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Executive Summary

All most majority of the manufacturing industries in India will be acquiring loss during the

financial period due to depreciation of machinery. Depreciation represents loss ordiminution in the value of an asset consequent upon wear and tear, obsolesce or fall in

the market value.

Depreciation is a permanent, continuing and gradual shrinkage in the value of fixed

assets. The company has to pay replacement cost due to wear and tear of the

machinery.

Welding is a joining process that produces a local coalescence of materials by heating,

by applying pressure, or both. In essence, the welding process fuses the surfaces of

two distinct elements to form a single unit. It encompasses a broad range of joining

techniques that include fusion welding, solid state welding, weld bonding, diffusion

welding, brazing, and soldering.

Ador Fontech being the pioneer company in this reclamation and surfacing solution field

render their service to their customers with better sales ands service to avoid wear and

tear of machinery and helps the company to save their unnecessary expense in repairs

and overall maintenance for the machinery.

The study has covered up the industry profile, company profile, Mc Kinsey 7s

evaluation, swot analysis, product profile, design of the study, scope of the study,

methodology of research, sampling design and summary of findings.

Statement of problem:

To identify the training and development programme being provided to the employees in

the welding industry with reference to Ador Fontech ltd Bangalore.

CMR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BANGALORE

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Objective of the study:

To determine the employees expectation on training.

To analyze the past training programme have influenced the employees.

Scope of the study:

The study has helped to determine the level of effectiveness of training and

development among the employees in Ador Fontech.

The study has also helped to find out the training and development programme

that has helped the employees to boost up their morale.

Limitation of the study:

The employees were not able to respond during the survey time as they were

busy with their job.

Due to time limit of the office work adequate information were not able to gather

from the employees.

Summary of findings:

The study that have been conducted by the researcher have helped him to analyse the

response received from each employees about their opinion on the training provided by

the company.

Recommendation and Conclusion:

The study has helped the researcher to reach at a stage were the problems have been

identified and researcher has been extracted absolute alternate solution to avoid the

ambiguity among the employees provided to them by company.


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INDUSTRY PROFILE

The Welding Industry

The welding industry oversees one of the most widely used technologies in materials

processing.

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The Scope and Impact of Welding

Welding dates back to the earliest days of metalworking, and continues to be widely

applied today due to its cost effectiveness, reliability, and safety. When compared with

other joining methods, such as riveting and bolting, welded structures tend to be

stronger, lighter-weight, and Cheaper to produce. More than 100 processes and

process variants comprise the family of welding technologies, and include methods for

welding metals, polymers, and ceramics, as well as emerging composite and

engineered materials. These various technologies allow a great deal of flexibility in the

design of components to be welded.

They also encourage designing for optimal cost-effectiveness in productivity and

product performance. Welding and joining technologies pervade commercial and

defense manufacturing, and are a significant source of value-added in the

manufacturing process. Occurring late in the manufacturing stream, the joining process

is typically the final step in assembly and plays the major role in ensuring structural

performance. Additionally, the emergence of near-net-shape processes to produce sub-components has raised the importance of assembly processes as the next area for

increased production efficiency. The role of welding and joining in the repair and life

extension of manufactured products is even more critical since these processes are

frequently used to repair structures and components that were not originally welded.


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A Definition of Welding

Welding is a joining process that produces a local coalescence of materials by heating,

by applying pressure, or both. In essence, the welding process fuses the surfaces of

two distinct elements to form a single unit. It encompasses a broad range of joining

techniques that include fusion welding, solid state welding, weld bonding, diffusion

welding, brazing, and soldering.

OERLIKON-FON TECHNOLOGY

Evolution of welding technology

Ever since man had discovered metal, he has put to countless uses in his every day life.

He has learnt to extract it from it ores, purify it, alloy it with other metals and shape it for

his needs. In the process he acquired very many techniques to give it strength and

durability. He learnt to combine separate metals and create alloys. When metals wornout or cracked he learns to repair and reclaim them. The first primitive step in this

process is were forge ring and soldering. Over the year and especially during the last

two centuries welding technology has evolved into a sophisticated science not only to

join metal parts together but reinforce them with strength that can withstand tremendous

operational stresses.

Today welding technology can be used to join almost any metal of any size, shape,

thickness, composition etc. in fabrication this technology can help weld even crucial part

in nuclear reactors, space crafts, electronic gadgets and other critical industries to a

very high degree of reliability. the processes developed include Oxy Acetylene gas

system, metal arc welding and more sophisticated process like Gas Tungsten arc and


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Electron Beam Welding etc. these development in welding technology have been

adopted to the Oerlikon-Fon maintenance system to suite all skills kinds of needs,

especially in the repair and reclamation of critical industrial metal parts, components

and tools.

The Need for Conservation

The wide spread use of the metals in everyday life from household gadgets to industry

and space crafts has led to an increase in all type of metals like steel, aluminum, and its

alloys cobalt, chromium, nickel,etc.cost of these metals have risen steadily and

resources are depleting fast. Wear and tear in machinery results in crores of rupees

worth metal parts ending up in scrap yards. New parts are expensive and not easily

available at site. Recycling i.e. .., making use of damaged and or worn out parts by

welding has become a necessity and useful tool in conservation of resources. With the

advanced technique of welding a wide range of metals and alloys can be saved and

recycled.

Importance of Reliability in Weld Treatment

As important as the need for conservation is the need for reliability in reclaiming the

worn and metal parts. Welding necessities heat input which generated stress being

reclaimed. This stress could cause cracks, distortion, wrapping or weakening of the

metal thus defecting the purpose and the usefulness of the components. Hence in

maintenance welding one must take precaution to avoid the detrimental effect of heat

input. Oerlikon-Fon technology has developed products and process which ensure very

high reliability of weld reclaimed parts through.

1) Low heat input techniques


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2) Better weld metals to give strength and wear resistant characteristics.

3) Procedure and precaution which ensure reliability of the welded parts.

In addition problems caused by impregnation and contamination of oil and grease,

metal fatigue, inadequacy in vee-groove due to nature of positioning of the parts etc are

taken care through this technology.

Procedure Precaution and Their Importance.

In any welding job done with Oerlikon- Fon products and processes the procedure and

precaution play a vital role. These have developed to enhance the reliability of weld-

reclamation.

The following procedures are to be adopted:

1) Welding test: to check whether or not the job is wieldable with a particular

product.

2) Use of low current3) Short arc gap

4) Short bead

5) Skip welding techniques

6) Hot penning

7) Block technique

8) Keeping the job at hand heat

All these factors play an important role in minimising the ill effect in the heat in

maintenance welding.


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Oerlikon-fon combines the advantage of welding technology will the specific needs and

properties of the metal to be welded. As shown in the example of cast iron welding,

proper procedures and care is needed to achieve success in any reclamation job.

Recycling Of Waste Resources

Parts that are lying in your scrap yard, your maintaence workshop and those in use

apart from those in inventory, form substantial resources for your company. These can

be weld reclaimed with oerlikon-fon technology at a fraction of their original cost. Your

company can thus earn sizeable profits and reduce the operational cost resulting in

continuous increased productivity. Needless to add, your spare parts inventory cost can

be cut down by over 50% per year.

Maintenance programme.

