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Nelcast Limited
Self-described India's largest jobbing foundry for ductile and grey iron castings; headquartered in Ponneri, Tamil Nadu (near Chennai). Listed company. Primary markets: commercial vehicle, tractor, construction, mining, railways. Confirmed agricultural customers: TAFE (Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited — India's Massey Ferguson licensee and AGCO ecosystem partner), Same Deutz-Fahr India (AGCO-aligned), Comer Industries (global driveline supplier to ag OEMs). Also supplies Dana, ZF, Meritor, Wabtec, American Axles, Automotive Axles. Earned "Best Vendor" by TAFE Limited and "Outstanding Supplier" by Eicher Motors. India's most significant foundry in the global agricultural casting supply chain.
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Ductile Iron Castings (Automotive)
55%Grey Iron Castings (Industrial)
35%Export Castings
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Did you know2025
Nelcast (India's largest jobbing foundry, Ponneri, Tamil Nadu) supplies TAFE — Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited, India's second-largest tractor maker and the licensed manufacturer of Massey Ferguson tractors in India. TAFE also owns a stake in AGCO Corporation itself (AGCO is the Massey Ferguson parent company). This means Nelcast's iron castings flow into tractors branded as Massey Ferguson in India, built by a company that is a partial owner of the global AGCO group. An Indian foundry in Tamil Nadu is embedded in the ownership and production structure of one of the world's largest agricultural equipment conglomerates.
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