Field engineer. 20+ years on both sides of the forging table — selling presses, buying parts. Writing what buyers don't get told about Indian forging. No employJoined June 2026
At 7am in Rajkot, the city is already working.
Not warming up. Working.
Brass swarf on the road. A foreman arguing over a timestamp. A press operator fixing die alignment before the supervisor arrives.
Doesn't perform for visitors. Performs for production.
Pune or Rajkot for Indian forging?
Wrong question.
Pune: OEM-certified, documented, expensive. Holds your hand through PPAP.
Rajkot: No hand-holding. 30% cheaper. Ships on time — if you know what to ask for.
Realquestion: do you have someone on the ground who can tell the differ?
Indian forging quotes come in 40% cheaper than European. Buyers celebrate.
What that number hides:
Tooling assumptions that don't match your volume Reorder costs when die wear hits early Assumes your QC catches drift in time
The price is real. The savings aren't always.
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