Name

Guhring India

Legal name

Guhring India Pvt Ltd

Website

https://guhring.in

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Guhring India is a Bangalore-based manufacturer and service provider of precision rotary cutting tools, custom drills, reamers, and end mills, serving aerospace, automotive, medical, die & mould, EV, mining, and engineering OEMs as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Germany's Guhring KG.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bangalore

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Standard Tools Trading: Trading of standard tools including more than 4000 tool types and 90000 standard products. Range includes HSS, HSCO, M42, Solid carbide, PCD, CBN, and Holding Systems for drilling, thread cutting, milling, reaming and counter sinking applications.
2. Custom Made Tools Manufacturing: Manufacturing of custom made tools especially designed to customer requirements. Manufacturing range includes drills, reamers, and end mills with own carbides, grinding geometries, in-house coating facilities, and state of the art machines.
3. Tool Reconditioning Services: Professional regrinding and recoating services that restore original geometries to worn tools, maintaining optimized quality parameters. Services provided through extensive network of service centres in India with courier collection.
4. Contract Coating: PVD coating services including TiN, TiAlN, and FIREX coatings applied to cutting tools and wear parts to improve surface hardness, lower friction coefficient, thermal conductivity, and provide chemically inert surface.
5. Tool Management Service (GTMS): Modular tool management service covering process planning, logistics, tool application, tool maintenance, and process optimization. Includes rental/maintenance of tool vending machines.
6. Carbide Recycling: Environmentally friendly carbide recycling service for worn carbide tools. Customers receive payment for worn carbide tools while enabling Guhring to recycle valuable raw materials.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Guhring India manufactures and supplies high-quality rotary precision cutting tools (drills, end mills, reamers, taps, thread milling cutters, PCD/CBN tools, carbide rods) under the Superline catalog and dedicated product series such as RF 100 and RT 100. The company also offers custom-made tools, contract PVD coating (TiN, TiAlN, FIREX), tool reconditioning and recoating, the Guhring Tool-Management Service (GTMS), tool vending machines, hydraulic chuck reconditioning, and carbide recycling for industrial OEMs in aerospace, automotive, medical, die & mould, EV, mining, and engineering sectors.

Product overview

Guhring India is a precision cutting tool manufacturer and service provider offering over 4,000 tool types and 90,000 standard products. The product portfolio centers on the Superline catalog combining standard tools (RT100U, RT100T) with specialist high performance tools (RT100XF, HR 500, RF100 Diver), alongside dedicated product series including RF 100 Sharp/Speed/Raptor end mills and RT 100 S/VA/U/XF drills. The company provides comprehensive services including Tool Reconditioning, Contract Coating (TiN, TiAlN, FIREX), Tool Vending Machines (TM 326/526/726), Guhring Tool-Management Service (GTMS), Hydraulic Chuck Reconditioning, Carbide Recycling, and OEM/Projects Division support. Guhring operates manufacturing facilities in Bangalore with service centres across India, supported by its parent company Guhring KG headquartered in Germany.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Superline Catalog (Standard Tools) Comprehensive product catalog combining standard tools (RT100U, RT100T) with specialist high performance tools (RT100XF, HR 500, RF100 Diver), covering drilling, milling, reaming, tapping, and threading applications across all materials.
• RF 100 Sharp End Mill Sharpest solid carbide end mill from Guhring, particularly suited for soft, tough and high alloy materials; performs well in unstable machining conditions.
• RF 100 Speed High Performance Roughing End Mills High performance roughing end mills enabling HPC milling in tough, low- and high-alloyed steels and difficult-to-machine special materials with high metal removal rate and running smoothness.
• RT 100 XF Extreme Powerful Drill Extreme powerful drill for difficult-to-machine materials offering exceptional metal removal rate, outstanding feed rates, and reduced cycle times.
• RT 100 S High Performance Drill for Steel High performance drill specifically designed for alloyed steel applications, offering higher cutting speeds and better tool life.
• Enhanced Grooving Solutions Range Enhanced grooving tool range covering Boring Out, Profiling, Threading and Broaching applications, available in single and multi-point cutting options.
• Custom Made Tools Custom tool manufacturing including drills, reamers, and end mills manufactured with Guhring's own carbide range, grinding geometries, in-house coating facilities, and state-of-the-art machines.
• Tool Reconditioning Service Professional regrinding and recoating services reproducing original geometries using Guhring know-how, ensuring optimized quality parameters, delivered through an extensive service centre network across India with courier collection.
• Contract PVD Coating Service PVD coating services applying TiN (titanium nitride), TiAlN (titanium aluminum nitride), and FIREX multi-layer coatings to cutting tools and wear parts to improve surface hardness, lower friction, and extend tool life.
• Guhring Tool-Management Service (GTMS) Modular tool management concept with five modules: process planning, logistics, tool application, tool maintenance, and process optimization, providing complete tooling support from development to scrapping.
• Tool Vending Machines (TM 326, TM 526, TM 726) Tool dispensing systems controlled by GTMS storage module with modular design allowing countless combinations of drawers, spiral units, pull-outs and compartments for storing indexable inserts, drilling, milling, threading tools, and measuring equipment.
• Hydraulic Chuck Reconditioning Service Professional clamping force check and maintenance service for hydraulic chucks using SENSO 3000 clamping force measuring instrument, ensuring optimal performance regardless of chuck manufacturer.
• Carbide Recycling Service Environmentally friendly carbide tool recycling service that processes worn tools to recover valuable raw materials, with customers receiving payment for worn carbide tools.
• PCD Reconditioning Facility Polycrystalline Diamond tool reconditioning facility at the Bangalore headquarters for restoring worn PCD tools to original specifications.
• OEM & Projects Division International OEM project execution including tool design and optimization, tool and process planning, trial and commissioning support, covering complete machining of components, productivity improvement, and new model development.
• Carbide Rods and Bars Carbide rods and bars ranging from 1.2mm diameter round bars to isostatic pressed rolling rolls of 360mm diameter, leveraging Guhring's 1,500-ton annual carbide production capability.
• PCD Tools Range Polycrystalline Diamond tools for aerospace, medical, and precision manufacturing applications, including PCD tools displayed at IMTEX/TOOLTECH 2023.

