Simplex Engineering & Foundry

What Simplex Engineering & Foundry does

Simplex Engineering & Foundry Works Private Limited is a privately held, family-controlled (fourth-generation Shah family) heavy-engineering fabricator founded in 1941 and headquartered in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India. The company designs, manufactures and supplies industrial equipment, components and spares, and executes turnkey projects, for steel plants, railways, underground coal mining, oil and gas, power (thermal, hydro and wind), cement, material handling, defence and infrastructure. Its core products include radio remote controlled grab buckets (0.2 to 52 CBM), underground mining equipment (side discharge loaders, load haul dumpers, universal drill machines, tyre dismantling machines), railway components (RDSO-approved fabricated bogie frames, locomotive shells, LHB bogies, Box-N wagons, track relaying machines), API-monogrammed sucker rod pumping units, blast furnace and rolling mill equipment, and modular fabricated structures. In-house design is executed in Autodesk Inventor, SolidWorks and PV Elite, and manufacturing spans three units with combined capacity of 54,000 MT per annum and more than 330 machine tools.

Revenue is generated through four streams: (1) hardware sales of equipment and components across the verticals named above; (2) turnkey project execution for plant construction, modernization and material handling systems, often delivered through consortium arrangements with international technology partners (SMS AG, Mitsui/Kawasaki/Hitachi Zosen, V/O Tyazhpromexport); (3) refurbishment and repair services for industrial equipment including drilling rigs, locomotive shells and bogie frames; and (4) steel procurement via its Steel Service Center. Pricing is custom quote-based on long-cycles B2B contracts with public sector undertakings (SAIL, Indian Railways, NTPC, ONGC, Coal India), large private enterprises (Tata Steel, BHEL, Adani, Nippon Steel) and overseas buyers. Go-to-market is enterprise field sales via direct relationships with engineering teams of large industrial customers, supplemented by participation in industry exhibitions (IREE) and a vendor-registration portal.

The customer base is concentrated in Indian government-owned enterprises and a handful of private industrial houses; Simplex holds a stack of sector certifications (ISO 9001:2015, API SPEC Q1, API 11-E, EN 15085, EN ISO 3834-2, IRIS, RDSO, DGMS) that function as qualification gates for these tenders. Its 84-year operating history, first-in-India product credentials (radio remote grab buckets, SG Iron Pellet exports to Russia, Japanese sintering technology introduction), and a workforce of approximately 3,000 across three Chhattisgarh manufacturing units are the foundation of its positioning as one of the largest private-sector engineering companies in Central India.

Name

Simplex Engineering & Foundry

Legal name

Simplex Engineering & Foundry Works Private Limited

Website

https://simplexengg.in

Company type

Private

Founded year

1941

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Simplex Engineering & Foundry Works is a privately held, fourth-generation Indian heavy-engineering fabricator that designs, manufactures and supplies industrial equipment, spares and turnkey plant projects for steel, railways, mining, power, oil and gas, cement, material handling and defence customers, primarily Indian public-sector undertakings.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Heavy Industrial Equipment Manufacturing

NAICS

Agriculture, Construction, and Mining Machinery Manufacturing (3331), Metalworking Machinery Manufacturing (33351), Industrial Machinery Manufacturing (3332)

SIC

Fabricated Plate Work (Boiler Shops) (3443), Special Industry Machinery (No Metalworking Machinery) (3550), Metalworkg Machinery & Equipment (3540)

akta.pro primary industry

Metals & Steel Mill Facility Construction (IMAFADAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Mining & Mineral Processing Facility Construction (IMAFADAE), Metal Forming & Fabrication Machines (Presses, Bending, Shearing, Stamping) (IMAHADAC), Steel Plate, Sections & Welded Assemblies (IMADACAD)

Keywords

• Heavy engineering equipment
• Industrial equipment manufacturing
• Railway components manufacturing
• Mining equipment supplier
• Steel plant equipment

Headquarters

HQ city

Raipur

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Equipment Manufacturing & Sales: Manufacturing and supplying industrial equipment and components for core sectors including steel, railways, mining, power, cement, material handling, defense, hydrocarbons, and infrastructure. Products include grab buckets, rolling stock, mining equipment, oil field equipment, and structural fabrications.
2. Turnkey Project Execution: Executing turnkey contracts on consortium basis for construction, revamping and modernization of iron and steel making plants, rolling mills, material handling systems. Services include feasibility reports, systems design, detail engineering, planning, commissioning, and training.
3. Steel Procurement Services: Steel procurement services through Steel Service Center.
4. Refurbishment Services: Refurbishment and repair services for industrial equipment including drilling rigs, cementing/fracturing units, mobile work over rigs, bogie frames, and railway locomotive shells.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Simplex Engineering & Foundry Works designs, manufactures, fabricates, and assembles heavy industrial equipment, components, and spares for steel plants, railways, underground coal mines, oil & gas fields, thermal/hydro/wind power plants, cement plants, and defense establishments. The company also executes turnkey projects for iron and steel plant construction, modernization, and material handling systems, and offers industrial equipment refurbishment and design engineering services. Manufacturing is performed across three units in Bhilai and Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh, with a combined capacity exceeding 54,000 metric tonnes per annum.

