Last year

Market has been quite challenging in 2013, especially as the automotive industry had a downward trend. However, this gave us an opportunity to do more re-engineering projects at customer end. The year has been almost flat for us.

 

Market position

Even under these precarious market / economic conditions, we could manage to gain market share. Seco is recognised as the practical expert offering high performance products coupled with value added services, thereby making us the most preferred tooling partner across all industry segments.  

 

Customer segments

Traditionally in India cutting tool business is concentrated around industry segments like automotive, general engineering, power generation, die and mould, etc. Sectors like aerospace and medical requiring high technical skills and competence are now gaining grounds in India.

 

Addressing customer needs

Yes, productivity and speed are the trends which are very much in demand in India now. Seco has been a pioneer in technological innovations with a very strong R&D base. To name a few innovations which changed the industry standards are Duratomic, Jetstream Tooling, Double Octomill, etc.  

 

Delivering quality products

We follow stringent quality assurance practices to ensure consistent delivery of high quality products.

 

Environmental and safety concerns

With a very strong concern for environment, health and safety, Seco has been promoting dry machining since long. Seco already has a wide range of product portfolio which can be efficiently used for dry machining. Intensive R&D efforts are on to further enhance our product development in this area.

 

Difficult to machine workpiece materials

Cutting tool industry is one of the most dynamic industries from the product innovations perspective. Pace of product innovations is highly being driven by developments in machine tools, work piece materials, components complexity, programming and other machining variables. The most important thing is to envisage the future machining development, to align the R&D efforts and to introduce products / solutions in line with the changing requirement matrix.

 

Becoming a partner

By choosing Seco, customers get more than just a comprehensive portfolio of advanced metal cutting solutions and expert services. You get a partnership based on trust, respect and communication and a team that is always ready to help you gain the competitive advantage.

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