- Business
- Sterling Tools Limited manufactures and markets high-tensile cold-forged fasteners and electric vehicle components to original equipment manufacturers. The company produces standard fasteners, special engine fasteners, chassis fasteners, axle bolts, engine bolts, wheel bolts, hub nuts, wheel studs and motor control units (MCUs) for passenger vehicles, commercial vehicles, two-wheelers, three-wheelers, farm equipment, construction equipment and off-road vehicles; through its wholly owned subsidiary Sterling Gtake E-Mobility Limited (SGEM), it offers MCUs, paired electric motors, rare earth magnet-free traction motors, high-voltage direct current (HVDC) contactors, relays, on-board chargers and DC/DC converters for electric and hybrid vehicles. Incorporated in 1979 and headquartered in Faridabad, India, Sterling Tools operates manufacturing facilities in Faridabad, Ballabhgarh, Prithla and Bengaluru, serving major OEMs including Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra, Ashok Leyland and Hero MotoCorp across India, the USA, Europe, South America and the Middle East. Recent developments include a 2024 partnership with Kunshan GLVAC Yuantong New Energy Technology of China via subsidiary Sterling Tech-Mobility Limited to produce HVDC contactors and relays in a new Bengaluru facility with ₹400 million investment, targeting ₹2.5 billion in revenue by fiscal 2030; a technology licensing agreement with UK-based Advanced Electric Machines in 2025 for SGEM to manufacture rare earth magnet-free traction motors at Faridabad; a collaboration with Landworld Technology for on-board chargers and DC/DC converters; and a partnership with South Korea's Yongin Electronics for magnetic components in electric vehicles, alongside capacity expansions doubling SGEM's MCU production to 600,000 units annually and securing orders exceeding ₹700 crore from leading e-two-wheeler OEMs.