Interview with YK Taneja & S M Hussain, President & Vice President, JSK Bearings Company (P) Ltd

On products displayed at the Auto Expo 2016

YK Taneja (YKT): In bearings the technology that we follow is of SKF and NBC. All these bearings are made from bearings steel SAE 52100. We use the same balls and rollers which the other big bearings manufacturers of the country are using. Our Bearings are among the best made in the country.

On the segments the company caters

YKT: We cater to all segments across the spectrum.

S M Hussain (SMH): Several OEMs are also using our bearings. I cannot name them because of the agreement we have signed with them. We have been running our factory for the last 18 years. We have a 100pc German plant. We do not have a single Indian machinery in our plant. Recently we launched products for the two-wheeler segment also. We make ball bearings, cup cone sets, bushes,etc. We are constantly improving our products. Our R&D team is constantly improving our products and we are also catering to several export houses.  They are buying as per their parameters as well as per their drawings. We are there in the OEM as well s after market.

YKT: In fact our first preference was always OEMs. After that we moved to exports. Today we are exporting to 26 countries. We also participate in every Automechanika show worldwide. Through these trade shows we have been able to established every good contacts throughout the globe. We are in North and South America, Europe, Middle East and the neighbouring countries of India are mostly using our bearings.

On the overall response at the Auto Expo

YKT: We are happy with two shows—Components and Motor Show—being bifurcated. Now only select customers are visiting us and they mean business when they visit us. Earlier what was happening was that a huge crowd used to come and pick up our pamphlets. We are now getting genuine customers at the show. We would however prefer if both the shows were a little more closer to each other in terms of location.