Company Overview
The group started its base in Mumbai – Nagdevi street under the banner of Purshottam Somabhai & Co in early 70’s. They were the first few in India to Import SKF bearings from Europe and sell in India.
Later with SKF INDIA LTD setting its foot in the country, direct Imports were stopped and the group joined SKF INDIA to become Authorised Stockist for Automotive bearings.
To capitalize on the new Distribution model of SKF INDIA and to tap the opportunities in Gujarat, a new firm was established in Ahmedabad under the name of SHARAD BROTHERS & CO in 1975. Within few decades of working in the field of Bearings and allied Industrial products the company build up a strong customer base of some of the most reputed industries in Ahmedabad and surrounding region.
In early 2000 sensing the market opportunity of catering specifically to the Industrial needs - the company registered itself as "Authorised Industrial Distributors" with SKF INDIA LTD in 2005. This allowed the company to build on it reputation of being a trusted supplier of bearings and transition to being a trusted partner that could offer a wide range of products and superior services backed by strong technical support of its own Sales engineers and Regional SKF Team.
In July 2007 – a Pvt. Ltd company was formed by the name of SHARAD INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS PVT. LTD. to position the company as a Professional outfit and take advantages of emerging business opportunities. In 2011 the company successfully registered and became Certified Maintenance Partner (CMP) with SKF. Today The company serves its customers with product offerings in the following categories:
- SKF Bearings and Housings
- SKF Maintenance Product - Tools
- SKF Lubricants and Lubrication Systems
- SKF Power Transmission Products
- SKF Sealing Solutions
- SKF Condition Monitoring Services
In 2013 another company was formed by the name of Sharad Engineering Solutions (SES) to take up Distribution of New Products to cater to the Industrial Segment and leverage our existing relations and customer base.
Today SES represents DowDuPont Specialty Products (DuPont) Division in Central, Saurashtra and North Gujarat region.
Our specialty lubricants include greases, anti-seize pastes, multipurpose oils, specialty compounds, dispersions, anti-friction coatings and more.
Customer Segments:
We cater to customers in following segments in Ahmedabad and North Gujarat.
- Textiles - Mills, Process units and Machinery manufacturers.
- Small & Medium OEM’s
- Dairy& Food product manufacturers
- Heavy Engineering & Fabrication units
- Ceramics
- Printing and Packaging
- Paper
- Chemicals
- Automotive