History and Milestones
Electropneumatics was established in 1972 by Mr. Antony Rasquinha, Chairman & Managing Director, with a team of five persons. The desire to innovate and develop new products and technologies that would benefit the Indian industry was the founding stone on which the company was built. This underlying philosophy is the essence of all developments and the path on which the company treads.Electropneumatics started by developing and manufacturing pneumatic valves, as substitute to expensive imported ones. From this humble beginning, the company gradually climbed the ladder of innovation by introducing many indigenous products such as pneumatic cylinders, hydraulic cylinders, hydraulic presses and machine tools, proportional/servo technology and PLC/CNC systems, tube bending machines, honing machines, compacting presses, industrial robots, special purpose machines, hydroforming, servo mechanical presses, etc. Many of these machines have been ‘first-of-its-kind’ in India.
2010 |
Manufactured largest 3 Axes CNC cold pipe bender of capacity OD419 mm x 21 mm thickness Manufacture Fully Automatic CNC Chassis Long Member Punching machine for Web and Flange for commercial vehicles Exported Servo Drives to European OEMs and Motor Manufacturers. |
2009 |
Introduced high-tonnage Servo Mechanical Presses Set-up modern CNC Machine Shop in Chakan |
2007 |
Developed the largest hydraulic press of 7000T for stainless steel heat exchanger plate press |
2006 |
Developed Servo Mechanical Press & All Electric Tube Bending Machine and won CMTI PMT trust Award for Servo Mechanical Press at IMTEX 2007 |
2005 |
Developed CNC Plate Punching with XY Table |
2004 |
Established 'Component Manufacturing Division (CMD)' to supply parts to automotive and other industries |
2003 |
Developed indigenous ‘CNC Angle Marking, Punching & Cropping Machine’ and product line for transmission Line Equipment |
2001 |
Built India’s first ‘Damage Control Simulator’ Developed hydraulic press with Active Die Cushion system |
2000 |
First to introduce indigenous ‘Hydroforming Technology’ in India Developed India’s first ‘Multi-axes, Multi-Radius, Bi-directional Tube Bending Machine’. Awarded the FIE Foundation & CMTI trust award for ‘Multi-axes, multi-radius, bi-direction CNC Tube Bending Machine |
1999 |
Manufactured ‘CNC Hydraulic Press with Multi-point Cushion’ |
1998 |
Introduced 'CNC Hydraulic Honing Machine' |
1997 |
Indigenously developed AC Servo Drives |
| Developed first ‘CNC Wire Bending Machine’ and India’s first ‘ Fine Blanking Press’ | |
1992 |
Added second manufacturing unit at Chakan, Pune |
1991 |
Developed 'Twin Spindle Plateau Honing Machine' |
1989 |
Made ‘CNC Powder Compacting Press’ |
1986 |
Developed India’s first ‘Six-axes Industrial Robot’ which was awarded the FIE Foundation & CMTI trust award at IMTEX-86 |
1985 |
Manufactured India’s largest capacity ‘Draw-type Tube Bending Machine’(dia. 325 mm) |
1982 |
Developed India’s first ‘Three-axes CNC Tube Bending Machine’ and received Outstanding Special Purpose Machine award for the same at IMTEX-82 |
1981 |
Developed Proportional/Servo Technology and indigenous PLC/CNC systems |
1976 |
Introduced Hydraulic Metal Forming Machines |
1974 |
Introduced Hydraulic Cylinders |
1973 |
Introduced Pneumatic Cylinders |
1972 |
Company established. Started by manufacturing Pneumatic Valves. |