What Francis Klein does

Francis Klein & Company is a privately held, family-owned Indian enterprise founded in 1928 that has operated in the machine tool industry since 1940, currently in its third generation of Agrawal family ownership. The company distributes and jointly manufactures high-precision CNC machine tools serving automotive, aerospace, defence, railways, steel, bearing, power generation, and general engineering customers in India. Its core product portfolio spans CNC gear hobbing, gear shaping, and gear grinding machines (via Liebherr Machine Tools India JV, est. 2003), CNC honing, superfinishing, and deep hole drilling machines (via Nagel Special Machines JV, est. 1992), and slag racking, box charging, forging manipulators, and transport equipment for steel plants and forge shops (via Dango & Dienenthal India JV, est. 1997). The company also holds exclusive Indian representation rights for 15+ European OEMs including KERN (precision machining centers), Hembrug (ultra precision lathes), Ona (EDM), SYNOVA (laser cutting), Profiroll (cold rolling), TBT (deep hole drilling), and Kadia (small diameter honing), among others. The go-to-market is direct enterprise sales through seven branch offices (Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi, Pune, Hyderabad) with after-sales service across 13 Indian cities, supported by installation, training, calibration, preventive maintenance, and annual maintenance contracts. A wholly-owned subsidiary, Millennium Cyberworks, operates a parallel IT hardware and networking distribution business (HP, IBM, Lenovo, Dell, Acer) reporting approximately Rs. 42 Cr annual turnover. The company holds NABL accreditation for its hardness division and operates with 251-500 employees.

Name

Francis Klein

Legal name

Francis Klein & Company

Website

https://francisklein.in

Company type

Private

Founded year

1928

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Francis Klein is a third-generation, family-owned Indian distributor and joint-venture manufacturer of high-precision CNC machine tools (gear cutting, honing, superfinishing, forging manipulators) serving automotive, aerospace, defence, railways, and steel customers across India via exclusive European OEM partnerships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Machine Tools

NAICS

Machine Tool Manufacturing (333517), Metalworking Machinery Manufacturing (33351), Speed Changer, Industrial High-Speed Drive, and Gear Manufacturing (333612)

SIC

Machine Tools, Metal Cutting Types (3541), Special Industry Machinery, Nec (3559), Electrical Industrial Apparatus (3620)

akta.pro primary industry

CNC Machine Tools (Turning, Milling, Machining Centers) (IMAHADAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Motion & Machine Control (CNC, Robotics Controllers, Servo/Motion Controllers) (IMAGABAG), Motion Control Controllers & CNC/Robot Drives (Motion Controllers, Multi-axis) (IMAGACAH)

Keywords

• Precision machine tools
• CNC machining equipment
• Gear cutting machines
• Industrial manufacturing solutions
• Metalworking machinery

Headquarters

HQ city

Bangalore

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices11 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Machine Tool Sales & Marketing: Sales and marketing of cutting edge machine tools from global market leaders (Germany, Switzerland, USA, Spain, Netherlands). Exclusive representation of various products for over 50 years.
2. Joint Venture Manufacturing: Manufacturing state-of-the-art machine tools in India through joint ventures (Liebherr, Nagel, Dango & Dienenthal) bringing cost effective technology closer to customers for over 20 years.
3. IT Solutions & Hardware: Hardware and networking solutions through subsidiary Millennium Cyberworks including HP products, office automation, LAN/WAN solutions. Annual turnover approximately Rs. 42 Cr.
4. Service & Support: Customer support services including installation, commissioning, training, repair, calibration, preventive maintenance, and annual maintenance contracts through all India network.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Francis Klein is engaged in the sales, marketing, and manufacturing of high-precision CNC machine tools. The company distributes imported machine tools from global market leaders in Germany, Switzerland, USA, Spain, and the Netherlands, and manufactures state-of-the-art machine tools in India through joint ventures with Liebherr, Nagel, and Dango & Dienenthal. Its portfolio spans gear cutting, honing, superfinishing, deep hole drilling, EDM, grinding, forging manipulators, and other specialized equipment.

Product overview

Francis Klein is primarily engaged in marketing high precision machine tools from Germany, Switzerland, USA, Spain and other countries for over 70 years. The company operates through three joint venture manufacturing units in India: Liebherr Machine Tools India (established 2003) producing CNC Gear Hobbing, Shaping and Grinding Machines (workpiece diameter 80mm-15,000mm) for automotive and industrial applications; Nagel Special Machines (established 1992) manufacturing Precision Honing, Superfinishing, Deep Hole Drilling and Boring Machines for automotive, defense, medical and aerospace sectors; and Dango & Dienenthal India (established 1997) producing Slag Racking, Box Charging, Forging/Transport Manipulators and Robots for steel plants and forge shops. The company also distributes products from international manufacturers including Baltec (riveting systems), Galdabini (testing machines), Hembrug (ultra precision lathes), KERN Microtechnik (grinding machines), mäder pressen (presses), Kadia (small diameter honing), Ona (EDM machines), Profiroll (cold rolling), and SYNOVA (laser cutting). The product portfolio also includes motion control components and a subsidiary Millennium Cyberworks providing IT hardware solutions. Francis Klein offers comprehensive sales, installation, training, repair, and annual maintenance services through branch offices across India.

