"We serve all types of customers and customise locks as per demands of the consumer. This is the reason why one can see Godrej lock on almost every Indian door. This trust of customers on us has transformed us into a company that provides locking solutions," Shaikh said.

Explaining the manufacturing process, the official said they carry out forming, die casting, plating and then machining (that includes milling, drilling, turning, boring etc.) of the products. "In fact we do all the processes that a VMC has been designed to do," he added.

As on today, the company has over 50 machines of which 20 are Haas machines. "We carry out machining on VMCs, turning centres and turnmill centres. We purchased first Haas machine in 2006 and by 2010 we had six Haas machines. After that, we are adding one machine in our kitty almost every year," the Senior Manager (Manufacturing) of the company, D N Kharat said.

The methodology adopted by Godrej for selecting any machine tool is that they first prepare an exhaustive list of parameters and features as per the end application. After preliminary round of discussions with various vendors, a comparative analysis is done and 5-7 vendors are selected who match at least 80% of their requirement. 

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