Take a look at the scrap in your yard the inventory of the spares required every year

the money spent on new part, production losses while you wait for replacement and you

will see the need for a planned maintenance programme a system that calls for betterutilization of resources and offer substantial savings through planned maintenance.

Proper techniques such as ABC and VED analysis coupled with sound organizational

status and functional responsibility for the maintenance division would go a long way to

increase efficiency production at minimum expense.

Profile and Structure of Todays Welding Industry

The welding industry incorporates the workforce that uses welding technologies to

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The welding supply industry that provides the equipment, products, consumables, and

services needed by the workforce; and the end-users in the larger national and

international industrial sector who rely on welding and joining processes to manufacture

their products.

Changes in the manufacturing sectors workforce are likely to cause the percentage of

workers involved in welding to fluctuate. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics,

manufacturings share of total employment is expected to drop from 14 percent to 12

percent by the year 2006, with a loss of 350,000 jobs. Since manufacturing is expected

to maintain its share of total output, overall manufacturing productivity must increase by

a minimum of 15 percent, just to break even. From weldings perspective, this implies a

greater reliance on mechanized, automated, and robotic welding.

The End-Users

Virtually every manufacturing industry uses a welding process at some stage of

manufacturing or in the repair and maintenance of process equipment. From the

soldering of PC boards to the heavy-duty welding of steel plates for shipbuilding to the

repair of industrial boilers, industry relies on welding for reliable joining of materials.

Among the manufacturing industries that rely on welding are the following: Automotive

Heavy Equipment

Aerospace

Electronics, Medical Products, and Precision Instruments

Electric Power

Petrochemical

Although end-user manufacturers would not typically consider themselves as part of the

welding industry, advanced joining technologies allow manufacturers to use the latest

materials and designs to enhance their products' performance, reduce manufacturing

costs, and decrease life-cycle costs. Because the established distribution system

sometimes places a barrier or filter between the manufacturers of welding products


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and the end users, it is sometimes difficult for these manufacturers to learn what the

users think of their products, and what their long-term needs (and opportunities) really

are. The joining needs of each industry vary, of course, depending on the demands

placed upon its products, and the pressures for more cost-effective productivity.

Indian manufacturers have requirements in at least three areas: meeting the changing

demands of their customers, competing with foreign manufacturers, and complying with

government regulations. This means they continually concentrate on developing a new

generation of improved, high-value-added products. Joining technologies that have

evolved to meet new industrial needs include specific arc welding techniques for the

shipbuilding, aerospace, and oil and gas industries, and advanced resistance welding

that has been driven by the automotive and appliance industries.

Even as manufacturers expand their development of new products, they must

continually strengthen their production economies and achieve the bottom-line

performance required by shareholders. The result is a movement towards mass

customization, where the manufacturing base is both highly flexible and highly efficient.

To achieve this flexibility and efficiency, responsibility for manufacturing components

and subassemblies is being pushed to suppliers, leaving the prime manufacturers freeto concentrate on marketing, sales, and final assembly. As a result, prime

manufacturers and the companies in their supply chains are more closely integrated

now than at any time in the history of Indian manufacturing. The ultimate example of this

may be in the automotive industry, where a single facility has been proposed to

incorporate the primes assembly plant and several suppliers' component-manufacturing

operations.

While suppliers have increasing responsibility for design, production, and just-in-time

logistics, these smaller companies find it difficult to secure the financial and technical

resources to respond to the challenge. The resources they have may be fully consumed

in meeting daily production commitments and in struggling to meet the needs of their

customers.


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Situation Analysis of Todays Industry

As market pressures require industry to regularly introduce new product lines and

enhancements, the prime-supplier team is driven by a short product-development cycle.

Each new product cycle brings increased performance requirements and enhancements

in product quality. At the same time, there is pressure for new products to be more

affordable, both in their initial production costs and in overall life-cycle costs.

Spurred by the needs of product developers, the research community has spawned new

classes of design concepts and new families of structural materials. There are discrete

examples of these

Innovations being implemented in the current mix of new products, but they have not

been widely used. In many cases, manufacturing technologies have lagged behind

innovations in materials and design, limiting the ability of prime manufacturers to take

full advantage of these new approaches.


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Table 2-2. General Trends and Key Needs in Four Manufacturing Industries

Industry General Trends Key Needs

Automotive Supply chains more responsible

for design and manufacture.

Increased pre-competitive

cooperation on technology

development Technology implementation and

management

remain competitive

Real-time sensing and

adaptive control

Resistance spot welding

(RSW) process control,

electrode wear, andequipment design

Joining of lightweight

metallic

Joining of coated high

strength steels

Joining of dissimilar

materials

Polymer joining

Laser processes/tailor

welded blanks

Structural adhesive

technology

Welding design and process

management tools

Microelectronics - Process

development and

reliability


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Heavy

Equipment

Industry typically rises and falls

with the general

economy, currently an optimistic

outlook

Impact of recent Asian economic

issues unclear

Increased dependence on

suppliers and supply

chains

Growth in overseas operations

Improved fatigue

performance and design rules

for

welded joints

Process and structural

modeling

Real-time process control

Optimized robotic and

mechanized welding systems

Welding of high-strength

steels

Laser processing (first and

second operations)

Aerospace Shrinking prime manufacturer

base

Increased emphasis on

affordability (cost as an

independent variable)

Shorter product development

cycles

Greater reliance on integrated

manufacturing

concepts

Increased product life

Aging aircraft/sustainment and

repair a major issue

Welding of new Al, Ti, and

Ni alloys

Solid state joining and

brazing processes

Polymer/composite joining

Design tools include

residual stress and distortion

control

Process modeling and

control

In-process nondestructive

testing

Electronics,

Medical,

Precision

Fastest growing industry sector

worldwide

Extremely competitive

Design guidelines for all

levels of packaging

Coating and plating - effect


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Instruments Driven by new products and

technology

Joining technology historically

developed in-house;

now beginning to outsource to

outside developers

on joining

Process optimization

Process/product modeling

Reliability technology:

assessment and test

methods

Process fundamentals -

microstructure/property

correlation

Laser processing

Other issues presented by new products include the weld ability of emerging materials

that may not have been designed with welding and joining in mind, the need to improve

feedback control of manufacturing processes, and the development of new approaches

to processing. Advanced computational models will play a larger role as industry

develops the next generation of design tools and manufacturing technologies, including

techniques for the joining of materials. Traditionally, the development of joining

technologies has involved extensive testing programs, detailed characterization of

materials, and demonstration of components in service. With appropriate numerical-

analysis tools, it will be possible to reduce the time for design and developmental work,

improving industrys productivity and shortening the time to market.

Markets and Customers

The most important factor influencing the industrys future direction is the potential for

increased globalization of businesses and markets for materials fabrication. Industry will


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feel the effects of this increased foreign competition as its companies begin to use

suppliers and gain customers from around the world. Traditional lines between

customers and suppliers and domestic and foreign markets will be increasingly blurred

as joining operations andbusiness alliances from both camps are melded. Information

technology will be helpful in accelerating development of the "virtual manufacturing

plant" of the future that uses the best of both worlds.

The welding community recognizes also that welding technologies and skills will have to

compete more keenly with alternative processessuch as near-net-shaping, deposition

processes, adhesive technologies, high-speed machining,direct fabrication (sometimes

termed rapid manufacturing), and combinations of certain technologies. Designers and

manufacturing engineers need to know the full potential of the available welding/joining

processes so they can make the best selection of potential manufacturing methods.

