- Rapsri was established as a foundry and machine shop to make bronze bushings for Automotive OEMs.
- Developed shell moulding process when the rest of the industry was using green sand moulding process.
- Focus on value addition by machining castings way back in the 1970s.
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Rapsri identified growing demand for high conductivity copper in electrical power distribution industry for diversification.
Technical collaboration with French foundry for development of high conductivity copper castings
Developed gravity die casting process and continuous casting process for production of bushings.
Commitment to new technology as the means to offset competition.
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Rapsri was one of the first foundries in India to be certified ISO 9002 in 1994.
Certification changed in 1996 to ISO 9001 based on extensive capability in design and development.
Developed centrifugal casting process for copper alloys.
Modernized the foundry and machine shop for expansion and technical capabilities.
Commitment to systems conformance to improve product and process reliability and quality.
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Rapsri was QS 9000 certified to the stringent needs of the global auto OEM standards in 2000.
Sales, warehousing and distribution partnerships in USA, UK and Europe to service the global needs of customers-
“comforts of local sourcing and the advantages of global sourcing.”
Developed gravity die casting (permanent mould castings)
to produce near net shape castings in high conductivity copper and short freezing range of copper alloys.
Certification upgraded to TS 16949 systems standard.
Commitment to structuring the company by alignment of product-process-market to support
customer response and build domain knowledge.
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