Product overview

Simplex Engineering & Foundry Works is a diversified industrial manufacturing company operating since 1941, producing equipment and components for core sectors including Steel, Railways, Power (Thermal, Hydel, Wind), Mining, Cement, Material Handling, Hydrocarbons, Defence, and Infrastructure. The product portfolio centers on heavy industrial equipment and machinery, including Remote Controlled Grab Buckets, Universal Drill Machines, Rolling Stock (Wagons, Transfer Cars, Bogie Frames), Sucker Rod Pumping Units, and various mining equipment (Side Discharge Loaders, Load Haul Dumpers). The company also offers comprehensive engineering services including Concept to Detail Design, Manufacturing, Installation, Commissioning, and Turnkey Project Execution. Manufacturing is conducted across three units in Bhilai and Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh, with a combined capacity exceeding 50,000 MT per annum.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Remote Controlled Grab Buckets Radio remote controlled grab buckets for ship loading/unloading and bulk material handling in shipping, steel, cement, fertilizer, mining, ports, and power plants; capacities from 0.2 to 42.25 cubic meters with inbuilt hydraulic power supply and multi-frequency encoded operation.
• Universal Drill Machines (UDM) Electro-hydraulic drill machines for underground coal mines with DGMS-approved flame-proof electricals, capable of drilling in gallery sizes from 2.0m x 1.75m to 4.8m x 3.8m with hole diameters up to 38mm and depths up to 5m.
• Rolling Stock and Transfer Cars Wagons for in-plant movement, self-propelled transfer cars, hot metal transfer cars up to 300 tons, slag ladle cars, tundish cars, torpedo ladle cars, and fabricated bogie frames for steel plants and railways.
• Pre-fabricated Modular Structures Factory-built structures for thermal power projects, hydel power projects, rail and road bridges, industrial sheds, warehouses, storage godowns, shopping malls, stadiums, and sports arenas, including H-welded and I-welded beams up to 18m length.
• Sucker Rod Pumping Units (SRP) API Monogrammed beam pumping units for on-shore petroleum extraction available in models C-912, C-640, C-456, C-320, C-228, C-160, and C-114 with various torque ratings, polished rod loads, stroke lengths, and operating speeds.
• Fabricated Bogie Frames RDSO approved fabricated bogie frames for electric locomotives, diesel locomotives, coaches, freight wagons, and EMUs, with over 2,000 units operating across Indian Railways.
• Railway Locomotive Shells Fabricated locomotive shells for electric and diesel locomotives built under strict quality control for maximum rigidity, toughness, and durability.
• Side Discharge Loaders (SDL) Electro-hydraulic crawler mounted side discharge loaders for underground coal mines with operating height range of 1100mm to 1900mm and bucket capacity of 0.8 to 1.5 cubic meters; over 254 units deployed in Indian coal mines.
• Load Haul Dumpers (LHD) Electro-hydraulic tyre mounted load haul dumpers for underground coal mines with operating height range of 1350mm to 1900mm and bucket capacity up to 3.0 cubic meters.
• Tyre Dismantling Machine (TDM) Heavy-duty hydraulic press machines for dismantling and mounting large OTR (Off-The-Road) tyres in the 18.00-25 to 59/80-63 inch range; available in NMZ 200, NMZ 300, and NMZ 400 models using Russian technology.
• Sinter Plant Equipment Sinter pallet assemblies with air gap sealing, sinter pallet cars, and sponge iron plant equipment including kiln, cooler, ABC, DSC; the company is the only Indian exporter of SG Iron Pallets.
• Blast Furnace Components Complete range of blast furnace equipment including shells, cooling plates, throat armour, furnace top equipment, mud guns, tap hole drills, slag stoppers, tuyere stocks, cast house runners, metal and slag ladle cars, pig casting machines, torpedo ladle cars, and gas holders.
• Wind Mill Components Components for wind turbines including conical towers, king pins, nacelle bed frames, main carrier, stator bells, stator rings, disc rotors, stator plates, stator frames, and rotor components supplied to all major wind mill manufacturers in India.
• Hydro-electric Power Components Components for the hydroelectric power industry including spiral casings, stator frames, stator core clamping assemblies, impellers, draft tubes, stay rings, rotor spiders, and lower guide bearings.
• Cement Plant Equipment Products for cement plants including kiln supporting rollers with shafts, kiln outlet shells, cast steel mill feed heads, cast steel girth gears and pinions, support frames, hammer mill fly wheels, cast steel live rings, rotary kiln and cooler rotor blocks, cone/roller crushers, and grinding ring segments.
• Defence Equipment Components Components supplied to Ordnance Factories and Defence Establishments including stand assembly of firing stand for 125mm gun, tool reforming cartridge, central baffle detetrylating pot, tower rings, and various repair parts.
• Design Engineering Services Complete design services using Autodesk Inventor, SolidWorks, and PV Elite software covering mechanical, structural, electrical, hydraulic, and instrumentation and automation design, with specialization in mining and material handling equipment.
• Turnkey Projects Turnkey contracts for construction, revamping, and modernization of iron and steel making plants, rolling mills, and material handling systems, including feasibility reports, systems design, detail engineering, planning, commissioning, and training.
• Refurbishment Services Refurbishment services for industrial equipment including repair and refurbishment of bogie frames and railway locomotive shells following Indian Railways-approved procedures, as well as drilling rigs, cementing/fracturing units, and mobile work over rigs.
• Steel Service Center Steel procurement services through the Steel Service Center, supporting customer sourcing needs.