More science, engineering, and training must be incorporated into the welding process if

it is to compete with other technologies and fulfill its potential in this country. Records of

excellence have already been achieved by the automotive and aerospace industries in

their application of welding techniques, and welding is expected to become the

established joining method in many other manufacturing sectors.

Welding is the established method of manufacturing for shipbuilding, power generation,

structural fabrication, petroleum production and refining, construction and farmequipment, and other structural applications. In many of these industries, however, the

productivity of welding needs to be improved. In shipbuilding, for example, this country

lags behind most others.

Who will be the future customers of the welding industry? Developments in

transportation industries and the state of the aging transportation infrastructure will be

increasingly important in shaping future welding markets.

This network of equipment, highways, and bridges must be replaced or extensively

rehabilitated in the coming decades, although it is unknown if the state governments are

willing to invest in these improvements. If governments do commit funds to upgrade the

infrastructure, it will drive the demand for welding in the future. The construction industry


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will be heavily involved in these improvements also. Technologies are available to repair

or arrest cracks and addresses the problems inherent in aging joints. However, a few

additional technologies may need to be developed for this purpose. The same problems

will be present in the infrastructure of other developed nations, while many developing

countries will require large first-time investments in their infrastructures. These

deficiencies are seen to be a major opportunity for the welding industry.

Another market is already emerging to serve the needs of the aging baby boomers.

Industry will develop products to support this generation's medical requirements,

creating new joining opportunities in technologies such as biocompatible implants.

Industry must be alert to the countrys demographics and other social conditions and be

able to respond quickly to the needs of the population. Changing requirements of the

government's defense systems will also have an influence on the future of the welding

industry. While a reduction in defense procurements may reduce the demand for welds

in areas such as aircraft and military vehicles, the good performance and affordability of

welding are causing the defense sector to explore the greater use of welding and joining

techniques. In addition, as the government spends less on research in universities,

fewer government-funded innovations will reach the commercial sector. It will be

incumbent upon the welding industry to form partnerships to fund research and developnew technologies. It seems likely that customer-specific fabricating will become

increasingly prevalent, and together with just-in time production strategies will drive a

shift toward small-lot manufacturing or mass customization. There may well be an

opportunity for integration of welding processes into some of the direct fabrication

techniques that are under development. Industrial distribution is already evolving toward

the distribution of parts in real-time. This is a revolutionary change that will affect the

selection of joining processes for many applications. This requires the adoption of

sensor and control technology based on sophisticated programming, to enable

manufacturers to effectively monitor the integrity of products produced in this new

environment. However, manufacturers will need to increasingly monitor the integrity of

fabricated products as this type of manufacturing becomes commonplace.


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cheaper, and better than those of competitors. While decreased labor costs are the

traditional means to enhanced productivity, the industry already recognizes it needs a

larger workforce to stay competitive. Corporate consolidations have weakened the

industry through loss of welding expertise. Such practices as distributed manufacturing

serve to isolate welding engineers from the manufacturing processes. In addition, the

trend toward private or contracted welding research could discourage sharing of results.

Strategies to improve the economics of welding include changes in the investment

decisions made on behalf of welding. For example, if there is sufficient investment in

such areas as education and capital equipment early in the process, stockholders will

realize a large return on their investment and be inclined to participate. An effective

cooperative research program among government, industry, and academia, with

sharing of costs and resources, would be another example of a wise investment

decision that could increase future productivity. New governmental tax policies could

also have an influence on investment decisions by private companies.

If welding is to be accepted as a significant factor in the fabrication of metal parts,

accurate models of life-cycle costs should be developed for welded joints and

alternatives. By exploiting state-of-the-art information technologies, manufacturers will

be able to incorporate virtual/integrated techniques into their manufacturing processes

and take advantage of their cost-reducing features. Modeling will certainly be importantto compress the time needed between development of the design and start-up of

production. The use of simulation technology to develop the virtual manufacturing

plant of the future has been mentioned previously and is discussed in greater detail in

the following subsection, Developments in Information Technology, and in Section 6

under Manufacturing Integration. Improvements in the energy efficiency and

environmental compliance of the welding industry will also be positive additions to the

overall productivity of the welding industry. As business practices, increased product

quality and serviceability are considered so important, they have been included in a

separate category for key drivers (see below).

Developments in Information Technology


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Welding processes based on rigorous engineering analysis, numerical modeling, and

computer-based automated manufacturing will be widely used, and will depend heavily

on information technology. Similarly, information technology will be important as welding

markets become more international, helping to incorporate cost-saving business

practices and increase productivity both here and abroad. By modeling the life-cycle

costs of welded products, designers can determine early if new products should be

produced using welds. Computers will be used to solve other complexproblems

associated with the application of welding. The growth of information technologies such

as the Internetis seen as an important driver that will influence the future of welding in

other unexpected ways. Decision tools that support the cost-effective use of welding

need to be put in the hands of product-development teams and of manufacturing

engineers.

The welding industry should not have to reinvent the wheel. There should be wide

availability of established procedures.

Through the use of information technology, new findings can be disseminated quickly

and accurately to others in the industry. There will be no need for various segments of

the industry to search extensively for information or repeat studies already carried out.Additionally, a history of past solutions should be available in a database for easy

access. The welding industry should take the lead in setting up and maintaining these

knowledge-based systems so that industrys progress can be shared by all interested

parties. Manufacturers who experience joint failures, for instance, can use the lessons

learned from these failures to improve joining strategies and system designs, and

transmit this information to other companies.

Development of Materials

One fundamental need in the welding arena is a greater understanding of metallurgyas

it applies to welded materials. Welding and materials engineers will develop new


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materials and adapt existing materials, which are specifically designed to be welded into

world-class, fabricated products. Also, as new materials are developed, the welding

industry must develop new techniques to ensure their weld ability.

New concepts in this area include the development of materials that will reduce energy

requirements. Less energy will be used for both pre-heating and post-heating purposes.

Smart materials will have a microchip embedded within the material, to monitor the

physical characteristics of materials as they undergo the fabrication process and allow

engineers to know exactly how they will perform in service. Studies will also be needed

to develop new filler metals and to improve the purity of certain products associated with

welding (e.g., gases, filler wires). These issues are covered in more detail in Section 6,

in a discussion of materials as a key competitive challenge to the future of the industry.

Safety and Health

The welding environment of the past was frequently viewed as dark, dirty, and

dangerous. That perception is already changing, and will continue to change as

education and training increase the awareness of workers concerning newly developed

welding technologies. The factory floor of 2020 will be a very different place compared

to previous manufacturing facilities. Workforce demands, government regulations,changing business practices, and increasing environmental awareness will drive the

manufacturing environment to be quieter, cleaner, healthier, safer, and friendlier for

workers.

Customers, too, will have far fewer worries about the products they purchase. In the

coming decades, goods will be produced to be fail-safe and therefore saferto use.

New Technological Strategies

Indian industry needs to lead technological developments that will in turn allow rapid

and flexible fabrication of new products to satisfy customers' demands. To achieve this,

the following strategies will be pursued:


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1. Make current processes more reliable and more robust

2. Allow for greater use of process automation.

3. Develop welding technology concurrently with development of new materials

4. Develop processes and methods that facilitate joining of metals, glass, ceramics,

plastics, and other materials as required, to optimize performance of the product.

