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and for universal heads with head on double columns, gantry types, as productive means to its group companies.
changer supplied with the machines. The well as floor type milling machines. The
universal head has international patent company now offers: 2-axis contouring Journey in India
with 3,24,000 positions with high torque. heads with Hi-torque, Auto indexing “In India, we started our operations way
These heads are being manufactured universal milling heads, Turning tables, back in 2007 with only two engineers.
in-house by Nicolas Correa for more than and Turning heads. Thus one machine Service & application engineers were
20 years. Reliability, Accuracy, Flexibility can perform milling, turning and boring all recruited as we grew gradually, installing
& Robustness are the key features of combined. a number of machines. Initially after
Nicolas Correa machines. With over 900 bridge type machines, commissioning a few machines, we
1,000 floor type machines and 3,500 bed started offering our clients turn-key
Giant Strides type machines installed all over the world, solutions which include tooling and
Nicolas Correa machines are most the company offers milling solutions fixtures. As the demand picked up, we
suitable for Infrastructure, Energy, Capital designed for the most demanding deployed more application engineers
Goods and Die - Mold Industry. Its production environments, such as the in India. Today Fixture manufacturing is
presence in this market is remarkable. power generation, automotive, aerospace done locally. We are well-known now
Precision components like Engine Block and railways. “Thousands of customers as a Solutions Provider rather than just a
(16/20 Cylinder), Turbine Housings, and throughout the world continue to machine tool manufacturer. We are proud
Gear Boxes are major application areas. place their trust in our range of milling to be part of the latest Indian Railway
“Our machines are supplied in large machines, manufactured in our Burgos manufacturing program,” ruminates
numbers for Components like Railway plant,” says Parag Alekar. Alekar.
Crossings, and Switches which require Nicolás Correa currently exports “Today we are a well-knit team of
heavy cutting applications. The population around 90% of its production to over professional engineers providing pre-
of our machines in Railways is huge, since 20 countries. Towards this end, it has sales, after-sales and turnkey solutions.
majority of the components are done with a broad network of distributors and A few years ago we started our Head
utmost precision while achieving high trading subsidiaries which ensures direct, Repair Centre in the industrial hub of
productivity due to flexibility available personal contact with customers. Pune. This has benefitted our customers
on our machines. The universal head The company has access to top-quality who have been using our machines
technology helps in reducing the number critical supplies and it is able to satisfy all since long,” adds Alekar with a sense of
of set-ups which in turn improves its customers with varying requirements. fulfillment .
productivity,” reveals Parag Alekar, CEO, The company’s main asset is its highly
Nicolas Correa -India professional team. With its vocation for
Die-Mold Industry utilizes machines research and product customization as
from Nicolas Correa for large size Dies the backbone and differentiators of
where pre-machining as well as finishing its activity, the company is geared
have to be done on one machine. Major to boost its capacity so that it can
Tool rooms use its machines for Skin explore and serve new markets
panel dies. and develop a strategic plan
The company has started offering whose investments will allow
Multi-tasking machines in a big way. It is it to build the factory of the
well-known for offering Flexible machines. future in Burgos, increase the
A Couple of years back it introduced capacity and provide more
Turning solutions on its Milling machines.
This includes, turning tables with higher
rpm in higher sizes, turning heads
mounted on Rams through attachment
changers, etc. These solutions are offered

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