Quantifiable outcome

• 2,000+ Fabricated Bogie Frames operating across Indian Railways
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers16 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature9 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and major.

• LLC GIDROSNAB TD NMZ (Novosibirsk Machine-Building Plant, Russia)coreTechnology or IntegrationCollaboration with Russian technology partner for OTR (Off-The-Road) Tyre Handling, Dismantling, and Assembling equipment. Enables import of advanced Russian technology for manufacturing TDM (Tyre Dismantling Machine) models NMZ 200, NMZ 300, and NMZ 400 for Indian mining, quarrying, and construction operations.
• V/O Tyazhpromexport (Russia)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnical collaboration for slag granulation plants for Blast Furnace complexes. First Indian company to tie-up with Tyazhpromexport for executing turnkey projects in India. Executed slag granulation plants for SAIL Bhilai and Bokaro Steel Plants.
• SMS AG (Germany)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnical collaboration for rolling mill modernization projects including Rail and Structural Mill for Bhilai Steel Plant, Steckel Mill for Salem Steel Plant, and Hot Strip Mill for Bokaro Steel Plant.
• Mitsui, Kawasaki and Hitachi Zosen (Japan)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerConsortium partnership for US$125 million state-of-the-art 320 sqm Sinter Plant No. III for SAIL Bhilai Steel Plant. First Indian company to introduce Japanese sintering technology in India.
• Mannesmann Demag Sack (Germany)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDesign and engineering partnership for 200,000 Tonne Bar Section Mill for Sunflag Industries.
• CMIEC/CERIS (China)majorTechnology or IntegrationTechnical know-how provider for 350 cubic metre Mini Blast Furnace for Southern Iron and Steel Company Limited, Salem.
• Tata PowercoreTechnology or IntegrationSolar power equipment supplier for 1,540 KW grid-connected solar power plants across three manufacturing units. Equipment from Tata Power ensuring high efficiency and reliability.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• BEML Limited: Indian public-sector manufacturer of mining equipment (LHDs, dumpers, drill machines), railway rolling stock and defence equipment. Strong product overlap with Simplex's underground mining (SDL, LHD, UDM) and railway bogie/locomotive shell portfolio.
• Texmaco Rail & Engineering: Indian manufacturer of railway rolling stock, bogies, freight wagons and structural steel — directly overlapping with Simplex's railway and heavy fabrication business. Comparable customer base (Indian Railways, PSU clients) and similar turnkey engineering capabilities.
• McNally Bharat Engineering Company: Indian heavy engineering company executing turnkey projects in steel plants, material handling, mining, power and infrastructure. Direct comparable in turnkey steel plant execution, slag granulation plants and bulk material handling.
• Titagarh Wagons: Indian rolling stock and railway equipment manufacturer producing freight wagons, passenger coaches, and metro coaches. Similar B2B/government-customer profile and comparable scale in heavy fabrication for Indian Railways.
• Walchandnagar Industries: Indian heavy engineering manufacturer specialising in boilier components, sugar machinery, and process equipment. Comparable as a long-established Indian foundry/engineering firm serving industrial customers with custom-fabricated heavy equipment.
• Skipper Limited: Indian manufacturer of transmission towers, structural steel and polymer products with engineering/procurement/construction capabilities for power and infrastructure sectors. Overlaps with Simplex's power sector structural fabrication and tower structures (NTPC Solapur).

Broad incumbents

• Larsen & Toubro (Heavy Engineering): India's largest engineering conglomerate with a heavy engineering division manufacturing defence equipment, process plant modules and large fabricated structures. Competes with Simplex for turnkey industrial projects at the high end.
• BHEL (Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited): India's largest power-sector heavy engineering PSU manufacturing turbines, boilers, generators and transformers. Overlaps with Simplex's power sector business (boiler support structures, turbine components) and counts Simplex as a tier-1 supplier.
• Heavy Engineering Corporation (HEC): Indian state-owned heavy engineering company manufacturing mining equipment, steel plant machinery and castings. Broader portfolio than Simplex but serves overlapping customers (SAIL, Coal India) with similar steel and mining equipment products.

Emerging players

• Elecon Engineering Company: Indian manufacturer of industrial gears, material handling equipment (conveyors, crushers), and mining equipment. Partial overlap with Simplex's material handling and mining product lines, particularly in coal handling and cement plants.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance13 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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