5. Implement methods of integrating welding requirements and welding knowledge into

total manufacturing Planning and management information systems (MIS).

Key Competitive Challenges

Materials

As materials are developed with increased strength, corrosion resistance, and other

performance factors, welding them can become more and more difficult. Special filler

metals, pre- and post-weld heat treatment, and other techniques make welding feasible

in many cases, but at substantially increased cost. The challenge is to make these

materials as easy to join as simple carbon steels. By 2020, industry wants 95 percent of

the materials commonly used today by manufacturers to have a corresponding alloy

that can be welded. Advanced computational methods will be used to engineer

materials that can be welded reliably and consistently.

Research will be needed on filler metals, along with pure metallurgical research, in

order to understand the behavior of materials at the atomic level. For example, solutions

must be found to overcome the mechanical degradation of aluminum alloys by the

welding process. With a new level of understanding of metallurgy, the entire welding

industry will benefit and progress. Part of gaining this additional knowledge will be close

monitoring of the various products that feed into welding operations. These include the

base metal, any filler metals, and gases. Another challenge will be to ensure welds of

dissimilar materials will be cosmetically acceptable to customers, as well as high in

quality. The appearance of welds will be an ongoing consideration for some

manufacturers.


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The Workforce

The attractiveness of welding as a vocation and engineering profession must be

improved. Industry believes that success or failure in meeting this challenge will be

important in determining how. Industry competes in world markets.

A workforce that is appropriately educated at all levels will drive a technological

revolution in welding for this country. The prestige and promise of welding as a career

will grow as welders are certified to guarantee their capabilities, and engineers gain

greater appreciation of the potential use of welding. Multi-disciplinary teams will provide

a supply of necessary talents, from designer, to engineer, to operator, to welder.

Workforce integration will see customers, manufacturers, educators, and possibly the

government, collaborating and developing ideas for new products and new ways of

using welding techniques. The communication among these various experts will be key

in removing barriers to a smooth manufacturing operation. For example, with customers

more knowledgeable and aware of the welding process, there will be greater

participation by customers in new product development and in exploiting the potential of

welding. Engineers who are working side-by-side with welding technologists will better

understand the importance of their role in manufacturing.

New welding-related knowledge must be widely disseminated among all interested

parties, and a better educated workforce and the team approach in manufacturing willhelp meet this challenge. The number of qualified workers is not increasing at the

moment, and a key challenge is to reverse this trend and provide adequate human

resources to meet the needs of tomorrows welding industry. A stable and growing

workforce will be needed in the new century.

Quality

Improvements in the quality and reliability of joints will help overcome the image

problem of the welded joint as the weakest link in any structure. For the industry to


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move ahead, it must remove the perception of manufacturers, customers and others

that welding is a barrier to a smooth manufacturing process. Another challenge is that

academia typically does not accept primary metals and the primary production

industries as worthwhile academic pursuits. Faculty and students are not entering the

field, and academic expertise in these disciplines will eventually be non-existent. Again,

a better understanding of the quality and usefulness of welded metal products will help

overcome this negative perception. Processing research, artificial intelligence and

robotics, advanced materials, and other developments outside the traditional scope of

welding can all be applied to making dramatic improvements in welds. The industry also

sees a challenge in its inability to quantitatively predict distortion of materials due to

welding. Research is needed to clarify this issue. As the quality and reliability of welded

products improve, their safety will also increase. There must be no opportunity for

welded products to have a potentially negative impact on customers.

Trends in the Welding Industry

The manufacture of metal seals, pressure devices, sensors, and many other metal

components require precision welding. The sealing, shaping, or joining technique must

be extremely reliable because it is necessary to maintain the integrity of the product.

The weld process must also be accomplished without interfering with the cosmetics orfunction of the product.

There are many variables to consider in the welding process. The variety of materials is

growing daily and thus the burden on welding personnel to stay current with technology

becomes more essential. Moreover, it seems that the predominant expertise in welding

is acquired at the workplace by trial and error rather than by training in educational

institutions.

COMPANY PROFILE


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ADOR FONTECH AN OVERVIEW:

Nearly fifty years ago, Ador welding Ltd took roots as an electrode manufacturing

company at a time when welding was little known to the industry. It was indeed up hill

task to identify various areas of welding application and thereafter meet the parameters

of specific jibs with specific welding products. Ador welding Ltd pioneer in spirit spurred

the organization from one stage of expertise to another. As more and more welding

application are were catered to the urge to enter specialized area of welding as in the

case of core industry, elevated the company to the high end range of welding products/

the company foresaw the need to offer total solution in welding well in enhance to

ensure total compatibility of consumables, power sources and accessories. Today in

Indias welding history Ador Welding Ltd hold a unique position as a pioneer and leader

have grown in both strength and technology to be able to cater to complex requirements

in welding projects not only in India but the world over.

The leader in the welding industry for more than a decades- Ador welding is the flagship

company of the Ador Group. It has been rated in 1995 as one of the top 200 Indian

companies and one of the 20 wealth creator in the corporate sectors.

ADOR FONTECH LIMITED was born out of the parent company Ador Welding in 1979

and the operation started in 1980. It is a front runner organization that operates on the

philosophy with its clients in recommending and implementing best in class reclamation

and surfacing solution. It is also the first ISO certified company in the country for both

the marketing as well as the plant separately.

The company is dedicated to supply of products service and solution that meet and

exceed the needs of end-users. The customer-base include mining industries, steal and


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metallurgical complexes power plants, railways, roadways, transport work shops,

shipping industries, sugar mills, cement pants, oil drilling and refining sector defense

work shops and a whole range of engineering industries.

ADOR FONTECH is a company limited by share. It is also listed company with a paid

up capital of Rs 3.5 crores. The equity shares of the company are presently listed in the

Bangalore, Mumbai and Ahemebabad stock exchange. With extensive connectivity of

the Bombay stock exchange investors have access to dealings in the equity shares of

the company all over the company.

The company has an uncompromising commitment to the continuous improvement of

its products, service and delivery mechanisms. Every employee and 200 authorized

dealers are dedicated towards the mission of Total Customer Satisfaction and

providing the end users with the best in class products and service.

THE GLOBAL PARTNERS OF ADOR FONTECH LTD


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Partners

PARTNERS PRODUCTS

Advani Oerlikon, India

Low heat input welding alloys,

Flux cored arc welding wires and

range of welding equipment.

BERCO Berco, GermanyCopper & Copper alloyed wires & rods forMIG/TIG welding

Gasflux, USA Flux in the flame

Alloy Steel, AustraliaThe world's most wear-resistant fused-alloy steelbased wear plates.

CEA, Italy Welding and cutting equipment

CEPRO, Holland Welding spot separation

PROTECTOR,Australia

Personal protection equipment

EUROMATE, Holland Welding fume extraction equipment and systems

Deloro Stellite,

Germany & U.K

Cobalt & Nickel based alloys.

