Goodluck India has operationalised its New Metal Press at its forging unit in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh.
The new press has been imported from South Korea. It is fully automatic with minimum manual intervention. The total cost of the project was about Rs 40 crore.
Currently, one single largest piece of metal that can be pressed was 7,000 kg. With the commencement of the new press, the single largest piece that can be pressed is 25,000 kg. With this, the overall forging capacity of the company increased from 12,000 tpa to 30,000 tpa.