Differentiator

Problem solved

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Brands

• Liebherr Machine Tools India: Joint venture with Liebherr Germany - CNC Gear Hobbing, Gear Shaping and Gear Grinding Machines.
• Nagel Special Machines
• Dango & Dienenthal India
• Millennium Cyberworks

Products and services

• CNC Gear Hobbing Machines (Liebherr) CNC gear hobbing machines for cutting gears, with workpiece diameter range from 80mm to 15,000mm. Machines up to 2000mm are available from Liebherr India while larger machines are produced in Liebherr Germany. Targeted at automotive and industrial gear manufacturing customers.
• CNC Gear Shaping Machines (Liebherr) CNC gear shaping machines covering a range of 80mm to 4500mm workpiece diameter. Machines up to 500mm are available from Liebherr India while larger machines are produced in Liebherr Germany. Used by automotive and industrial gear manufacturers.
• CNC Gear Grinding Machines (Liebherr) CNC gear grinding machines covering a range of 150mm to 1000mm workpiece diameters, offering a machine system for precise finishing of hardened gears. Serves automotive and industrial gear finishing applications.
• Precision Honing Machines (Nagel) Precision vertical, horizontal, transfer line and tube honing machines designed for high quality, enhanced productivity and process reliability in honing operations. Nominal working range from bore diameters 4mm to 350mm. Used for cylinder blocks, connecting rods, gears, and fuel injection components.
• Deep Hole Drilling and BTA Drilling Machines (Nagel) Precision deep hole drilling machines and BTA drilling machines for automotive, defence, medical and general engineering industries. Nominal working range from diameters 2mm to 200mm and length up to 12 meters. Applications include connecting rods, cylinder blocks, cylinder heads, gear shafts, camshafts, crankshafts, injection systems, die and mould, and medical instruments.
• Superfinishing Machines and Attachments (Nagel) Superfinishing machines using both stone and tape technologies for finishing of machined components where surface finish is required. Applications include engine, gear, chassis, hydraulic/pneumatic, anti-friction bearing, and ceramic parts.
• Slag Racking Machine (Dango & Dienenthal) Machine used for precise and quick removal of slag from metal bath in pig iron ladles, steel ladles and other metallurgical vessels with capacity from 10kN to 30kN. Targeted at steel plants and metallurgical operations.
• Box Charging Machine (Dango & Dienenthal) Machine used for charging the furnace as well as for distributing material, with capacity from 15kN to 50kN. Serves steel plant and forge shop operations.
• Forging Manipulator (Dango & Dienenthal) Mobile forging manipulators for precise handling of small to very large ingots while forging, and for transporting ingots between furnaces and forging presses or hammers. Load carrying capacity range from 8kN to 850kN. Serves forge shops and steel plants.
• Transport Manipulator (Dango & Dienenthal) Machine used to transport cold and hot ingots from furnace to open die forge hammer with capacity from 3.5kN to 250kN. Serves forge shops and metallurgical facilities.
• CNC EDM Machines (Ona) CNC high speed sinker EDM (fixed/drop tank), CNC modular sinker EDM, CNC multi-axis wire EDM, CNC modular wire EDM, and EDM hole drilling machines for precision die/mould and component manufacturing.
• Ultra Precision Hard Turning Lathes (Hembrug) Ultra Precision Hard Turning Lathes and Ultra Precision Hard Vertical Turning Lathes for high-precision machining applications.
• CNC Vertical Machining Centers (KERN) Nano and Ultra High Precision CNC Vertical Machining Centers for micro milling and drilling applications.
• Universal and Impact Testing Machines (Galdabini) Universal Testing Machines and Impact Testing Machines for material testing applications.
• CNC Cold Rolling Machines (Profiroll) CNC cold rolling machines for thread, splines, and gears.
• Small Diameter Honing Machines (Kadia) High precision CNC honing machines for small diameters used in fuel injection and hydraulic industries, along with honing tools, abrasives, auto deburring machines and deburring tools.
• IT Hardware and Networking Solutions (Millennium Cyberworks) Total hardware and networking solutions including HP/Lenovo/Dell/IBM/Acer products, desktops, laptops, servers, workstations, thin clients, projectors, printers, scanners, and storage devices; LAN/WAN solutions for corporate clients. Annual turnover approximately Rs. 42 Cr.
• Customer Support and Maintenance Services Installation and commissioning, system solutions, training and repair service, calibration service, preventive maintenance, spare parts supply, and annual maintenance contracts through service centers across India.

Quantifiable outcome

• German quality at affordable prices through local manufacturing
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

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Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Subsidiaries4 records

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