MACHT celebrates 25 years of Making In India by Father-Son Duo
sitting in his Ghaziabad office, is a man who sees each day full of new lessons in life. A quarter of the century is too short to bask in the glory of achievements, as he is still raring to go miles. MachineMaker joined in a riveting conversation with Mr. Ashwin Dhingra, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of MACHT Technologies Private Limited.
MACHT Technologies is a leading Engineering solutions provider to Indian Automotive and Precision Manufacturing industry in design and manufacture of Special Purpose Machines, Automation Systems, Modular Units like Spindles and Slides etc. and Precision Machined Parts in small to medium batch quantities (for exports)
In 2019, the organization is completing 25 years of its remarkable service to the Indian machine tools and automotive industry, in particular. On this occasion, the elegant technocrat took time to look down his own journey so far and his vision for the organization.
Born to a middle class Indian family with core values, Mr. Ashwin Dhingra inherited his passion for engineering from his father Mr. R N Dhingra. He graduated with B.E. with Distinction, in Mechanical Engineering from University of Mysore.
He joined Yamaha Motorcycles India Limited as a production engineer in the year 1988. The experience moulded his expertise for automotive industry. In 1990 he joined EMAG Maschinenfabrik in Germany. His stint in Germany honed his technical skills as he got to work with some of world class machine tools builders in the process.
MACHT Technologies happened in the year 1994, as much by his own zest as it was by the exemplary step of his father Mr. R. N. Dhingra, who was then at a leading position with an Auto Component Manufacturing company of world repute.
He says, “It was a lifelong dream of my father to start his own company. Both of us were from service background and both had undergone training at world reputed companies in Germany, during our respective careers. Armed with just our Knowledge and Dreams, we founded this company in 1994 to give cost effective engineering solutions to the Precision Manufacturing Industry”.
Taking small strides upfront, the organization today is one of the reputed names in its field. “Initially we invested in Indian machines of global repute and began this journey as a tool room in 1994. It was almost four years before we were in a position to form a team, train them to understand & deliver the Quality required by the Industry. Today we design all types Special Purpose Machines and are also exporting components and assemblies to Europe”, he says.
Research and Development is integral to MACHT’s core competence. “We have done research in our organization for many modular units. We invest a lot of time and money in developing new Modular Units for machines, which are nothing but Building Blocks of Machine Tools. Recently we have started giving solutions in Rotary Transfer Machines using our own Modular Units”, he says.
