Global leadership in motion & control technologies

Legris India is a joint venture with Parker Hannifin Group. With annual sales exceeding $13billion, Parker Hannifin headquartered in Cleavland, Ohio is the world’s leader in motion and control technologies. Parker serves a wide variety of markets and employs over 58000 people worldwide in 48 countries.

Q. Can you please tell us about your company Parker-Legris India?

A. Legris India (Parker JV), is a part of Parker Hanniffin Group since 2008 and has developed its core competencies in 2 major activities:
Connectic : Low Pressure: Push-to connect fittings, Ball valves, Tubing, Quick Couplings for all industries
Transair: A multi fluid piping system for Industrial buildings

Q. Can you tell us about international alliances of the company?

Legris India is a joint venture with Parker Hannifin Group. With annual sales exceeding $13billion, Parker Hannifin headquartered in Cleavland, Ohio is the world’s leader in motion and control technologies. Parker serves a wide variety of markets and employs over 58000 people worldwide in 48 countries. Parker has increased its annual dividends paid to shareholders for 53 consecutive years in New York Stock Exchange and is just one out of 5 companies in the NYSE with such a track record.

Q. What are the key markets for the company?

The Company is a supplier to some of the leading names in the automobile, railways, defense, textile, construction, pharma, food & beverage, printing & packaging, tooling, robotics industries. We are suppliers to both Private and Public Sector Enterprises in these sectors.

Q. How is the company present in the market?

We have a well-established sales and distribution network supported by 40+ sales engineers and 80+ distributors. We look to cater to the needs of both OEM’s and after-market suppliers. Currently, in line with Parker global strategy, our sales are almost 50% through our distributors and channel partners and 50% to direct OEMs.

Q. Please elaborate on your Tubing Product Group? What are the major types of tubes supplied by you?

In order to meet the needs of the market in terms of deliveries and quality, the company localized the manufacturing of thermoplastic tubing (PU/PA/PE/HYTREL/PVC/ANTI-SPATTER/RECOILED HOSES) since 2014. The tubing are manufactured through precision laser-guided extrusion machines in order to ensure high quality and tight tolerances.

Q. Can you please elaborate on each type of thermoplastic tubing?

We supply various kinds of thermoplastic tubing such as:

Polyurethane:

PU offers excellent flexibility and outstanding use in a wide range of applications allowing upto 50% space reduction when compared to semi-rigid PA.

Polyamide:

Tried-and-tested for industrial and vehicle applications, PA tube guarantees excellent durability due to its stable long-term mechanical properties.

Polyamide 12:

Our polyamide 12 tubing offers chemical and mechanical performance as per DIN 74324 and DIN 73778. The tubing with major applications in air-brake and fuel line systems in vehicles is widely used owing to its high vibration absorption and abrasion resistance.

Anti-spark PU/PA tube with PVC sheath:

Our range of flame and spark resistant PU/ PA tubing has superior resistance to impact, abrasion and weld spatter.

PE tubing:

We offer “Advanced PE” 50% reticulated and Lowdensity PE. Our range of Advanced PE is designed for demanding environments especially that of water treatment and purifiers.

Hytrel Air-Brake Tubing:

Hytrel-thermoplastic polyester elastomer has superior mechanical and physical properties. The material is being readily used as a substitute to Polyamide-12 as per ISO 7628:2010 and is fast gaining international acceptance for use in air-brake circuits in heavy vehicles.
Other than these we also have FEP, PFA, Anti-static PU, Multi-tubing, PVC braided and recoiled hoses in our range.

Q. How do you see the future for the fluid power market in India and for Parker-Legris?

A. The Fluid power industry in India is currently growing as much as by 20% (Fluid Power Society India) due to robust growth in manufacturing, construction, automation and other sectors. We have witnessed a growth of nearly 40% between FY 18-FY19 due to upsurge in piping projects and are confident of maintaining an average growth rate of 30-35% in the coming years.

Our thermoplastic tubing business itself grew by nearly 30% in the previous financial year. Factors that contributed to growth were focus on quality, delivery and service. We are looking to further boost growth by expanding our tubing product range and by continuing to innovate and focus on our core strengths.