Manufacturers of CNC machines, plasma machines, gas appliances, welding carriages, laser and water Jet machines and a wide variety of cutting and milling equipment Koike showcases its variety of products at ACMEE 2021
Locally headquartered in Pune, Koike a 1918 established Japan-based manufacturer is globally known for its high-quality metal cutting, welding, and positioning equipment.
With the aim to satisfy the needs and establish the trust of worldwide customers as a total source manufacturer and supplier of CNC machines, different shape cutting portable machines, plasma machines, oxy-fuel, gas appliances, welding carriages, laser and water Jet machines, and a wide variety of cutting and milling equipment.
In an Exclusive interview with machine makers, Mr. Abhijit Ghosh national sales head of Koike told about the Koike and how it started its journey in India. He said, “in India Koike started its operation in 2012 with 100% subsidiary plan by Koike Japan at Pune. initially, Koike used to import and sell for the first 2 years, from 2014-15 we started to fabricate and assemble in India.”
Speaking about the sales he to Machine makers that due to the covid pandemic the last 2 years were not really promising for the company. He said, “in last 5-6 years we are selling 40-50 machines CNG plate cutting machine on an average. Conversing about the covid pandemic and how Koike was affected Mr.Abhijit spoke, “the last 2 years due to covid lockdown and restricted movement sales were not up to the mark because selling our products cannot be done by marketing and advertising rather it needs direct interaction.. so here we made the target to increase our sales and at least go back to our earlier sales.”
Speaking on attending further trade fairs to showcase the offerings of his company Mr.Abhijit Ghosh said that " We usually participate in 2-3 trade fairs yearly depending on the locations. We were there in exhibitions held in Nagpur, Mumbai, and Ahmadabad. Direct interaction is needed in our business so we make sure to attend as many expos as possible and for that, we have set up two teams to showcase our machinery at the different expo."
Speaking on the success of his ACMEE Chennai expo 2021 he said that it has been a real success and he was happy to see so much response for Koike at the expo.