Tube Products of India

Tube Products of India was established in 1955, in collaboration with Tube Products (Old Bury) Limited-UK, as a measure of backward integration with the bicycles plant. In 1959, Tube Investments of India (TII) was formed by merging TI Cycles of India and Tube Products of India.

Today, TPI is the most preferred supplier of precision tubes, Electric Resistance Welded (ERW) and Cold Drawn Welded (CDW), to major automotive companies in India and abroad. TPI is India’s undisputed market leader in CDW tubes for the Automotive industry. It also has significant market presence in power plants, boiler, textile machinery, general engineering. It is the Market leader in Telescopic Front Fork Inner tubes and Cylinder bore tubes for shock absorber and gas spring applications, Propeller shaft tubes for Automotive segment. Other Speciality products include Rear Axle Tubes, Side Impact Beams, Tie Rods, Drag links, Heavy thick steering shafts and Hydraulic Cylinder tubes.

The International Business Division (IBD) focuses on international markets, gearing TPI to compete with global tube manufacturers. The Tubular Components Division (TCD), which manufactures high strength tubular auto components, provides innovative tubular solutions to the customers, resulting in weight reduction, higher component efficiency and cost reduction.

The Large diameter plant at Thiruthani manufactures large diameter, high wall cold drawn & welded tubes. It supplies to Hydraulic Cylinder manufacturing used in construction equipment and off-highway vehicles. In Automotive segments it caters to manufacturing of Propeller shaft & Dummy Axles for high payload trucks, besides general engineering & structural application with ERW tubes.

TPI has been supplying to customers such as Bajaj Auto Ancillaries, TVS Motors Ancillaries, Hero MotoCorp Ancillaries, Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India (HMSI) Pvt. Ltd. Ancillaries, Tata Motors, Toyota India, Gabriel, Escorts, Endurance, Tenneco Automotive, Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL) Ancillaries, Mahindra & Mahindra Ancillaries and Thermax. Its success stems from market driven, customer oriented approach coupled with superior process design, short product development cycle, delivering high quality products and efficient customer service ensuring total customer satisfaction. TPI has integrated manufacturing facilities at Chennai (Two tubes plants and one strips plant at Avadi), Thiruthani, Shirwal, Mohali and Rajpura. These plants conform to international standards and achieve operational excellence through TPM. TPI has distribution centres across India, which ensures timely service to the customer’s daily requirements.

TPI has received IATF for all plants, ISO 9001: 2000 for all plants, ISO 14001:2004 for Avadi and IBD facilities, Self-certified for boiler tubes by the Central Boilers Board. TPI is the Winner of the Sword of honour for outstanding safety performance from the British Safety council.