Plasma transferred arc welding equipment

SULZER METCO,USA

Thermal spray technology products & solutions

DEGUSSA, Germany Brazing alloys & soft solders


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SEVEN S MC KINSEY MODEL

An introduction to the 7s model

The 7s model is better known as Mckinsey7s. This is because the two persons who

developed this mode, Tom Peters and Robert Waterman, have been consultants at Mc

Kinsey and company at that time. They published their 7s model in their article

Structure is not organisation (1980) and their books The art of Japanese

management (1981) and In search of excellence (1982).

The model starts on the premise that an organisation is not just structure but also

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The seven elements are distinguished as hard Ss and soft Ss. The hard Ss elements

the structure, strategy and system are feasible and easily to identify. They can be found

in strategy statement, corporate plans, organisational chart and other documentation.

The four soft Ss shared values, skills, staff and style however are so hardly feasible.

They are difficult to describe since capabilities values and elements of the corporate

culture are continuously developing and changing. They are highly determined by the

people at work in the organisation. Therefore it is much more difficult to plan or to

influence the characteristics of soft elements. Although the soft factors are below the

surface, they can have a great impact on hard structure, strategies, and system of the

organisation.

Evaluation of welding industry on the basis of 7Ss model

A front- runner organisation that operates the philosophy of partnering with its client in

recommending and implementing best in class reclamation and surfacing solution.

The world has limited reserves of mineral resource. However the depletion rate resulting

from industrialization is very high. Reclamation and recycling of vital machinery

components therefore assumes high propriety. In addition, in addition such an activity

results in saving in downtime and inventory costs.

The company is dedicated in supply of products, service and solution that that meets

and exceeds the needs of end users. the consumer base include mining industries,

steel and other metallurgical complexes, power plant, railways, road transport work


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shops, shipping industries, sugar mills, cement plants, fertilizers and chemical plants, oil

drilling and refining sector, defence work shop and whole range of engineering industry.

ADOR FONTECH is second position in the reclamation and welding industry and stands

first in the product range in the industry.

STRATEGY

MARKETING STARTEGY

The new millennium beckons us into the 'Internet Era' and the 'World Wide Web Age'.

This connectivity brings with it immense challenges as well as opportunities. Ador

Fontech's future strategy has to take into account these rapid technological

breakthroughs. These are also opportunities of strategic alliances and mutually

beneficial partnerships both globally and within our country.

Collectively the Company has a quiet confidence about the future and has a strong belief that

customer focus, quality and productivity will continuously improve in years to come.

Ador Fontechs Limited is a leading organisation dedicated to reclamation, welding and

thermal coating solutions. The companys strategy is to provide total customer

satisfaction by focusing on our key strengths - motivated employees, technological

superiority and multifold services with an enviable return to our shareholders.

Structure

This defines the basic organization of the company, its departments, reporting lines,

areas of expertise and responsibility. The structure represents the hierarchy of the

organization and the reporting system. The organization structure is the pattern of

relationship among various components or parts of the organization. Structure is thus


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the basic frame work within which an organization carries outs its orders, decision and

general functioning. It defines the unbroken line or chain of command and the span of

control. The organization structure of ADOR FONTECH LTD is as follows.


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Board of directors

Chairman

Managing director Company secretary

DivisionalIn- charge

Finance

in- charge

charge

charge

chcharge

SS & HRD in-

charge. Central productgroups in- charge

FKT

North East West South

Area in- charges

Territory in -charge

Zonal in- charge

Regional product

group in -charge

Area product group

in -charge

FON FIA

FMA

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FAC FST

Reclamation

welding technicians

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Systems

The company generally uses oracle and tally.

Tally:

This is a software were it is mainly been used for the accounting purpose as well as the

price allocation of the product also. Tally also helps to analyze newly imposed VAT

(Value Added Tax) format and details, which are the basic necessity in todays business

activity.

Tally also helps to analyze he present tax been imposed on each commodity and thehelps to procure a better price rate for the customers.

Tally is also been done for the analysis of the maintaining the accounts of the company

and for preparing the balance sheet of the company were its been prepared at every

quarter year. Tally is used to prepare the ledger book, cash book, income and

expenditure account, profit&loss account that are the key activities of the firm.

Oracle:

Oracle is a software which is been mainly used for the organization for the extraction of

the companys activity in a smooth flow. Here oracle is mainly used as supporting

software were it supports all the files in the organization. Here all the information can be

stored and the firm will be able to store adequate information. Here the use of DBMS

(Data Base Management System) is been used were the files of different files are been

able to store in a well arranged pattern to avoid ambiguity and be able to identify the

exact position of the file. The MIS (Management Information System) is been used to

analyze the performance made by different departments to identify the profitability of the

firm and also to used for decision making purpose also.


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Systems involved in Joining and Welding Processes:

Soldering and Brazing: An economical means of applying filler metal to join

components both in low and high volume.

Resistance Welding: This process applies large current flow to heat the

components at the point of highest resistance - at the weld joint.

Electron Beam Welding: This is a fusion process performed in a vacuum

chamber where a high velocity beam of electrons is focused on the surface to be

welded.

Laser Welding: This process uses focused coherent light (a laser) to melt the

base material and is used for precision welding or production of quality parts.

Gas Tungsten Arc Welding: Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW), also known

as Tig (Tungsten Inert Gas) Welding, is the most commonly used precision arc

welding process. A welding arc is established between a Tungsten electrode and

the part to be welded. The metal of the part is melted by the intense heat of the

arc and fuses together.

Plasma Arc Welding: Plasma arc welding, basically an advancement of the

GTAW process, uses a copper nozzle to surround the Tungsten electrode. A pilot

arc is first established between the electrode and copper nozzle and then

transferred to the part to be welded.

Tig and Plasma weld processes are the most commonly used methods for

precision joining. Weld quality and repeatability has improved in sync with

advances in power supply, process controls, and welding techniques. These

advances allow the use of the process in even more precision applications.

Power Supplies: The welding power supply itself has been refined. The method

of delivering brute force power to a welding arc has become outdated as

customers demand superior products. Higher performance machines with greaterefficiency, accuracy, and response time have replaced these earlier "beasts."

Welding Control Systems: In order to meet more rigorous quality demands, the

welding industry has moved to a much stricter control of standards and has

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The welding process section of the work is automated by these programmers/controllers

and helps to reduce scrap parts by executing repeatable, pre-arranged weld programs

within precise welding parameters. The welding capability is thus built into the welding

system through the weld controller rather than taught to the manual welder. As a result,

there is less opportunity for error or fatigue.

These controllers are used by manufacturing organizations for medium to large contract

runs. Lower costs are attained mainly by confining the necessary skill level of an

operator to loading and unloading parts. While repetitive welding is now accepted as an

operation to be automated, there will always be a need for the skilled welder and

manufacturing organizations have found ways to improve output here, too.

Orbital Welding Systems: Orbital welding systems were designed to be used in

applications where a tube or pipe to be welded cannot easily be rotated or where

the space restrictions for access limits the size of the welding device. In the

orbital welding process, tubes/pipes are clamped in place and an orbital weld

head rotates an electrode around the part to make the required weld. Orbital

welding systems are used for welding tubing in industries such as aerospace,boiler tubing, food and dairy, nuclear, pharmaceutical, and semiconductor.

Tungsten Welding Electrode Tips: The Tungsten electrode, the source of the

welding arc, is the element most commonly ignored by manufacturing

organizations. Whether in manual or automatic welding, this is the area where

manufacturing organizations can improve the consistency of their welding output

with minor effort.

