- CEO
- Ponnavolu Deepak
- Full Time Employees
- 2,100
- Sector
- Non-energy minerals
- Industry
- Steel
- Address
- 159, T.T.K. Road Chennai TN India 600018
- IPO Date
- Jun 4, 2007
- Business
- Nelcast Limited manufactures ductile and grey iron castings for the global automotive, tractor, construction, mining, railways, and general engineering sectors; its core products include commercial vehicle components such as bogie suspension brackets, engine and transmission housings, steering and cab mounting brackets, differential carriers, wheel hubs, bearing caps, brake drums, and rotors; tractor and farm equipment parts like hydraulic lift covers, axles, front engine supports, and clutch housings; off-highway and army components encompassing transmission cases, converter housings, planetary carriers, and axle housings; railway products comprising brake discs and ballastless track base plates; SUV and car parts including case bodies, caps, and drive heads; and powertrain elements such as gearbox housings, flywheel housings, and exhaust manifolds. The company produces castings ranging from 1.5-200 kg in ductile iron and 35-250 kg in grey iron across standard grades, highly pearlitic variants for brakes, high silicon-molybdenum for high-temperature applications, austempered ductile iron, solution-strengthened ferritic grades, and low-temperature impact-resistant types. Founded in 1982 and headquartered in Chennai, India, with manufacturing plants in Gudur and Pedapariya, Andhra Pradesh, and Ponneri, Tamil Nadu, totaling 160,000 metric tons annual capacity, Nelcast serves leading OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers including TAFE, Tata Motors, Ashok Leyland, Volvo-Eicher, Daimler, Dana, Meritor, and Wabtec across India, Europe, North America, and Southeast Asia. Recent developments include the commissioning of its third high-pressure automated moulding line and start of production at the Pedapariya plant in 2018, along with obtaining IATF 16949 certification that year, ISO 50001 for energy management in 2016, and DSIR recognition for its in-house R&D facility in 2014; the company plans to commission an in-house solar plant at Pedapariya and reported consolidated net profit of Rs 4.76 crore for the September 2025 quarter despite a sales decline.