Krishna Defence And Allied Industries is engaged in the diversified business of manufacturing defence application products, dairy equipment products and kitchen equipments. It has entered into various licensing agreement with Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for obtaining the know-how and rights which enable it to manufacture and supply specialized defence application products for the Indian Armed Forces. Under defence application, it provides a wide array of high performance products for naval applications and other utilities such as ship building steel bulb bar, special steel alloy bricks used as ballast weight for critical applications, super alloys weld consumables like welding wire, flux and electrodes, food container and improved space heating device, which is also known as bukhari. In the year 2020, the company has also forayed in a new business vertical of manufacturing and marketing of Homeland & Security products, wherein it plans to manufacture products like Modular Vehicle Barrier, Automatic tyre Killer, Multi-purpose Launcher and Long Range LED Searchlight used by the Indian Armed Forces, for which it has entered into agreements with foreign vendors for import of critical component required to manufacture/assemble these products in its factory. It proposes to sell such product under MAKE IN INDIA Program.

The company has two manufacturing facilities in Gujarat, located at Kalol and Halol district near Vadodara. Its manufacturing facilities are accredited with ISO 9001:2015 quality management system as manufacturer and exporter of stainless-steel milk cans, milking machine, milk coolers, dairy and kitchen Equipment, milk testing Equipment, Galley Equipment, shipbuilding steel bulb bars, modular vehicle barrier & automatic tyre killer. It has diversified its products under various business verticals, mainly due to its strong research and development (R&D) and technological capabilities. Its R&D capabilities include product design, product engineering, product simulation, prototyping and testing. Its R&D activities are mainly undertaken at its manufacturing facilities. Its research activities are focused on creating new products and solutions which are customized to meet customer expectations and end-user preferences and also improving its production processes and improving the quality of its existing products. With its R&D capabilities, it is currently developing several new products for some of which it has secured orders as well.

Business area of the company

The company offers a wide range of products used in Defence industry for Indian Armed Forces, Dairy Equipment products to facilitate procurement, processing, distribution of milk, Kitchen Equipment Products to serve midday meals in large organizations and have also forayed into manufacturing of homeland security products to be used in defence industry for Indian Armed Forces.

Products portfolio:

• Defence application equipment products: Bulb-bar, Food Container, Improved Space Heating Device or Bukhari, Welding Wire, Fused Flux, Welding Electrodes and Special Steel Alloy Bricks used as Ballast weight for critical applications.
  
• Dairy equipment products: Robotic Milk Collection Unit (RMCU), Stainless Steel Milk Can, Bulk Milk Coolers (BMC), Milking Machines (With Spare Parts) and Cow Grooming Brush.
  
• Kitchen equipment products: Rice Cauldron, Dal Cauldron, Braising Pan, Distribution Vessels, Rice Chute and Dal Storage Tank.

Key Events, Milestone and Achievements:

• 1997: Started Dairy Equipment manufacturing business in partnership firm in the name and style of Krishna Industries.
  
• 2002: Partnership deed dissolved w.e.f March 31, 2002 and the business Krishna Industries was taken over by AnkurAshwin Shah as a Proprietor.
  
• 2006: Registered as an approved vendor for supply of Shipbuilding Steel Sections (Bulb Bars) with Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory (DMRL), Hyderabad.
  
• 2008: Appreciation Certificate received from DMRL, Hyderabad for successfully carrying out the Project of manufacturing of indigenized steel Bulb Bars used in hull construction of Naval warships. The project was of National Importance involving import substitution.
  
• 2008: Signed Transfer of Technology Agreement with Defence Materials & Stores Research & Development Establishment, (DMSRDE) Kanpur for manufacture and sale of Food Container Plastic 5.5 Ltr to be used by Indian Armed forces at High Altitudes.
  
• 2010: The company ventured into manufacturing of Kitchen Equipments for Midday Meal Program & Other projects.
  
• 2011: Deed of partnership dated Apr 05, 2011 was formed to takeover the running proprietorship business in the name and style of Krishna Industries w.e.f April 01, 2011.
  
• 2011: Accepted as approved vendor by Indian Navy, included in Naval Contractual Directives for supply of shipbuilding steel sections, Bulb Bars for Warships.
  
• 2013: Converted from a partnership firm to a Private Limited Company under Part IX of Companies Act, 1956 in the name of Krishna Allied Industries Private Limited w.e.f. September 10, 2013.
  
• 2014: Awarded Defence Technology Absorption Award, 2013 on August 20, 2014 along with Prize Money of Rs 5 lakh from Ministry of Defence (MoD) by the Honourable Prime Minister, Narendra Modi for pioneering efforts towards first time indigenous production of “Bulb Bars” in association with DRDO for meeting the requirements of Indian Navy.
  
• 2015: Patent registered by company for invention of Automated Milk Analysis and Collection Apparatus called Robotic Milk Collection Unit for a term of 20 years.
  
• 2017: Accepted as approved vendor for manufacture of steel bulb bars by the Indian Register of Shipping (IRS).
  
• 2017: Received certificate of Steel Mills from American Bureau of Shipping for Facility and Process Approval for manufacturing section components of marine applications.
  
• 2018: Awarded INDIA SME 100 Awards organized by India SME Forum and supported by Ministry of MSME in the overall evaluation of Financial & Non-Financial Parameters.
  
• 2019: Signed TOT with Defence Institute of Pysiology and Allied Sciences, DIPAS, New Delhi for manufacture and sale of Improved Space Heating Device (Bukhari) used by Indian Armed forces at high altitude in very Cold conditions.
  
• 2019: Signed TOT with DIPAS, New Delhi for manufacture and sale of Man Mounted Cooling System to be used by Indian Armed forces in extremely Hot Conditions.
  
• 2019: Signed TOT with DIPAS, Delhi for manufacture and sale of Solar Snow Melter to be used by Indian Armed forces at high altitude.
  
• 2019: Received Developmental Order for supply and manufacture of specialized Weld consumable for critical application of the Indian Navy.
• 2020: Company ventured in a new business vertical of Homeland & Security Products.
  
• 2021: Signed TOT with Research &Development Establishment Engineers, Pune for manufacture and sale of Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Containment Vessel to be used by Indian Armed forces for protection.
  
• 2021: Successfully developed and delivered Steel Ballast Bricks used for critical application of Indian Navy for weight balancing.
  
• 2021: Conversion of Company from Private Limited to Limited Company i.e. Krishna Allied Industries Ltd. w.e.f October20, 2021.
  
• 2021: Change of Company name to Krishna Defence and Allied Industries Ltd w.e.f December 07, 2021.