• Bharat Forge Limited (BFL) founded by Nilkanthrao Kalyani in the year 1961 is a

technology driven global leader in the metal forming having transcontinental presence
• Part of Kalyani Group
• A USD 2.5 billion conglomerate
•Businesses:
AUTOMOTIVE (main): Passenger Vehicles, Commercial Vehicles, SUV
INDUSTRIAL: Power , Oil & Gas, Locomotive & Marine, Aerospace, Metals &
Mining, Construction, General Engineering

• Global work force of 10,000

• World's largest forging company with manufacturing facilities spread across India,
Germany and Sweden
• The Indian Forging Industry has emerged as a major contributor to
the manufacturing sector of the Indian Economy. Briefly, it is
categorized into three sectors- large, medium, small.
• The industry was previously more labour intensive but now with
increasing globalization it is becoming more capital intensive.
• Total investment in the large and medium sectors is US$600
million
• Most of them are suppliers to Original Equipment Manufacturers
(OEMs) in the automobile sectors
• Industry’s major markets are USA, Europe and China
• Today BFL has replaced its multiple level organization, where shopfloor
feedback of manufacturing changes took ages to implement, with a three
layered structure.

• The first one is the operating layer, which consist of people who run BFL’s
manufacturing processes.
• The second layer is the middle management who have been converted from
their supervisory or task oriented roles to becoming problem solvers.
• And the third layer comprises senior management that handles the tasks of
providing leadership and strategic direction other than measuring
performance and generating rewards.