The company was incorporated as ‘Uniparts India Limited’ under the Companies Act, 1956 at Delhi, pursuant to a certificate of incorporation dated September 26, 1994 issued by the Registrar of Companies, Delhi and Haryana at Delhi (RoC). The company received a certificate of commencement of business on September 7, 1998 from the RoC.

Uniparts India is a global manufacturer of engineered systems and solutions and is one of the leading suppliers of systems and components for the off-highway market in the agriculture and construction, forestry and mining (CFM) and aftermarket sectors on account of its presence across many countries. It is a concept-to-supply player for precision products for off-highway vehicles (OHVs) with presence across the value chain. Its product portfolio includes core product verticals of 3-point linkage systems (3PL) and precision machined parts (PMP) as well as adjacent product verticals of power take off (PTO), fabrications and hydraulic cylinders or components thereof. It has a leading presence in the manufacture of 3PL and PMP products globally on account of it serving some of the largest global companies. Most of its products are structural and load bearing parts of the equipment and are subject to strict tolerances, specifications and process controls. A series of precision engineering process steps converge in to manufacturing of these products. It also caters to the aftermarket segment especially for 3PL product range. It provides replacements of 3PL parts to organized aftermarket retailers and distributors in North America, Europe, South Africa and Australia.

The company offers fully integrated engineering solutions from conceptualization, development and validation to implementation and manufacturing of its products. The conceptualization stage involves acquiring market intelligence, assessing customer requirement and formulating customized strategy for individual customers. The development phase includes product designing, material procurement and processing. This is followed by the validation phase, which involves prototyping, testing and feasibility analysis. Its in-house manufacturing and implementation competencies include forging, machining, fabrications, heat treatment, surface finish, logistics, quality and testing, design and validation. By means of servicing its aftermarket segment customers, its products find indirect access to a large set up of retail stores across geographies for aftermarket components. Within the aftermarket category, it is focused on the ‘will-fit’ parts segment, sold to distributors and retail chain stores.

Business area of the company

The company is a manufacturer of engineered systems and solutions. The company provides comprehensive solutions and manufacture high-quality, critical products and components for Off Highway Vehicles (OHV) industry, including complete assemblies of precision engineered products and end-to-end solutions ranging from product conceptualization, design, prototyping, testing, development and assembly to customized packaging and delivery.

Awards and Accreditations

• 1998: UOI was awarded with (i) outstanding supplier performance; and (ii) recognition to the people of Olsen for their excellence in quality, teamwork and customer service, by Dubuque Works.
  
• 2000: UOI was awarded with ‘10 Year Hall of Fame’ (1991 – 2000) by John Deere Davenport Works.
  
• 2002: The Company was awarded with ‘All India Certificate of Export Excellence’ in recognition of achieving highest exports during 2001–2002 amongst SSI units in the Agricultural Machinery Panel by Engineering Export Promotion Council.
  
• 2002: GFPL was awarded with ‘All India Trophy for Highest Exporters’ in the category of capital goods exporters – SSI during 2001 – 2002 by Engineering Export Promotion Council.
  
• 2003: The Company was awarded with ‘All India Certificate of Export Excellence’ in recognition of achieving highest exports during 2002–2003 amongst SSI units in the Agricultural Machinery Panel by Engineering Export Promotion Council.
  
• 2005: UOI was awarded with ‘15 Year Hall of Fame’ (1991–2005) by John Deere.
  
• 2007: The Company was awarded with ‘All India Award for Export Excellence’ for special contribution for highest growth in exports as large enterprise by Engineering Export Promotion Council.
  
• 2008: The Company was awarded with a gold trophy for ‘Top Exporter of the year’ 2007-2008 by Engineering Export Promotion Council.
  
• 2010: Recognition at JCB Annual Supplier Conference by JCB India Limited.
  
• 2013: The Company won the first prize at CII Kaizen Competition.
  
• 2014: The Company was awarded with ‘Best Supplier Award’ for overall performance by Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited.
  
• 2014: The Company was awarded with ‘Kubota India GM Award’.
  
• 2015: The Company was ranked at 432 by the Fortune India Next 500.
  
