UNITED GRINDING and Francis Klein Join Forces to Form Joint Venture in India

Bern, Switzerland and Bengaluru, India – UNITED GRINDING Group has formed a joint venture, UNITED GRINDING INDIA LLP, with Francis Klein, a long-standing partner company in the Indian market, to expand its market activities and provide better support to its diverse customer base. CR Sudheendra, Former President, UNITED GRINDING India Branch Office, heads the joint venture, which is based in Bangalore.

The UNITED GRINDING Group’s commitment to India has a long history: the company has had a branch office in Bangalore since 2007. For nearly 70 years, Francis Klein has been a strong presence in the Indian market, distributing and manufacturing high-precision machinery. For many years, the two companies have had a trusted alliance, offering their Indian customers with advice, sales, and service of UNITED GRINDING Group precision grinding, eroding, laser, and measuring machines.

 Affirming to achieve the goal of making customers even more successful in the Indian market with the joint venture, Stephan Nell, CEO, UNITED GRINDING Group, commented, “With Francis Klein, we have a strong partner at our side who shares our demand for quality and our understanding of service. Together, for the benefit of our clientele, we will bundle our competencies, be present even more powerfully in the market, intensify our sales and service activities, and be able to be on site with our customers even faster. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Francis Klein for the trusting cooperation over the past years. I am convinced that together we will positively shape the future of the Indian machine tool industry.”

Thanking UNITED GRINDING for choosing to extend the partnership, Ghanshyam Agrawal, Managing Director, Francis Klein, said, “Francis Klein has been associated with the UNITED GRINDING Group for decades and this joint venture is the fruitful culmination of our trusted relationship. The UNITED GRINDING Group offers customers the absolute state of the art technology and long-term oriented partnership, which is exactly what Francis Klein stands for. Through the joint venture, we will be able to further expand our prominent market position in the Indian market, will work to enhance competence in India to better serve our customers and offer our customers the best possible support.”

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