ABOUT US

HISTORY

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ABOUT US

HISTORY

1980

Commencement of operations

1983

New reclamation welding alloy developed for Indian Railways in H3 class

1985

Finalisation of exclusive distributorship for India from METCO (USA) for thermal spray equipment and materials

1987

Launch of LHMATIC open arc FCAW wires and feeders

1988

FONTECH training center launched at Mumbai

1992

Acquisition and merger of FIST India Pvt. Ltd and KOSTECH India Pvt. Ltd. with ADFL

1994

Distributorship for a wide range of Stellite products from DELORO STELLITE (Germany, UK & USA) now part of Kennametal

1995

Public issue successfully completed. The Company is listed on Mumbai Stock Exchange (BSE)

1996

ISO 9001:2008 Certification

1998

  • Exclusive distributorship for Gasflux (USA) range of products and services.
  • Approval of special welding alloys from defense organisations for armour steel welding.
  • Exclusive distributorship for PLYMOVENT (Netherlands) range of welding fume extraction equipment and systems.

1999

Exclusive distributorship for CEA (Italy) range of inverter welding equipment

2000

Exclusive distributorship for CEPRO (Netherlands) range of world class ‘welding spot separation’ products

2003

Exclusive distributorship for EWM (Germany) High-Tec welding power sources

2004

Manufacturing unit for Low Heat Input Welding Alloys at Bengaluru

2005

State-of-the-art Training Centre for Reclamation and Surfacing Solutions at Bengaluru

2006

ADFL became a debt-free Company during the financial year

2007

Distributorship of Hypertherm, USA for hand cutting systems & system integration

2009

Solid wire approval for robot welding of tanks from HVF-Avadi

2010

  • Overseas joint-venture, Dualrank Fontech launched in Malaysia
  • Learning through welding simulator

2011

World class refurbishment & manufacturing of components facility at Nagpur

2012

  • State of the art production facility at Bengaluru
  • Exclusive distributorship of ITW Densit, Denmark

2015

Distributorship of EOS 3D Printing Systems and Solutions