Permanent Magnets
PERMAGNET · Industrial > Electric Equipment · Chairman: Rajeev Mundra · MD: Sharad Taparia · Listing date: May 10, 1995

Permanent Magnets Ltd, is one of the flagship companies of Taparia Group, Mumbai and also one of the five leading manufacturers of Alnico Cast Magnets and Yoke Assemblies in the world. It is a front-runner among young, dynamic and growing companies in India. It was established in 1961 at Mumbai. It has Sales Offices at Delhi, Mumbai, and Bangalore. PML magnets are used extensively in key sectors of Indian industry such as electronics, electricity meters, automobile industries, telecommunication, defense, space research, aeronautics, railways and electricity generation.

Permanent Magnets is the largest producer of Alnico magnets in India. PML’s customer base is large and wide spread. It has 70% market share in India and a very respectable presence in Europe, USA, Australia, South America, South East Asia, Egypt and Malaysia. The customers are largely OEM's. PML sells to the trade also. PML started operations with the Alnico facility in 1963. This capability was augmented and upgraded with the technical support of Sumitomo Special Metals Co. of Japan. The current manufacturing capacity is 400 T per annum of cast alloy permanent magnets.

PML began manufacturing magnets in 1963 in collaboration with Centro Magneti Permanenti of Italy. Production began with a 400-tonne capacity plant for Cast Alnico magnets at PML’s Borivali Plant, in Mumbai. New grades of Alnicos were introduced with a technology tie-up in 1983 with Sumitomo Special Metal Co. (a leading Japanese manufacturer.

Success led to diversification and growth. Magnetic Systems were added to production lines and  special applications cell handles industrial problems of separation, conveying, lifting, etc. 

Product range of the company includes:

  • Mu Metal Components
  • Standard Magnetic Assemblies
  • Custom Magnetic Assemblies
  • Alnico Magnets
  • Ferrite Magnets
  • NdFeB Magnets
  • Assembly For Energy Meters
  • Cow Magnets

Achievements/ recognition:

  • An ISO:9001:2000 certified company.