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September 2012
Gabriel commenced operations in
1961 with a single plant in Mulund,
Mumbai and has grown manifold
since then with seven manufactur-
ing facilities spread across the coun-
try (Pune, Nashik, Hosur, Dewas,
Gurgaon, Parwanoo, Sanand). The
Motor India Editorial team recently
visited Gabriel Corporate office at
Pune and manufacturing facility at
Chakan to witness the state of the art
manufacturing facilities and process
adopted by Gabriel.
Discussing with Mr. Manoj Kol-
hatkar, Managing Director of Gabri-
el reinforces the company’s direc-
tion towards technology superiority
to remain competitive. Over the last
50 years, Gabriel has developed a
high level of technical competence
and skills. In addition, Gabriel has
technology collaboration with KYB
Corporation, Japan and KYBSE
Spain for 4 Wheeler and Yamaha
Motor Hydraulic Systems Japan for
two wheeler product development.
This has enabled Gabriel provide
futuristic products to global OEMs
in India.
Gabriel’s focus is on innovation
to provide cost effective solutions
to customers, says Mr. Manoj Kol-
hatkar, Gabriel has so far filed 16
patents covering products and proc-
ess apart from winning the Golden
Peacock Award for Innovation twice
during 2007 and 2012.
Continued focus on R&D has set
the path for future. Gabriel has three
well equipped state of art R&D cen-
tres located in Chakan, Hosur and
Nashik to develop new products and
carry out comprehensive testing and
validation so as to optimize perform-
ance and enhance capability of its
component zone
The Gabriel team at Chakan plant: (Top row) From left, Mr. Atul Jaggi, General Manager-Quality, Mr. S.
Sengupta, Director (Strategic Sourcing), Mr. Manoj Kolhatkar, Managing Director, Mr. Rajendra G. Abhange,
Technical Director, Mr. Kawal Jaggi, Sr. VP-Finance. (Bottom row) From left, Mr. R.B. Joshi, General Manager
(R&D), Mr. Umesh Shah, VP-Strategy & Business Planning, Mr. Nalin Kumar Jaini, VP-HR, and Mr. C. S. Sub-
ramanian, Director-Marketing