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Founded in 1961, TEXSPIN Bearings Limited is currently offering industry-leading technological
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breakthroughs to the automotive sector via technology-driven platforms (clutches, wheels, transmission.
Suspension & Steering bearings). The firm has evolved over time from an innovator in bearing manufacturing
to a knowledge-based technology company that assists customers in attaining long-term, competitive
business excellence. TEXSPIN ’s technology solutions continue to aid businesses in the automotive and
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industrial segments in introducing innovative technology products and achieving long-term advancements in
friction reduction, energy efficiency, and equipment longevity and reliability.

Bearings are ‘green products’ that help reduce vehicle friction, pollution, and fuel consumption. The strengths
of TEXSPIN are the tribology cultivated through bearing development, and the heat treatment, precision
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machining, and precision measurement required for bearing manufacturing. TEXSPIN Bearings offers
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tailor-made value-added innovative solutions across all technology platforms, with a strong commitment to
research-driven innovation.

In India, TEXSPIN has two manufacturing facilities, four regional sales offices (New Delhi, Kolkata, Pune,
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and Chennai), a network of over 400 dealers, and more than 1500 motivated and engaged professionals.
“We serve customers in Europe, North America, South America, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia, which
together account for more than 20% of our global business turnover at TEXSPIN ,” says Dipen Makwana,
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Managing Director, Texspin in an interview with Engineering Review. Excerpts:

Q. What is your contribution to the key areas to meet the sustainability precision processing, and precision
automotive industry? demands of the global automotive measurement required for bearing
TEXSPIN ’s deep technical expertise in market. TEXSPIN offers new products manufacturing. Since they minimize
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delivering innovative solutions stems from and services for use in current and future vehicle friction, pollutants, and fuel
a commitment to sustainability throughout vehicle platforms. Many low-friction consumption, bearings are regarded as
their business. This intelligence is fully composite bearing units and solutions “green products.”
utilized for the automotive industry, for electric vehicles are currently being The continuous evolution of TEXSPIN
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where TEXSPIN is a trusted partner developed as products. TEXSPIN ’s goal can be characterized as a quest for
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in developing innovative products and is to significantly reduce friction losses innovative techniques and breakthroughs
solutions to reduce CO2 emissions. The and substantial improvement in NVH to deliver solutions. This is supported by a
automotive industry is amid a major at a reasonable price, and the latest research and development center, which
upheaval, largely due to technological development is another step in that assures a consistent flow of innovations
advances towards greener mobility direction. TEXSPIN develops knowledge- to meet the high requirements of the
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solutions such as all-electric, hybrid and based solutions and services to help the automotive sector. The R&D center can
alternative fuel vehicles. To achieve its automotive industry produce vehicles that accurately design, simulate, analyze,
environmental goals, TEXSPIN must contribute to a more sustainable future for validate, test, and construct systems for
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implement sustainable solutions while all of us. a range of applications using the most
remaining cost-competitive in the face recent software technologies.
of broader global market constraints and Q. Tell us something about your The product life cycle model developed
prospects. R & D set-up and efforts. and tested by TEXSPIN includes various
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As a major supplier to the automotive The strengths of TEXSPIN are design and analysis steps. These are well
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sector, TEXSPIN has prioritized the the tribology cultivated via bearing supported by CAD / CAM / CAE tools.
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development of new products in many development, and the heat treatment, FE analysis is a soft tool for calculating

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