Schoch is famous in the reed business for all types of weaving machines.  Now heald wire accessories have expanded our portfolio to include three new products – heald frames, heald wire, drop wire. We currently manufacture one type of heald wire. Gradually, we will move into more kinds of heald wires.
Talking a bit about our drop wires, the droppers are exclusively manufactured with tempered stainless steel quality SUS420J2. We have already started manufacturing drop wires in India. Custom-made solutions can be manufactured on demand.
We have the advantage of manufacturing reeds in-house in Kolhapur itself. The new products will focus on better delivery time, and on providing quality products within India.
Have you begun supplying in the Indian market?
We’ve already started sales of all the new products. The response has been very good. In fact, when we started, we thought our current capacity will be enough for a year, but after just 3- 4 months we are planning to increase our capacity. So, in July- August we will go for capacity increase for drop wire. For heald frames, we are about to start assembling line and workshop in our existing plant.
Revenues are growing at a rate of 15% per annum.