• 2016: Uniparts Group was awarded with ‘Company with Great Managers’ Trophy at the Great Manager Awards.
  
• 2017: The Company was awarded with ‘Innovative use of Training and Development as an HR Initiative for OD’ by Global Training Development Leadership.
  
• 2018: The Company was awarded two awards at the 9th National Kaizen Competition by Chamber of Industrial & Commercial Undertaking.
  
• 2018: The Company was awarded with ‘Special Trophy for Excellence in Exports of MEIS items 2015-20 Large Enterprise’ by Engineering Export Promotion Council.
  
• 2018: The Company was awarded with ‘Best Supplier Award’ for outstanding contribution in co-creating value by TAFE.
  
• 2019: The Company was awarded with ‘Overall Excellence in Procurement and Sourcing Cost Reduction’ in Procurement Tech Summit and Awards 2019.
  
• 2019: The Company won a silver trophy at the CII National Kaizen Circle Competition 2019.
  
• 2020: The Company was awarded ‘Most Versatile Supplier 2020’ by Kubota India.
  
• 2021: The Company was recognized as “A Most Emerging Supplier” by Kubota Manufacturing Trading Japan.
  
• 2021: The Company was awarded the “Delivery Performance Award” by Kubota Agriculture India.
  
• 2022: The Company was awarded with a “Certificate of Excellence” for the year 2021 at the Indian Supplier Meet – 2022 by Kubota India.

Major events

• 1994: Incorporation of the Company.
  
• 2000: Commenced sales to domestic OEMs in agriculture sector in India and developed its 3PL OEM product vertical.
  
• 2000: Established the first facility in Noida, Uttar Pradesh.
  
• 2001: Commenced sales to John Deere in India.
  
• 2002: Commenced sales to John Deere in Spain.
  
• 2003: Commenced sales to John Deere in the USA.
  
• 2004: Commenced sales to OEMs in Japan.
  
• 2005: Consolidated various businesses into the Company including those of Gripwel Fasteners, Farmparts Company and SKG Engineering Private Limited.
  
• 2005: Incorporated UUL as a wholly owned subsidiary and acquired a majority stake in UOI.
  
• 2005: Acquired a manufacturing and distribution facility in the USA, in Eldridge, Iowa.
  
• 2005: Commenced sales to OEMs in the construction sector in the USA.
  
• 2005: Set up a warehousing and distribution facility in Augusta, Georgia.
  
• 2006: Commenced manufacturing products for the PMP vertical in India.
  
• 2007: Acquired the balance equity stake in UOI.
  
• 2007: Acquired 50% + 1 share equity interest in Kavee (a joint venture with Kramp), which owned 100% interest in Uniparts Kavee Services B.V.
  
• 2007: Ashoka Investment Holdings Limited and Ambadevi Mauritius Holding Limited made an equity investment in the Company.
  
• 2007: Consolidated the business of Sweaty Spirit Apparel Limited (formerly known as Ace Tractor Parts Limited) into the Company.
  
• 2007: Started manufacturing hydraulic cylinder components in one of the Noida facilities in Uttar Pradesh.
  
• 2008: Commenced operations at the manufacturing facility located at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
  
• 2008: GFPL became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.
  
• 2010: Set up a warehousing and distribution facility in Hennef, Germany.
  
• 2011: Started sales to the hydraulics market in USA from the manufacturing facility located at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
  
• 2012: Commenced sale of components for the European construction OEM market.
  
• 2013: Sold entire equity interest in Kavee, with effect from April 1, 2012, to Kramp.
  
• 2017: Added raw material storage space in Noida, Uttar Pradesh.
  
• 2018: Commenced sales to Kobelco.
  
• 2018: Added warehousing space at facility in Augusta, USA.
  
• 2018: Added additional distribution centre and office space in Noida, Uttar Pradesh.
  
• 2018: Moved the warehousing facility of UUL to new larger leased location in Richmond County, Georgia.
  
• 2021: Incorporation of GCPL, a wholly owned subsidiary of Company.
  
• 2022: Uniparts Europe B.V. was liquidated and de-registered and is therefore no longer a direct Subsidiary of Company.