Quantifiable outcome

• Exceptional metal removal rate with RT100XF drill through combined optimization of all tool parameters
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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API docs

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• NTTF (Nettur Technical Training Foundation)coreOthersGuhring India contributes to NTTF's subsidized education programs as part of CSR initiatives. The partnership supports skill development and education for economically weaker sections of society.
• Sri Shankara Cancer Research CentrecoreOthersGuhring India provides healthcare support through partial sponsorship of cancer treatment at Sri Shankara Cancer Research Centre as part of CSR initiatives.
• NIMHANS (National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences)coreOthersGuhring India contributed towards partial sponsorship of treatment at NIMHANS as part of CSR initiatives in FY 2024-25.
• Spastics Society of KarnatakacoreOthersGuhring India partnered with Spastics Society of Karnataka providing partial sponsorship of treatment as part of CSR initiatives in FY 2024-25.
• Guhring KG (Parent Company)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerGuhring India is a 100% owned subsidiary of Guhring KG, headquartered at Albstadt, Germany. The company is part of Guhring's worldwide OEM network headquartered at LAIZ in Germany, with 70 manufacturing plants and service centres globally.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Direct peers

• Kennametal: Major US-based manufacturer of metalworking tools, inserts and toolholding systems. Competes head-to-head with Guhring India across precision milling, drilling and aerospace/automotive tooling.
• Dormer Pramet: Global supplier of rotary cutting tools (drilling, milling, threading). Directly competes with Guhring India across HSS and carbide product lines for general engineering and OEM customers.
• Walter Tools (Walter AG): German precision tool manufacturer owned by Sandvik. Direct competitor in high-performance milling and turning tooling for automotive, aerospace and general engineering customers in India.
• OSG Corporation: Japan-based manufacturer of taps, end mills, drills and PCD tools. Competes with Guhring India in precision rotary tooling, particularly in automotive and electronics-adjacent manufacturing.
• Mitsubishi Materials (Cutting Tools): Japanese manufacturer of carbide inserts, drills and end mills. Competes in the same precision tooling category, especially in automotive and aerospace supply chains in India.
• Tungaloy: Japanese carbide cutting tool manufacturer with growing India presence. Direct overlap on inserts, drills and milling tools serving general engineering customers.
• Iscar (IMC Group): Israel-headquartered metalworking tools major (part of Berkshire Hathaway). Overlaps with Guhring India across turning, milling and grooving tooling for Indian metalworking customers.
• Sandvik Coromant: Global leader in metal cutting tools, with a major India presence. Direct competitor across the same drilling, milling, reaming and tool management categories serving aerospace, automotive and engineering OEMs.

Broad incumbents

• Kyocera Precision Tools: Diversified Japanese industrial group with a focused cutting tools business. Competes with Guhring India in high-precision milling and drilling, especially in automotive and electronics manufacturing.

Emerging players

• YG-1: Korea-based cutting tool manufacturer aggressively expanding in India. Competitor in the mid-tier carbide tooling segment, particularly on price-sensitive drilling and milling SKUs.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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