The safety issues of Tungsten electrode material are also being looked at more closely

now. Many users of the Tig or plasma welding process do not realize that the welding

electrodes they use contain Thorium, a radioactive element added to the Tungsten

material to improve arc starting and welding characteristics. While the radioactivity is of


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a low level it brings an issue of danger - especially with the radioactive dust generated

when grinding the electrodes to a point

for welding. New Tungsten materials are now available, such as Lanthanated electrodes

which offer superior arc welding characteristics and are safer due to their lack of

radioactivity. While these materials are now commercially available, they have been

largely ignored until recently.

Pre-Ground Electrodes and Tungsten Electrode Grinders: Given the Thoriated electrode

radioactivity issues and the ever-increasing weld quality requirements of the final weld,

more and more companies are looking for ways to ensure that their weld quality is up to

par.

Staff

Defines the company peoples resources and how they are developed trained and

motivated.

ADFL boasts of highly qualified well trained and immense experienced staff. Theses

staff is not just mere employees but can truly be called the very asset of the

organization. They form the very back bone of ADFL without which any amount of

success matter to the company. They are highly dedicated and fiercely loyal towards

the company. The staff plays a very important role in prompting a healthy work

environment in terms with superiors as well as peers.

A key strength of the company is motivated employees with high morale and

innovativeness. The work culture provides the employees with challenging goals and joy

fonetwork also consist of a service-oriented authorized dealer network and suppliers

both in India and overseas with whom win-win partnership exist. Continuous

improvement in long term relations is considered as an investment towards the common

goal of total customers satisfaction. Frequent interactions are aimed at understanding

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Skills:

This is the capabilities and competencies that exist within the company. What it does

best. This refers to the dominant attributes or capabilities that exist in the organization. It

is already understood that ADLF has highly qualified and trained staff. Every employee

is given the chance to use their talents to the maximum. The company believes in

exploiting the variety of skills and talents an employee may posses to do a certain job.

Thus there is always a very quality tag attached to every job done.

Another aspect of that is since the company has a wide marketing network all over the

country, communication skill and technical skill is deeply etched in the frontline

engineers and the technical support.

Style:

In simple terms this explains how the leadership and the higher management behaves.

Thus style would thus symbolize how the leaders choose to react in situations, how he

chooses to behave with the employees in ADFL, believes in employing a democratic

style in the general functioning of the company. It adopts a participative style where in

all employees get their chance to express their views in major and critical decision of

the company. Every employee is given the chance play a major role in all decision takenand is finally it is drawn to a conclusion with prior consent of all. Since it is collective

effort on everybodys side it does not pave way for conflicts and disagreements. Thus

the democratic style adopted by the ADLF allows every employee to feel they truly

belong in the company and facilitates good relation between managers and sub-

ordinates.

Shared value:

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Delighting customers is first and foremost priority of ADLF

Empowered employees who enjoy their work.

Living up to the shared values.

Innovative ideation throughout the company and continuous improvement in everything

we do.

Growth is the way of life.

Honoring commitments whether made orally or in writing.

Technology as it continues its advance will be a vital enabler in the Company's plans

and operations.

The vision of ADLF is to be considered as a part first choice by our customer.

Mission of Ador Fontech

The mission is to be partner with the customers implementing value added joining

reclamation welding and surfacing solution.

Quality policy

The company shall strive to delight our customer by understanding and exceeding their

needs. This should be achieved through continual improvement of process & the

strength of our people.

Quality objectives

Manufacture of products as per quality standards

- To reduce no of customer complains

Continuous improvement in product quality

- To increase the customer satisfaction

Reduce cost

Continues improvement in the order execution process.

Ensure all gaps in competence are addressed through training


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Milestones

2000

Exclusive distributorship for Protector, Australia series of personal

protective equipment. Exclusive distributorship for Cepro, Netherlands

range of world class 'welding spot separation' products.

1999Exclusive distributorship for CEA, Italy range of welding & cutting

equipment.

1998

Exclusive distributorship for Gas flux range of products and services.

Approval of special welding alloys from defence organisations for armour

steel welding. Exclusive distributorship for Euro mate, Holland range of

welding fume extraction equipment and systems.

1997 Distributorship for copper and copper alloys from Bedra Germany and fortungsten carbide products from Woka Germany.

1996

ISO 9002 Certification. Launch of ARCOFON range of the world's most

wear-resistant fuse-alloy steel based wear plates and SAF range of

portable welding and cutting outfits.

1995Public issue successfully completed to raise the equity capital to Rs. 35

million.

1994Distributorship for a wide range of Satellite products from Deloro Stellite,

Germany. Equity capital increased to Rs. 22.5 million.

1992

Acquisition of FIST India Private Limited and merger of the same with

ADFL. Acquisition of Kostech India Private Limited and merger of the

same with ADFL. Number of shareholders increased from 112 to 1874

and equity capital increased from Rs. 4.8 million to Rs. 16.9 million.

1991 FONTECH training centre launched in Chennai.

1988Exclusive distributorship for special brazing alloys from Degussa AG,

Germany. Fontech training centre launched in Mumbai.

1987 Launch of Fonmatic open arc reclamation welding products.

1985Finalisation of exclusive distributorship for India from Metco, USA, for

Thermal spray equipment and materials

1983 New reclamation welding alloy developed for the Indian Railways in the


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H3 class.

1980 Commencement of operations.

DEPARTMENTAL ANALYSIS IN BRIEF

Ador Fontech Ltd does not have a very rigid system of departmentalization. In many

cases it is found inter-related and overlapped with the functions. But on a board it can

be separated.

Human Resource Department: headed by the GM Sales Service and HRD, he is the

upper most authority in the ADFL head office for all the functional purpose. Though the

MD exists in the same office the GM handles the overall day to day activities in the

office. In addition to the general HR function he oversees certain other procedure like

the execution process, pre-quote sanction approvals handles issue of tax liabilities, job

works costing approval with the MD. The general HR functions are carried out with gist.

A brief scan is been given as below.

Recruitment Process: this is highly decentralized wherein the area heads, zonal heads,

territory heads etc identify the required man power and the skill that are lacking at their

location.

Selection Process: they then go about inviting applications and selecting suitable

candidates on the basis of their performance in certain tests and interviews the

candidate may be subjected to. Any interesting aspect in this company is that the

gradation and selection is done not only foe suitable future employees but also for the

suppliers and dealers. After a through process of vendor rating, the vendors or dealers

are been selected. A formal procedure for dealers appointment and dealer termination


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exists in the company. Once the dealers are selected dealers are to deposit fixed based

on products groups and the legal agreement which is valid for two years.

Induction, training and orientation process: once the employee is been selected an

induction training of 25 is given which is technical and commercial based training. Each

fresh employee would be put on probation basis for at least a year without leave

facilities and paid sick leaves.

Incentives, promotion, hikes and performance appraisal: medical insurance to the

extend of one month basis salary is an incentive. In addition to this in case of

hospitalization, the management uses discretion to award it in which everyway they feel

suitable. For senior executive housing facilities car with driver is been provided. at zonal

in charge two wheelers are been given with lap tops to the engineers. In addition to this

general functions like payment of salary, provident fund, TDS etc are been handled by

the GM.

