Vanavil_Apr_Jun 2016

IN-HOUSE E-MAGAZINE OF L&T RUBBER PROCESSING MACHINERY 

VEDAL, KANCHIPURAM, TAMILNADU 

For private circulation only 

APR—JUN 2016 

Message from the Head-Rubber Processing Machinery 

D 

ear Colleagues, 

It is over two quarters that order inflow has slowed down to a 

trickle raising concerns of low business volume and activity 

level in the Business Unit leading to low profitability, probably inability to 

cover costs and expenses. 

Amidst this gloomy scenario, there are some bright spots that are like 

cool Oasis in a warm desert. 

· We scored 818 in the assessment for Frost & Sullivan India Manufacturing Excellence Award 

and are just two marks short of achieving Gold. This shows a steady improvement in our 

scores over the last few years and gives us hopes of better performance in the next assessment. 

· After our success in developing a good HTCP for motorcycle manufacture for MRF and getting 

repeat orders including latest 56 No. 36” HTCP, we have got order for two 72” HTCP 

for Continental Tires for their plant at Otrokovice in Chezh Republic for TBR tyres. We are 

on course to win an order for a 52” HTCP for the PCR segment from MRF. We have already 

supplied 52” HTCP to Sumitomo, South Africa. We already have order for 67” HTCP 

from MRF, again for the TBR tyres. Thus we are strengthening our supply record for HTCPs 

which is the way future demand growth is and paves way for a good future for the Business 

Unit. 

Inside this issue: 

Message from Head- 

Rubber Processing 

Machinery 

1 & 2 

Accolades for LTRPM 3 

Improvement Initiatives 

Awards 

Academic Excellence 

Awards for Employees 

Children, Wedding Bells 

ம 

“வாதி ய” 

(சிபி ) 

Training at LTRPM & & 

Long service awards for 

Employees 

World Environment Day 

celebrations.“ 

நா ஏ லிகைள 

பாகாக ேவ?” 

Nature’s beauty A Photo 

Shoot of Flora & Fauna 

4-9 

10-11 

12 

13 

14 

· We have received an order for conveyors from Michelin. This marks enlargement of our relationship 

with Michelin beyond contract manufacturing of TBMs. There are also new enquiries 

for TCPs from Michelin. We are also expecting orders for TBM for Truck tires from Michelin. 

This augurs well for a long and strong relationship with one amongst the largest global 

tyre manufacturers. 

Our output for the first quarter in the current financial year is quite poor. Despite healthy flow of enquiries 

and a good list of order prospects, the order inflow continues to be poor. On the top of it 

events like Brexit in the world economy and consequent melt down of markets is shaking the business 

confidence globally delaying investment decisions. Chinese dumping of tyres continues to eat 

into market share of tyre manufacturers eroding their capacity utilisation and consequent demand for 

machinery. The efforts at order acquisition have been intensified. Once the orders flow in, we will 

need to be ready to execute orders at short notice at a strike rate of over Rs. 60 Cr. invoicing per 

month in the second half of the year. Till then we will need to continue with the austerity measures 

and tight control on expenses. 

All the best for improved order flow and meeting the original targets that we set for ourselves. 

Regards 

S. Srinivasan 

Editorial team 

Mr K Rajaiyan 

Mr R Selvan 

Mr Franklyn Stanley 

Mr K Nirupan Chakravarthi 

Mr S Murali Nayak 

Mr Vimal Thiagarajan 

Mr Joseph Ravindran 

Mr Rupesh Kumar Choudhary 

Mr G Kumaresan


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நிவன தைலவr ெசதி 

ள சக ஊழியகேள, 

அ 

இர காலாகளா ஆடக ைற வவ நம நிவன ெசயபாைன பாதிபேதா 

நிலாம, நம ெசலகைள சதிக ேதைவயான அள வமானைத ஈட இயலாம, லாபகைள 

ைறய ைவ எற கவைலைய அதிகrக ைவள. 

இத சிகலான நிைலயி, ெடr பாைலவனதி ளித ேசாைல ேபா சில பிரகாசமான 

விஷயக நட வகிற. 

 

சமீபதி Frost & Sullivan India நடதிய Manufacturing Excellence Award மதிபீ 818 எ இ இர 

மதிெபக எதிதா தக கிைடதி எற நிைலைய அைடேளா. இ நம மதிபீ 

ெதாட உய வவைத காவேதா நிலாம அத மதிபீ ந ெசயதிற ேம 

சிறபாக இ எற நபிைகைய தள. 

