and reliability has seen various
initiatives in deploying appropriate product and process technologies. The focus areas
are
 Reducing friction
 Sealing
 Light weighting
 Reducing the need for service
Ball joints for a wide application catering

 Greased-for-life maintenance-free design

 Controlled torque for optimum application
 Corrosion-free with specialized coatings
Manual and Mechanical Steering systems with

 Low friction features for controlled torque output

 Specially manufactured components for enhanced product life
 High environment resilience through the use of specialized seals and coatings
R&D Capabilities
 Comprehensive design facilities to simulate varied environmental scenarios

 State-of-the-art test facility to validate product feature parameters, functional

parameters, endurance and environmental integrity

Manufacturing
VARANAVASI (CHENNAI) PLANT
Light Commercial vehicle, Heavy Commercial vehicle and Utility vehicles segments

MYSURU PLANT
Tractor and Commercial vehicle segments, and Hydraulic products

PUDUCHERRY PLANT
Passenger car segments
 RUDRAPUR PLANT
Caters specifically to the customers in the North of India

Automated and high power casting lines includes

 UBE machines ranging from 650 to 900 Tons
 Buhler machine of 530 Tons
 Fully automated die casting process with Partial squeeze pin technique, Vacuum
assisted casting process
 Thermally regulated die temperature control
 Addition of a new machining line to the casting shop
 Raw material control with Spectro analyser and Degassing to ensure gas free castings
Modern machine shop includes
 Fully automated and computer controlled Vertical & Horizontal machining centres
 Online SPC in Machining lines for critical characteristics
 High pressure washing machines to eliminate contamination, Leak free parts with in-
house impregnation plant
 Lean Manufacturing with single piece flow and packing at the end of line
 Rane Limited

Type Public company

Traded as BSE: 532661, NSE: RML

Industry Automotive

Founded 1929

Founder T. R. Ganapathy Iyer

Headquarters Chennai

, 

India

Key people L. Ganesh (chair)

S. Parthasarat(CEO)
Gowri Kailasam(president)

Products Manual steering gear products and

suspension & steering linkage products

Operating ₹67.05 billion (US$840 million) (FY2012-13)

income

Total assets ₹34.102 billion (US$430 million) (2012)

Parent Rane Holding Limited

L.GANESH CHAIRMAN OF RANE GROUP

Rane (Madras) Ltd is a part of the Rane group of companies involved in the

manufacture and distribution of steering and suspension systems. The main
components manufactured by the company include Manual Steering Gear Products
(SGP) and Suspension & Steering Linkage Products (SSLP). The other products
include tie rod assemblies, drag link assemblies, center link assemblies and gear
shift ball joints.[1][2] Automobile companies that use its products include Ashok
Leyland, Volvo, M&M, Tafe, Tata among many others.[3] Tata motors remains its
major customer and is the primary parts manufacturer for Tata's Nano. [4] The
company has also set up a dedicated plant for Tata Nano in Sanand, Gujarat. [5] The
company was forced to change its manufacturing facility from West Bengal to
Gujarat after Tata moved out.

History

Rane group of companies was founded by Shri T. R. Ganapathy Iyer in the year
1929 and the group was originally named as Rane (Madras) Ltd. [6] It started off as a
distributor of automobiles and parts. After his death, the business was taken over by
his son-in-law Lakshmana Iyer Lakshminarayan, popularly known as LLN, among
friends and business circles. Under the leadership of LLN, the company was shaped
into an auto-component business house. LLN remained as the founder chairman of
the group for over three decades.[7]

During the early periods. Rane Madras Ltd was engaged in trading only. Later in the
year 1960, they completely dropped trading and started manufacturing and it all
started with the manufacture of Tie Rod ends at their plant in Velachery, Chennai.
Later; as the automobile industry flourished, the business spread to the
manufacturing of other suspension and steering systems. As a major turn of events,
in 2005 the company was de-merged from the group and the group holding company
called Rane Holding Ltd (RHL) and several other subsidiary companies were formed.
[8]
 It was during this period that Rane (Madras) Ltd emerged as a public limited
company. Later, Rane Holding Ltd made additional investment in the company, and
thus Rane (Madras) Ltd became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Rane Holdings
Ltd.[9] It remained a major manufacturer and supplier of major OEMs in India and
abroad.

Over the years Rane (Madras) Ltd has grown to be the largest in the group, both in
terms of size and turnover, with five manufacturing plants
in Chennai[10] and Kancheepuram[11] in Tamil Nadu, Mysore in
Karnataka, Thirubuvanai in Pondicherry and Pantnagar in Uttarakhand. Each of the
company's production plants addresses a specific industry segment. The production
facilities in Mysore cater to the tractor and commercial vehicle segment; the
Pondicherry plant to the passenger car segment; the plant in Chennai caters to the
light commercial vehicle, heavy commercial vehicle and utility vehicle segment; the
Kancheepuram plant to the export market and the manufacturing facility in
Pantnagar (Uttarakhand) supplies gears exclusively to Tata Motors Ltd. [12] The
company has also started setting up its plant in Gujarat

In 2013 this group merged with GTC inc. (Gaurav Jagannath Rane) Director &
S.E.O.

MANUFACTURING PRODUCTS
MANUAL STEERING GEARS

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Hydraulic Products

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Steering Linkages

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Suspension Components

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