Intellectual Capital Investing in Cutting-Edge Technologies and Innovation

We are augmenting our knowledge and skills in advanced materials and technologies, seeding new business areas, developing advanced new products, and improving our manufacturing processes. This will help us to further strengthen our intellectual capital. Our steadfast focus on in-house R&D and innovation will provide us a greater competitive advantage in the global arena.

Our Global Network of Innovation

We have, over the years, established strong relations with multiple academic institutions, research institutions and innovation centers globally. We are leveraging them to develop organic inhouse capabilities and scale our innovation charter.

Bharat Forge Limited R&D Centers

Innovation at Bharat Forge Limited is led by our two in-house R&D centers – Kalyani Centre for Technology and Innovation and Kalyani Centre for Manufacturing Innovation. These centers undertake extensive R&D activities and are helping us meet the evolving needs of customers. Details of these centers are as follows:

Kalyani Centre for Technology and Innovation (KCTI)

KCTI is at the heart of our technology-driven strategy. With its strong network of relationships with innovation centers, research institutions, and academic institutions, it enables us to augment in-house knowledge and skills through advanced technical training, academic courses, innovation and extensive R&D. It is DSIR-recognized, NABL-certified and acknowledged and approved by all critical customers.

Focus areas
  • Research on metallurgical properties of various metals and optimization of forging processes through advanced labs of heat treatment, metallography, fatigue, creep testing
  • Develop new products and improve performance of the existing products by value addition and value engineering
Kalyani Centre for Manufacturing Innovation (KCMI)

KCMI undertakes prototyping related to new business and facilitates the development of samples. It has the latest state-of-the-art equipments for new product development and acts as an incubator of new technologies.

Focus areas
  • Joint engineering support during product development
  • Speedy development of samples
  • Establishing design for manufacturing processes and technology
Contribution by our R&D Centers

129

R&D employee strength

10

No. of PhD’s

6

Total Patents granted till date

64

No. of MTech’s

70

Total Patents filed till date

179

Total research papers presented globally

Competencies of our R&D Centers
  • Metal processing and nanotechnology
  • Material analysis and testing
  • Advanced manufacturing
  • Virtual manufacturing
  • Process engineering
  • Software capabilities
SDGs Impacted