Technofour Electronics Pvt. Ltd., (TEPL) is part of ‘Technofour’ Group, from Pune, India. ‘Technofour’ is established in 1973 with core strength in ‘Eddy Current Technique’, starting manufacturing of Non – Destructive Test (NDT) Equipment, as Import Substitute and pioneer in the country.
The Metal Detectors are widely used for detecting the external metal contamination in the finished product. The metal contamination may be sourced from raw material, during process, maintenance work, human error, etc.
In the initial stage focused on the FMCG segment, however, entered in the Pharmaceutical and Food segment at later. With the advancement in the technology, systems are designed and developed with the Digital Technique, early 1990’s. Now, the metal detectors of TEPL are based on the latest techniques and offering world class quality and fulfilling norms of the requirements.
Also, introduced indigenous Checkweigher system early 2000, offering the substitute for imported range. Starting for the specific segment and requirement, now, TEPL offers the systems fulfilling various stringent requirements in the field such as Agro Chemicals, Pesticides, Dairy Products, FMCG, Stationary, Petroleum, etc., in addition to Pharmaceutical segment.
TEPL is situated at the outskirt of Pune city, Maharashtra, India, spread in about 7 Acres of land with Excellent manufacturing facility. TEPL holds its expertise in their respective field with well qualified staff and dedicated team. TEPL feel as proud that the systems manufactured by us are considered for better quality and performance – in the country and globe. TEPL thanks to all the well-wishers and users for sharing the expectations friendly with us, enabling us to make our product range exceeding the expectations!!! In commitment to the Environment, the entire plant runs on Solar Power Grid of its own and utilizes the Rain Harvested Water plant.
TEPL is also known for customized solutions for Carton Handling Systems (CHS) which is part of Print & Inspection / Track and Trace system. TEPL has developed CHS in such a way that the cartons are handled and transferred smoothly for the printing 2 D / 3 D coding and putting the carton in front of the camera to read the data and record / verification of the same. The same is available for bottle application too. TEPL holds the patent for the said system. The system is offered on OEM basis. TEPL is also coming up with new concept for the stacking of sachets and folding of strip shortly. The same would be having added advantage in Pharmaceutical for ORS powder sachets, FMCG field such as, tea sachet strip, shampoo strip, small oil pouch strip, etc. Mr. Aniket Nanajkar
Asst.General Manager – Sales, Technofour Pvt. Ltd. in an exclusive interview with Mr. Adil Naqvi, sheds some light on the importance of metal detectors in food industry and what are the future prospects and utility of such machineries in this sector. Read on to know more…
Q. Why metal detectors are important for food processing industry.
Ans. Metal Detector has two importance in the food products one is to ensure quality check for metal contamination before it reaches to the consumer and second is to prevent damage to processing equipment ,which can cause downtime and costly repairs.
Q. Brief us about your company, its products and their applications in the F&B industry.
Ans.Technofour Electronics Pvt Ltd(TEPL) is part of Technofour group which established in 1972 and are pioneer in developing the equipment’s based on Eddy current technology in India. TEPL are into the business of product checking system i.e manufacturer of Metal Detector and online Checkweigher systems Food ,Pharmaceutical and FMCG industries. We are the leading supplier in India and having export to 40 countries. These are world class , most sophisticated equipment’s and are at par with best technology available in the worlds. We have more than 20,000 installation base in the world which is remarkable and has set the standard by itself.
Q. Technofour Electronics stand in the Snacks industry space.
Ans. We have very good presence in snack food industry and systems which are developed for snack industries are compact and right fit at right place.
Q. Since its Inception, Technofour Electronics is unique in the industry, what’s the success formula you have?
Ans. TEPL always believe in to develop the products based on customer demand and again take a feedback after supply and fine tune to their requirement .Continual improvement in the products according to industry demand is given prime importance. Never compromised on service support part so even today we have more service personnel than sales team.
Q. What type of after sell service you provide to your customers?
Ans. We provide 360 degree service support including on site modification in the system if situation demands. Ultimate customer satisfaction is our mission statement.
Q. What are the advantages, if someone goes for your machinery instead of others manufacturers?
Ans.Our main USP is to provide latest technology (Always ahead of local competition and at par with worlds best MNC) at affordable cost and best service. We have unique position in the market which is the ideal combination of quality , service and cost.
Q. Do you have a research unit to come up with an innovation?
Ans.We have one of the best R&D team where down the line 5 years programme is being run.
Q. What are the greatest needs of manufacturers to supply as per the demands of the industry?
Ans. The greatest need is to have quality standardisation which is currently differ industry to industry and so sometime development become complicated.
Q. At what capacity, research is important for food safety machinery manufacturers?
Ans. Quality standard needs to be defined , work on adherence plan and show the consistency.
Q. As a food safety machinery manufacturer, what is future opportunity in India for these types of machineries?
Ans.India offers a great potential for the food processors of the world. India is the second largest producer of food and agri-commodities in the world. There is an increase in demand for food safety and most of the food manufacturing companies (Small-medium to large )for their own growth always try to adopt best possible industrial safety equipment in their processes to ensure their long term sustainability in the market.
Q. Are you happy with the regulation of the government for this industry?
Ans.Governments needs to have clear policy on safety standard and make a necessary changes according to industry and global demand.
