Laminar Technologies : Extending horizone
Laminar Technologies is a national Parker Hose assembly manufacturer and a leading supplier of fluid connector products for high, medium and low pressure applications. Our primary locations are in Surajpur Industrial Area, Greater Noida and Pace City, Gurugram.
Q. Please tell us about your organization Laminar Technologies?
Laminar Technologies is a national Parker Hose assembly manufacturer and a leading supplier of fluid connector products for high, medium and low pressure applications. Our head offices and primary plants are in and Pace City, Gurugram and Surajpur Industrial Area, Greater Noida. Other than our association with Parker Hannifin, we are also partnered with European companies such as Pinet, France for specialized industrial hinges and Sirit, Italy for air-brake fittings for commercial vehicles. We are an ISO 9001:2015, ISO 4500:2018, ISO 14001:2015 certified company and are pending for certification by the International Automotive Task Force.
Q. Please tell us more about Parker India’s Hose products division.
Parker is the world’s leading hose and hose fitting manufacturer and among the most recognizable and trusted industrial conglomerates. Having two state-of-the-art, ATEX certified plants in Hyderabad and Nagpur, the India Hose Division produces an extensive spread of regular and customizable braided and multi-spiral hoses. Parker and Laminar deliver hose products that conform to DIN, EN, DGMS, SAE, EN 45545, IS and BS specifications and are collectively enhancing productivity in a wide range of sectors like off highway construction, railways, mining, on-shore and off-shore oil exploration and drilling, machine tools, aviation, agriculture and hydel projects.
Q. How is Laminar associated with Parker Hose Products and Fluid Connector Division?
Our association with Parker Fluid Connector Group is rooted in the joint-venture in Legris India Private Limited. Parker-Legris is the world’s leader in low- pressure connection solutions and fluid piping systems for industrial buildings. For the hose products division, Parker aims to strengthen its customer service capability by partnering with Laminar on a national basis. By adding professionalism to the hose assembly manufacturing space, Laminar, aims to bridge the gaps in the market. Our units are equipped with modern hose cutting, crimping, assembly and testing machinery and we maintain unparalleled standards in accordance with Parker international guidelines. Other than hoses, Laminar also supplies high pressure tube fitting connectors such as Parker–Ermeto hydraulic fittings, seamless steel pipes, high pressure ball valves & hydraulic quick release couplings for industrial and mobile construction Industry.
Q. What markets is Laminar, Hose Assembly Division currently active in?
We are currently serving markets such as railways, mining, defense, automotive, construction and industrial machinery as a tier 1 and tier 2 supplier. Our quality assemblies along with our timely service have made us a preferred supplier for an esteemed list of customers both in public and private sectors.
Q. How are you present in the market?
With a national team of 30+ sales engineers, we are able to offer incomparable technical guidance and service levels. Further, our professionally managed warehouse spread over 40000 sq. ft. adds to our capability in delivering the right hose at the right time. Our sales network is also supported by our distribution channel with 80+ distributors offering local support and stocking of bare Parker hoses and hose assemblies.
Q. What is your strategy to increase Parker’s market share in hoses and hose assemblies?
Along with our regular marketing activities of participating in industrial/ construction/ defense / railway trade shows, we are conducting focused technical seminars at customer locations. The objective of these seminars is to educate decision makers in various organizations about the hazards of using low quality hoses. Parker Hoses are designed to twice the industry impulse life giving customers higher competitiveness, reliability and increased uptime. Thus, while using a local hose might falsely seem to be a cost effective solution, it on the contrary has a higher total cost of ownership due to frequent breakdowns and replacements. There is also an added danger of accidents with local hoses putting both human and equipment life at risk. We also are expanding by adding more crimping units at critical locations. Two such units in Ajmeri Gate, Delhi and Peenya Industrial Area, Bangalore are nearing completion. In the next phase, we plan on creating a hub-spoke model of hose assembly workshops, by adding smaller units in remote locations such as mines, customer locations and in mobile vans. All such sites would be maintaining the quality parameters set by the mother units in Delhi and NCR.
Q. What are the key opportunities for the fluid transmission and hose industry in India?
The fluid power, connection and transmission industry, especially the mobile hydraulics, is experiencing a robust growth due to the rising demand for construction equipment and a steady demand from other sectors. The current government’s ‘Make in India’ initiative is also a boost for the industry with new opportunities emerging in mining, defense, marine, aerospace and infrastructure. While Asia accounts for 40 percent of the global fluid power market, India’s share is currently only 4 percent with an estimated turnover of Rs.7000 Crores. There is also a large unorganized sector accounting for nearly 30% of the share. Thus, a lot can be expected to happen in India in the fluid transmission and connectors space and the gap is likely to be rapidly bridged.