Performance appraisal is done in monthly review quarterly review and annual review.

Generally for sales personnel performance appraisal is not based on their target

achievements, immediate superiors word of mouth.

Finance Department: the finance department has two heads; finance manager (who is

also the company secretary) and the DGM accounts. While the secretary reports

directly to the MD for all the functional purpose in the head office, she reports to the

GM. As company secretary as well as the finance manager her work revolves around

from conducting annual general meetings and preparing the minutes. She also handles

the share transfer activities share holders complain and all matters pertaining to the

shares and dividends.

DGM accounts are in charge of the entire books keeping process and preparing

accounts for the entire organization. Through tally he co-ordinates with other divisional

offices for preparing consolidated account for the company.


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Marketing Departments: the exclusive functioning of marketing activities is limited

mostly to the divisional areas, zonal and territory office. Those who are connected

directly with this are central products group in charge (COPECS) who are mostly found

traveling around the oversee the proper functioning of this activities. The frontline

engineers are trained in certain product groups which they will handle exclusively. The

product specialists support the selling along with them is the technical experts who are

responsible for all queries relating technically repairs and maintenance process. When

there is a target of developing new customers the frontline engineers demonstrated at

lower level. If it is a high-tech product or a large customer base or bigger value the

superiors also take part.

Production Department: the manufacturing process is carried out solely in the plant

located in peenya. In the Bangalore plant only the manufacturing of ADORFON and

FONMATIC products are carried out. The raw materials are supplied by the present

company Ador welding Ltd.

DOCUMENTATION TRAINING AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICE

(DOTES)

Training

Here the process of training is carried out. Every fresher is put on a rigorous 3 week

training programme wherein the entire product, technical and commercial knowledge isimparted.

The commercial training gives them an understanding of the tax structure, dealer policy,

end user, discount structure, incentive policy, and etc.In addition to this they are also

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In addition to this refreshment programme is held once in every 6 months for new

product knowledge. These programmes are conducted division wise.

For existing employees gap analysis is done. Ratings for different attribution are given

for a certain level / position. These standard rating are matched with a persons rating

and then training is given in that particular attribute to close or minimize the gap.

They also provide external training programme to outsiders for example their customers

technical staff to give them the know how on handling the machinery and what electrode

is to be used for which metal. They have designed courses for theoretical and practical

knowledge for end users. In addition to these 2 to 3 days workshops are conducted

regularly for general maintenance knowledge.

Documentation

On a chargeable basis the engineers are sent to understand the components used, the

procedure for welding, what electrode is to be used, what is the correct and precise

welding process the repair welding techniques etc after studying the components

parameters are noted down and all these details are put in the form of case study.

These case study formats are stored in computerized data banks. These become

reference points which are available to customers. Letters of appreciation send by

customers are documented. Thus this Customer Relation Management (CRM) andDocumentation Training Education Service (DOTES) are a sort of Management

Information System (MIS). This MIS facilities timely access of information and aids

people at all levels to clear doubts and take decision.

SWOT ANALYSIS

STRENGTH

Advani Oerlikon (ADOR GROUP) has been in the business for the past 40-50 years.

The leader in the welding industry for more than four decades, ADOR FONTECH LTD

parent company Ador welding is the flagship company of Ador group. Ador welding

holds a unique position as a pioneer and leader having both in strength and technology.


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It has been rated as one of the top 200 Indian companies and one of the 20

wealth creator in corporate sectors.

The equity shares of ADOR FONTECH are listed in the New Delhi, Bombay and

Ahemadabad stock exchange. It would also help in creating goodwill but would

also give the customer a sense of security that the company is standardized and

is SEBI approved.

Ador, the market leader in terms of market share accounts for about 24% of the

entire market.

WEAKNESS

The most weakness of ADOR FONTECH is an issue that the company needs to

tackle effectively at the earliest. With all the products of ADLF being priced really

high, it stands number one in price. This is a major weakness even though the

company has been doing extremely well. This is mainly due to the fact that their

customers base includes big industry rather than small time buyers. They are

loosing on lower end sectors and ignoring this sector may prove costly for the

company in the long run.

ADLF is also trailing behind L&T in terms of the numbers of engineers at their

work base. While L&T has an approximate number of 450 engineers, ADLF has

around 200 engineers only. This is another major draw back since they are

lacking in the required skilled staff.

OPPORTUNITY

A major concern with the customers is to increase their productivity, reduce down time

and improve welder health and safety requirements.

World wide the demand for metal, alloys and mineral resources is on the

increase. The scenario offers enamors opportunity for reclamation and recycling

of vital machinery components.ADLF is already a front-runner company in

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Demand for higher productivity welding and cutting systems, welding fume

extraction system specialized surfacing and hard-facing alloys and deposition

equipment are on the rise. Higher productivity welding processes such as semi

automatic and automatic welding systems are increasingly in demand.

THREATS

There is dumping of cheap imports from the south East Asian countries

especially Korea.

While Ador accounts for 24% of the market share archrival ESAB accounts for

18-20% of it. If unguarded there is every opportunity for the rival company to

loose the gap.

Other big firms like L&T, D&H, diffusion etc pose huge threat.

Other risks are associated with political instability with its impact on economic

growth and investment plans of the industry.

PRODUCT PROFILE

OERLIKON FON is a market driven brand name. A wide range of low heat input

welding alloys have a performance- proven track record and are being used extensively

in India and at several overseas locations.

FMA group consist of the following product range.


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FONMATIC flux cored welding wires and wire feeders.

FONARC range of welding and cutting equipments.

ARCOFON the worlds most wear resistant fused used alloy steel based wear

plants.

FCT group consist of the following product range:

DELORON STELLITE consumables, FONCOATECH thermal spray products,

pyroputties and FONMETALL range of cold repair products and service.

The agency group has the following alliances:

SULZER METCO the world leader in thermal coating products and related

technologies. The company represents them extensively in India.

The company also represents DEGUSSA Germany exclusively for a wide range of

brazing alloys.

ADOR FONTECH products and service are backed by DOTES (documentation, training

and education service). This service group documents and disseminates case studies

technical articles, product literature etc. at Ador Institute of Welding Technology

(AIWTs- based at Mumbai, Madras, and Pune). DOTES conducts focused training

programme on reclamation and surfacing technologies. They also conduct training

programme and seminars at vital industrial and customer location all over India.

The company has uncompromising committee to the continuous improvement of its

product, service and delivery mechanisms. Every employee and over 200 authorized


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dealers are dedicated towards the mission of total customer satisfaction and providing

the end users with best in class products and service.

ADOR FONTECH PRODUCT GROUPS

THE OERLIKON FON RANGE

Performance proven Low Heat Input Welding Alloys marketed under OERLIKON FON

brand name are front runners in maintance and reclamation of vital machinery

components. These quality products meet stringent customers specification and

perform under sever work environments.

OERLIKON FON products have been serving maintenance and reclamation needs of a

wide range of end users. Technological back ups help in reduction of down time, spare

parts inventory and spare parts related cost.

FIRST DIVISION

Located at Ahmednagar this plant manufactures gas welding and cutting products and

thermal spray torches. Also included in its programme are the A series bare rods and

wires to supplement theOERLIKON FON

range.