 

MRF நிவனதிகாக ேமாடா ைசகி டய தயா ெச HTCP பிெர உவாக ம 36” HTCP- 

யி மீ வாகிய 56 பிெர ஆடக ேபாறவறி ெவறி பி, ெச யரசி உள Continental 

ெதாழிசாைல TBR டயக ெசய இர 72” HTCP ஆடகைள ெபேளா. MRF-லி PCR 

பிrவி ஒ 52” HTCP ஆடைர ெப நிைலயி உேளா. ெதனாபிrகா Sumitomo நிவனதி 

ஏகனேவ 52” HTCP பிெரகைள அபிேளா. ேம TBR பிrவி MRF-லி ஒ 67” HTCP ஆடைர 

ெபேளா. இத ஆடகளி ல HTCP சைளகளி ஆழமாக தட பதி வவ ந 

நிவனதி ஒ சிறத எதிகாலைத உவாக வழி வகிற. 

Michelin நிவனதிலி கேவய ஆடைர ெபேளா. இ ெவ TBM தயா ெச 

உபதியாள எற திைரைய தா Michelin உடனான நம உற வளவைத உணகிற. 

பிெரககான திய ேதைவ Michelin-லி ெதrவிகபள. ேம ர டயக உபதி 

ெச TBM ஆடகைள எதிபாகிேறா. உலகி டய உபதி ெச ெபrய நிவனகளி 

ஒட உதியான ம ெநர உறைவ ைவெகாள இத ெசயக உதகிறன. 

இத நிதியா த காலாகான நம உபதி ச ைறவாகேவ இகிற. Enquiry-க ம 

எதிபாகப ஆடக அதிக இபி, அவறி வர ைறவாக தா இ வகிற. இைவ 

ேபாதாெத, BREXIT ேபாற நிகக உலகளவி வியாபார நபிைகைய உகி தl விைன 

தளிேபாட ைவகிறன. ேம சீனாவிலி நிரபப டயக, டய உபதியாளகளி சைத பைக 

பறிபேதா, அவகளி ெமஷினr ேதைவகைள ைற வகிற. நம தரபி ஆடக எபதகான 

யசிக தவிரபதபள. ஆடக வர ெதாடகிய ைறத அறிவி ேநரதிேலேய 

ஆடகைள உறபதி ெச 60 ேகா பா அதிகமான வவாைய இரடா அைரயா ஈட நா 

தயாராக ேவ. அவைர தவிரமான சிகன நடவைககைள ெசலகளி கபாைட நா 

ெதாடவ அவசியமாகிற. 

ஆடக அதிகrக ஆரபதி நா ைவத இலகைள அைடய வாக. 

திற: 

ெதாடைன மணேகணி மாத 

கறைன அறி. 

ெபா: மணலி உள ேகணியி ேதாய அளவி ந ஊ, 

அேபா மகளி கற கவியி அளவி அறி ஊ.

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LTRPM has won “TRILA Company of the Year-Rubber 

Machinery” award, and it was awarded by Tyreexpo 

India 2016 

Tyre & Rubber Industries Leadership Acknowledgement 

Awards-TRILA were co-organized by Tyrexpo India 

2016 along with Tyre Times in Pragati Maidan, Delhi 

Our Maintenance Personnel Won a series of Awards Under 

the Title “A Competition for Unsung Heroes” instituted by 

ABK-AOTS DOSOKAI. 

2 Platinum & 1 Gold & 1 Silver Awards were won by 

 

 

Mr TA Gnanasundaram 

Mr R Madhan Vignesh 

First Compact Design 42” Bladder Curing Press 

First Compact Design 42” Bladder Curing 

Press made by LTRPM and successfully 

commissioned at BATO Mexico. 

Our Engineers Mr D Balasubramaniam 

and Mr G Kannusami with the Bridgestone 

Team 

3D Model of Bladder Curing Press 

Congratulations to the dedicated Team 

of MTCP PU, TPS PU and CS&T who 

made this machine. 

“Don’t find Customers for your products, find 

products for your Customers” - Seth Godin 

“It is the customer who decides what can be 

done and what cannot be done”. - C K Prahalad 

First Bladder cured in 

our Bladder Curing 

Press.


Awards presented in April 2016 

PAGE 

Awards presented by Mr J Jayavel Murugan, Mr V N Somanathan, Mr A Duraimurugan, Mr R Narayan, 

Mr S Venkatachalam and Mr S Kumar 

CFT Surplus Inventory Dilution 

Mr M Velmurugan Mr A Abdul Malik Mr C Karuppasamy Mr V Rajkumar 

Mr V Ravichandran Mr A Saravanakumar Mr MRSSN Sastry Mr J Senthil Kumaran 

Mr M Tamilselvan 

MaaTharam (88) 

Mr A Thirumurugan 

Mr T A Gnanasundaram Mr R Madhan Vignesh Mr M Vaishanavaraj 

MaaTharam (73) 

Individual Kaizen 

Mr V Ravichandran 

Mr M Umar Mr Franklyn Stanley Mr K Kannan


Individual Kaizen Team Kaizen (Feb 16) 

