Most companies in the Indian cutting tool industry sell what already exists in the market. Shakvrusan Eximp, based in Pimpri Chinchwad, does something different. It goes looking for what does not exist in India yet, and brings it in. Founded in 2017 by Sandeep S Tripurwar, the company was built on a straightforward observation: Indian cutting tool manufacturers were investing in the best machines, the best raw materials, and the best coatings and still not closing the gap with Japanese or European competitors. The reason, more often than not, was micro-level quality control. The tools were being made well. They were not being inspected well enough. That gap is what Shakvrusan Eximp was set up to address.
How Shakvrusan Eximp Finds What India Is Missing
Sandeep brings 22 years of experience from companies including Oerlikon Balzers and Vargus, where he worked across cutting tools, coatings, dies, and moulds. That background informs how the company operates. Shakvrusan Eximp does not rely on catalogues or distributor networks to find what it sells. Sandeep travels regularly to Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, and China specifically to visit shop floors to see what manufacturers there are using and ask why it has not reached India yet.
Some products come in as direct imports. Some are assembled locally with the company’s own design inputs. A few have no competition in the Indian market at all. Alongside the inspection and measurement portfolio, Shakvrusan Eximp is also the authorised distributor for Hyperion, a Sandvik company, selling carbide raw material to cutting tool manufacturers. The company also operates under the brand Wuchs Carbide for its carbide-related offerings. Both sides of the business serve the same customer base: cutting tool manufacturers who want better inputs and better processes.
The Problem That Needed Solving
Walk into any large cutting tool facility in India and you will find experienced operators inspecting thousands of inserts every day under magnifying glasses. One company Shakvrusan Eximp works with was checking between 7,000 and 10,000 inserts daily this way, using glasses that cost around 20 lakh rupees each, operated by staff over 45 years old because management did not trust younger workers to catch the defects.
The process was slow, physically demanding, and inconsistent. More importantly, it was missing critical checkpoints. After a tool goes through coating, micro-cracks and hair cracks become almost invisible to the naked eye. These are the defects that shorten tool life without anyone understanding why.
Shakvrusan Eximp’s visual inspection machines changed this. From ten feet away, operators can see surface-level defects that manual inspection routinely misses. Within 18 months of launching the product in India, the company had sold 26 machines. One customer alone has six installed across its facility.
The inspection range now covers component inspection machines, cutting tool inspection machines, and laser runout measurement systems using Keyence laser technology. The laser runout machines are particularly relevant for die and mould applications, where runout in core pins, ejector pins, and guide pins directly causes flash and component rejection. The machines measure straightness, concentricity, and ovality to one-micron accuracy, removing manual measurement error entirely.
What Shakvrusan Brings To TAGMA
At TAGMA Die Mould India 2026, Shakvrusan Eximp is launching two new machines. The first is a 360-degree inspection machine. Standard visual inspection equipment in India currently offers a top camera with a single screen. Shakvrusan Eximp already sells a version with a top camera and side camera on two screens simultaneously. The machine launching at TAGMA adds a full 360-degree rotating view, allowing users to inspect internal surfaces, threads, and areas prone to corrosion or hidden damage without taking the component apart. For die and mould shops where pins and small components are stored for extended periods, this is a meaningful capability.
The second launch is a precise height checking machine: a compact, accurate system for measuring component height, removing another step from the manual measurement process on the shop floor. Both machines sit alongside the existing inspection and laser runout range at the stall, giving visitors a complete picture of what precision quality control looks like when it is properly tooled up.
A Presence Built on Purpose
Shakvrusan Eximp has been active on the exhibition circuit through 2025 and 2026, participating in IMTEX, Asia Machine Tools Delhi, and ENGIMACH. TAGMA is the next step in a deliberate push to build the brand across India’s manufacturing exhibitions.
The company’s tagline captures Sandeep Tripurwar’s intent concisely: “This is the future of precision growth.” The mission he actually believes is missing in the Indian manufacturing, and what he and his team have spent eight years building a business to provide. TAGMA’s die and mould audience is the right room for that conversation.