THE FMA GROUP

FONMATIC products. As an extension of the traditional business of low heat input

welding alloys and to meet the continuous welding product need of the end users, the

FONMATIC range was launched the main focus here is on hard facing and other

specialized continuous welding applications. The product range includes joining wires,

hard facing alloys, stainless steel alloys and other custom built wires and equipment.


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FONARC equipment has been specially designed and developed to meet the

requirement of welding power sources needed for reclamation and repairs of vital

machinery components. This range has been supplemented by PRESTOPAC and

PRESTOZIP SERIES of portable welding and cutting sets.

ARCOFON series of wear plates are manufactured by a computer controlled weld-cast-

process which enables a constant and even fusion of hyper-eutectic chrome alloy on to

a mild steel backing plate. These wear plates have found numerous application in the

original equipment, mining industries, powreplants, steel and metallurgical complexes

and several other vital industries.

THE FCT GROUP

DELOR STELLITE surfacing products are setting the worlds standard in surfacing

technology. These are cobalt, nickel or inter metallic cobalt or nickel based wear

resistance alloys and surfacing coatings. They offer combinations of wear resistance,

corrosion and oxidation resistance, high temperature hardness, resistance to galling

and low cost efficient friction. FONCOATECH: wear, abrasion, erosion and corrosion of

machinery components result in heavy down time losses.FONCOATECH

brandthermal spray powder alloys, spray torches and guns are marked based on the

development of the end suerswise specific job application.

GASFLUX is highly specialized process of applying flux for brazing by means of a

flame. This process is used in a wide variety of bronze and silver brazing applications.

Ador Fontech represents gas flux co exclusively in India.

FONMETALL range consisting of cold repairs putties, systems and solution is now

being extensively used for in-situ repair application a board spectrum of industries.


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Ador Fontech also offers high temperature process and maintenance products form

AREMCO, USA for the repair and corrosion protection of metals and refractory

materials.

OVERSEAS AGENCIES

SULZER METCO: the world leader in thermal spray technology products and solution

are exclusively represented in India by Ador Fontech. Any base material can achieve

improved characteristics through a sprayed coating. From hand held to highly

automated operations, low a sprayed coating. From hand held to highly automated

operations, low volume to mass production, thermal spraying offers enomurous

flexibility.

DEGUSSA: the company has an exclusive distributorship for the DEGUSSA range of

world- renowned brazing alloys and special soft solders.

KOSTECH DIVISION

State of the art welding and metal spray process are used to repair, reclaimed rebuild

vital machinery parts for thermal power stations, cement plants, mining and several

other core industries. Located at Nagpur, this facility is capable of taking up customer-

specific and heavy duty reclamation job.


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DESIGN OF STUDY

The study was been conducted in the Training and Development forADOR FONTECH

LTD, Bangalore unit.

Significance of the study

Training and development is an attempt to improve the current or future of the

employees performance by increasing the ability to perform through learning, usually by

changing the employees attitude or increasing his or her skills and know ledge.

Employees should be trained as to their aspects. After the selection process of the

employees for a particular job, if he wants to perform in his assignment work in the

specified way, he should be aware of every related thing like knowledge, technical

aspects; behavioral, disciplinary matters etc and also knowledge should be acquired

about new technical as well as non technical issues on passing of time.

The basic purpose of this study is to identify how the employees feel about the training

programme and the requirements that are needed for the rest training programmes

which the company can implement for the employees.

Statement of the Problem

To study the how the employees perceived the effectiveness of training and

development in Ador Fontech Ltd, Bangalore. The project was mainly identifying the

training programme that is given to the employees were been beneficial for them to

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Objective of the study

To find out whats the employees response about the necessity of training, and

method.

To determine the employees expectation on training.

To find out how frequent the employees want to get training

To analyze the company has succeeded in implementing the training programme

according to their requirements of the employees.

Scope of the study

The study was been basically conducted in Ador fontechs Bangalore region from the

marketing division and the company plant that was been situated in peenya industrial

area.

The study determines the level of effectiveness of training and development

among the employees in ADOR FONTECH, Bangalore region where the sample

size was been taken from technical as well as the non technical employees.

Significance of the study

The study helps in implementing actions so as to improve the present training

and development system.

The study also helped to analyze the training requirements recommended from

the employees.

Limitation of the study.

The employees were not able to respond during the survey time as they werebusy with their jobs.

As the target was restricted to the employees of ADOR FONTECH Bangalore

unit only the target sample was very small.


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RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

After having identified as the problem as the effectiveness of training and development

among the employees ofADOR FONTECH, it was decided that to conduct a descriptive

research to find out the same. Adequate suitable secondary data was collected for the

study and it was decided to take a survey to conduct for the study.

As a tool for primary data collection a structured questionnaire was prepared keeping in

mind for the objective of the research.

Samples of 50 workers were been from the divisional office, plant was chosen as

sample to be interviewed. The details of the employees were been interviewed were be

taken with the help of the training manager from the plant. The employees were

approached during the work hours and interviewed as per the questionnaire.

As per the completion of the survey the collected data was tabulated, analyzed

interpreted and the percentage was been calculated and the main tables were been

drawn. Then the respective diagrams were been given to illustrate the data. And then

finally interference was made for each question. Based on this interference

recommendation were made and the research was concluded.


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TYPE OF RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN

A descriptive research was under taken to study the problem. It aim is to explore the

effectiveness of training and development in the sample population of Ador Fontechs.

Sources of data.

1) Primary data.

2) Secondary data.

Primary Data

The primary data has been collected from a group of employees working in the

divisional office, as well as in the companys plant in peenya. The data has been

collected through the structured questionnaire. Depending on the information given by

them a report was been prepared.

Secondary data

The data has been collected from the companys manual, handbooks, the annual report,

the employees register. These data have provided a reference in completing the study.

Sampling design

1) Details of the population

The study was been conducted only for technical, non-technical staffs in ADOR

FONTECH LTD Bangalore consist of around 210 employees.

2) Population frame

All the employees under the training scheme are the effective population frame.

3) Sampling units

It represents the total population of technical / non-technical employees that consist of

210 employees of ADOR FONTECH Bangalore. Out of which the sample was been

taken.


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4) Sampling method

Convenient sampling, non probability sample was been taken for the sample size. The

sampling size100 employees was been taken.

DATA COLLECTION TOOLS:

Questionnaire method was the primary tool for data collection.

Interview with different employees within the organization.

Methods for analysis for data.

The primary data was collected by the structured questionnaire where the employees

have given opinion about training programme in the organisation and have interviewed

them personally. Based on the questions in the questionnaire the analysis were done

for about questions and they were been analyzed by percentage base, diagram.

The information were been collected during the working hours of the firm were there

was a great concern were the respondents were not willing to answer the questionnaire.


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1) The training is been provided according to the skills required by the employees.

Scale PercentageVery true 80

Partly true 20

False 0

Total 100

very true

80%

partly true

20%

Interpretation:

In this statement the researcher has come up with a suggestion that majority of the

employees (80%) recommend that training is to be provided based on the skill

requirement of the employee, while there is a minority group refereeing to partly true

(20%). Here the training programme is been provided according the skill requirement of

the employees. The training programme helps the employees to develop their skills in

the particular job being assigned to them.

2) The existing system for the identification of training is efficient.


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Scale Percentage

Very True 90

Partly true 10

F

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