Mr N Manikandan Mr S Nagendran Mr K Silambarasan Mr K Nirupan Chakravarthi 

Individual Kaizen (Feb 16) 

Team Kaizen 

Mr M Velmurugan Mr M Umar Mr D Ramesh Mr K Saravanan 

Mr D Gopalsamy Mr R Balaraman Mr V Balachandru Mr K Nirupan Chakravarthi 

Mr A Sivakumar Mr B Chandrasekaran Mr T A Gnanasundaram Mr P Perumal 

Mr P Sivakumar Mr S Nagendran Mr S Sathishkumar Mr R Gnanasekar 

“கடைளயிட விபவ தலி பணிவத க ெகாள ேவ” - அrடா


TPM 

Mr S Alagarraj Mr N Manikandan Mr G Thiruvarul Prakasam Mr P Perumal 

I-PERP 

Mr R Balaraman Mr K Silambarasan Mr N Balakrishnan Mr B Chandrasekaran 

VEttri ( Feb 2016) 

Mr R Suresh Mr M Prabhu Mr J Srikanth 

Awards presented in May 2016 

Awards presented by Mr A Duraimurugan, Mr K Nagarajakumar, Mr R Narayan, Mr S Venkatachalam, 

Mr Ravi Venkatachari, Mr T M Mohamed Ibrahim and Mr S Kumar 

MaaTharam (91 & 83) 

I-PERP 

Mr S Fareeth Hassan Mr G Stalin Mr R Raja Mr G Subramaniam 

I-PERP 

VEttri 

Mr M Rajiv Gandhi Mr S Ragupathy Mr T Mayilsamy Mr K Anbarasu


VEttri 

Mr S Murali Nayak Mr P Sakthivel Mr T Mayilsamy Mr K Arun Gomathi Sankar 

VEttri 

TPM 

Mr T Muthukumar Mr M K Rasool Mydeen Mr S Nagendran Mr R Madhan Vignesh 

5S 


Mr P Baskar Mr R Thomas Jayakumar Mr B Ilangovan Mr T Ramasamy 


Team Kaizen 

Mr A Krishna Prasun Mr V Balachandru Mr J Sathish Mr R Velmurugan 

Team Kaizen 

Mr N R Irudayaraj Mr K Barani Mr K Silambarasan Mr T A Gnanasundaram


Team Kaizen 

Kaizen (earlier months) 

Mr G V Jagannadhan Mr A Anbazhagan Mr N Ulaganathan Mr G V Jagannadhan 

Awards presented in June 2016 

Awards presented by Mr J Jayavel Murugan, Mr A Durai Murugan, Mr V N Somanathan, Mr M Kandaraja, 

Mr S Venkatachalam, Mr Ravi Venkatachari and Mr S Kumar 

MaaTharam 

Mr G Stalin Mr S Fareeth Hassan Mr S Arjun Mr A Prakash 

TPM 

Mr N Manikandan Mr G Thiruvarul Prakasam Mr S Alagar Raj Mr M Velmurugan 

Mr P Perumal Mr P Senthil Kumar Mr M Umar Mr A Anbazhagan 

Mr D Ramesh 

Mr V Vijayakumar


5S 

Mr N Manivannan Mr D Ramesh Mr S Mahendran Mr K Manavalan 


Mr K Silambarasan Mr K Nirupan Chakravarthi Mr M Umar Mr N Ulaganathan 


Team Kaizen 

Mr M John Joseph Kumar Mr G Stalin Mr R Balaraman Mr S Fareeth Hassan 

Mr A Prakash Mr M K Rasool Mydeen Mr S Arjun Mr K Saravanan 

Team Kaizen VEttri TPM (earlier month) Kaizen (earlier month) 

