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- Sundaram-Clayton Limited manufactures and sells non-ferrous gravity, high-pressure, and low-pressure die castings primarily for the automotive sector in India. The company produces aluminum pressure die castings for heavy commercial vehicles, passenger cars, and two-wheelers, including flywheel housing, gear housing, clutch housing, filter heads, air connectors, lube oil cooler cover assembly, filtration module casting, turbo charger, compressor cover assembly, charge air pipe, intake manifold, and cover coolant duct for trucks; cylinder head, case transaxle assembly, oil pan, chain case, cylinder head cover, adaptor oil filter, fuel pump housing, fork gear shift, starter housing, and A/C compressor housing for passenger cars; as well as crank case, cylinder head, cylinder barrel, wheel hub for powered two-wheelers and brake equipment valve bodies. Sundaram-Clayton operates five manufacturing plants with capabilities for castings ranging from 0.25kg to 25kg in PDC, 0.25kg to 24kg in GDC, and 2.5kg to 18kg in LPDC, serving original equipment manufacturers and Tier 1 suppliers in more than seven countries including the United States, Brazil, Sweden, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, and Japan. Founded in 1962 as part of the TVS Group and headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, the company, formerly known as Sundaram-Clayton DCD Limited, changed its name to Sundaram-Clayton Limited in August 2023 following a demerger of the die-casting business from TVS Holdings Limited effective August 2023; in fiscal year 2024-25, it commenced operations at a new die-casting facility at Thervoy Kandigai Plant in Tiruvallur, sold its as-cast, low-pressure, and low-tonnage aluminum die-casting businesses at the Hosur Plant via slump sale, and acquired an 11.63% equity stake in Navia Two Power Private Limited for INR 11.63 crore in November 2025.