Rajkot Forging Precision for Maharashtra's Second Auto Capital
Aurangabad (officially Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar since 2023) ranks as Maharashtra's second industrial city after Pune — and for automotive manufacturing specifically, its concentration of Bajaj Auto, Varroc Engineering, Endurance Technologies and Wabco makes it a strategically important supply chain hub. Bajaj's Waluj plant produces Pulsar, Boxer and RE three-wheelers at volumes that demand perfectly consistent forging supply from Tier-1 and Tier-2 vendors. Varroc and Endurance are themselves global Tier-1 suppliers with quality systems that impose PPAP Level 3, IATF-aligned process controls and 100% dimensional traceability on their sub-vendors. Shivam Forge operates at this quality level from our Shapar, Rajkot factory.
The 650 km Rajkot–Aurangabad freight corridor via NH27 and NH52 delivers in 10–12 hours — fast enough for JIT replenishment on daily call-offs. This places us in the same supply reliability bracket as Pune-based forging vendors, at a Rajkot cost base that is typically 10–15% lower. For Aurangabad manufacturers operating lean production with small safety stocks, the 24-hour delivery cycle from Rajkot is functionally equivalent to a local supplier with better price economics. We coordinate consolidated truck despatch for customers supplying multiple MIDC zones, eliminating the freight cost of separate shipments to Waluj, Chikalthana and Shendra.
Two-wheeler drivetrains represent our largest category of Aurangabad supply. EN9C (C55) for crank and con-rod forgings, EN19T for transmission shafts and brake cam shafts, and 20NiCrMo6 (EN36) for case-hardening gears — these three grades cover the majority of Bajaj's two-wheeler component specifications. We hold rolling billet stock in all three and operate scheduled production slots that guarantee lead time rather than queue position. Heat treatment — normalising, Q&T, case depth preparation — is completed in-house before dispatch, with hardness test records attached to every batch certificate.
Pharma and defence are growth segments in Aurangabad's industrial mix. The pharma cluster needs SS 316L and 304L forgings with Ra ≤0.8 µm surface finish, 3.1 material certificates with carbon content verification, and weld-preparation bevel facing on flange forgings. OFC Khadki proximity creates defence forging demand for controlled-chemistry 4340, 15CDV6 and EN25 — materials that require precise heat treatment and DGQA-compatible documentation. We supply both sectors with the same process discipline applied to automotive components, adapted to the specific certification and inspection requirements of each.
Aurangabad procurement teams looking to qualify a Gujarat-based forging vendor should begin with a factory visit or a first-article trial. We schedule factory visits at two weeks' notice and produce first articles in 4–6 weeks from approved drawings. References from existing Pune, Mumbai and Aurangabad customers are available under NDA. To initiate a supplier qualification or request a forging quotation, call +91-9265772827 or email sales@shivamforge.com — we respond within one working day and complete quotations in 48–72 hours.