because of which the related industries are burgeoning with new models and technology for making the ride more comfortable. Since all these automobiles need repair, servicing and components replacement, there is a big market of automotive component manufacturers as well, which makes these components available for the automobile companies. Rockman is a well-known name in this market, manufacturing original and spare automotive components.

Ever since Rockman came into existence in 1960 as a humble bicycle components manufacturer, it has been inventing and innovating the manufacturing of different components, at the same time, it has also expanded to other market than just two wheelers. It has also acquired the four wheeler market and has made its reputation as the best among the top auto parts manufacturers in India. Last year, it made its grand entry into motorsports and aerospace industries through carbon composites by acquiring major shares of the British-Indian enterprise, called Moldex Composites.

Rockman is the leader among two wheeler parts manufacturers in India, and produces over 5.8 million wheels every year. The wheels are made by the process called aluminium die casting, which is categorised into three types, viz., High Pressure Casting, Low Pressure Casting and Gravity Casting. Rockman is one of the very few companies which have the facility to do all these under one roof. The products of this process include alloy wheels, cylinder head, cylinder block, rail assembly, crank case, crank case covers, oil pan, transmission housing, fixing brackets, bearing segments and two wheeler assemblies etc.

The alloy wheels are made by following these steps:
• Melting & Degassing
• Casting
• Gate-cutting
• Fettling
• Heat treatment
• Shot blasting
• Machining
• Painting

Rockman is known for the production and supply of high quality components at attractive prices, which has been possible because of its principle of preventing any wastage. Following this, it gathers the scrape and remoulds it into the useful products, which effectively cuts the cost without cutting corners on quality.

Apart from the wheels, there is another range of famous Rockman products manufactured and supplied to the two wheeler industry, the drive chain kits. For the production of chains, there is a separate segment called auto chain division. It manufactures chains and sprockets for the two wheelers. The products of this division are as follows:
• Drive Chains
o Solid Bush Drive Chain
o 420 Drive Chain
o 428 Drive Chain
o 428 Solid Bush Drive Chain
o 428H Drive Chain
o 428H X Ring Drive Chain
o 520 Drive Chain
o 520 O-Ring Drive Chain
o 1595 O-Ring Drive Chain
o 1595 W/O-Ring Drive Chain
• Cam Chains
o Starter cam chain
o 25H Cam Chain
o 25HS Cam Chain
o Solid Bush Cam Chain
• Sprockets: induction hardened and zinc plated sprockets in different sizes and categories.

For manufacturing all these, Rockman has a dedicated plant at Mangli, Ludhiana with capacity of 45,000 chains per day.
Plus, the high technology and infrastructure ensures the best flawless manufacturing of products, minimising production of defective pieces. Being such a huge company with all the modern infrastructure and state of the art technology in place, Rockman is practically ruling the automotive aftermarket.