Mr R Kothandapani Mr J Jayasankar Mr V Yuvaraj Mr J Vengadesh


X Std 

R Divyalakshmi 

X Std:97.2% 

D/o C Ravichandran 

S Shreya 

X Std: 9.6 CGPA 

D/o V Suresh 

R Rishiga 

X Std: 95.6 % 

D/o E Ravichandran 

R D Radhika 

X Std: 92.6 % 

D/o K Ramesh 

B Jeevitha 

X Std: 90.20 % 

D/o P Balakrishnan 

R Sharavan Kumar 

X Std: 90.0 % 

S/o N Raamamurthy 

R D Reethika 

G Deepakraj 

A Ajaykumar 

X Std: 88.8 % 

D/o K Ramesh 

X Std: 88.6% 

S/o G Gopinathan 

X Std: 78.6 % 

S/o P Arumugam 

XII Std 

A Manoranjani 

V Tamilarasi 

R Supriya 

L R Vigneshwar 

E Hemavathi 

R Vigneshwaran 

XII Std: 91.08 % 

D/o R Asokan 

XII Std: 88.0 % 

D/o D Vasanthakumar 

XII Std: 85.0 % 

D/o S Ravishankar 

XII Std: 84.3 % 

S/o J Ravi 

XII Std: 82.25 % 

D/o R Elumalai 

XII Std: 82.25 % 

S/o G Ravishankar 

S Shreyas 

B Divya Sree 

R Ghayathri Devi 

P Kathleen Veronica 

T Bharath Raj 

XII Std: 82 % 

S/o V N Somanathan 

XII Std: 72.0 % 

D/o R Babu 

XII Std: 72.0 % 

D/o N Raamamurthy 

XII Std: 71.0 % 

D/o A Philip Aaron 

XII Std: 70.5 % 

S/o L Thandavarayan 

Don’t fear for facing failure in the first attempt because even the successful maths starts with zero only - Dr A P J Abdul Kalam


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Graduates & Post Graduates 

K Hemakala 

M Vignesh 

S Priyadarsini 

V Arthi 

G R Pavithra 

R Vinitha 

B.E (CSE) 

85.55 % 

D/o K Kumaravel 

B.E (EEE) 

8.4 CGPA 

S/o K Muthukumaran 

B.E (CSE) 

8.18 CGPA 

D/o M Santhanam 

B.E (CSE) 

8.01 CGPA 

D/o S Venkatesan 

B.E (CIVIL) 

8.0 CGPA 

D/o G C Ravichandran 

B.E (EEE) 

8.13 CGPA 

D/o J Ravi 

S K Asmitha 

R Rekha 

G Vishnu Karthik 

A Lakshmi Priya 

B.E (CSE) 

7.85 CGPA 

D/o S Kumaraswamy 

B.E (CSE) 

7.72 CGPA 

D/o G Ravishankar 

B.E (Mech) 

6.95 CGPA 

S/o S Gopinathan 

M.Com 

6.95 CGPA 

D/o Appandainathan 

R Perumal weds 

G Priyanka on 25.04.2016 

T Vinod Kumar weds 

N Indhumadhi on 25.05.2016 

C Manikandan weds 

M Saranya on 06.06.2016 

WEAR PPE 

சி சி பதிகளாக 

பிrெகா ெசதா எத 

ேவைல மிக கனமானதாக 

இகா.— ெஹறி ேபா 

ஒெவாவ உலகைத மாற 

நிைனகிறாகேளெயாழிய தைம 

மாறிெகாள நிைனபதிைல - 

லிேயா டாடா


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In-house Training Programmes 

Training on Business Excellence 

was conducted on 6 th and 7 th April 

2016 by Mr Hemanthkumar from 

L&T Kobelco. 

Training on Behaviour Based 

Safety was conducted on 11 th & 12 h 

April 2016 by Mr K G Varadarajan. 

Training on English Language 

skills was conducted on 18 th & 19 th 

April 2016 by Ms Divya Seethapathy 

from L&T, Coimbatore. 

Training on TPM was conducted 

on 23 rd & 25t h April 2016 by 

Dr R Balakrishnan, Programme 

Director ABK-AOTS DOSOKAI 

National Technology Day 

11th May 2016 

Training on First Aid was conducted 

on 06 th May 2016 by 

Mr Ekambaram from St John Ambulance 

Association. 

Training on Defensive driving was conducted for our drivers on 

09.04.2016 by Mr Vinod Kumar from Hubert Ebner India Pvt Ltd . 

A Webcast was organised by L&T Coimbatore 

Campus which included interesting 

speeches by Guests of honor Dr 

Nithyanandhan Devaraj, President & Director, 

Bradken India Pvt Ltd. He spoke on “Fuelling 

imagination through structure innovations”. 

and Dr Shantanu Bhowmik, Head Research 

& Projects, Amrita University on “Overview on 

material technology in respect on Nuclear, 

Energy Saving & Construction”. 

Earlier the Key note address was delivered by 

Dr Hasit Joshjipura, Member EMC & Head 

Corporate Centre. 

Mr V Krishnamoorthy completed a course on 

“Preparatory Programme on PMP Certification” 

conducted by L&T Institute of Project Management 

(30th May to 3rd June 2016) at Chennai. 

To demonstrate our commitment to Ethical voting 

our, Employees are taking oath on 

10.05.2016 before the Assembly Elections scheduled 

on 16.05.2016 

Mr Krishnamoorthy is receiving the Certificate 

from Mr Jayavel Murugan. 

Our Employees receiving the Awards from Mr S Srinivasan 

Mr N V Anandhakumar 

(20 years) on 25.12.2015 

Mr L Krishnasamy 

( 20 years) on 31.12.2015 

Mr P Umathurai 

(25 years) on 17.04.2016


World Environment Day - 6th June 2016 

orld Environment Day which falls on 5th June was celebrated on 6th June 2016 in our Unit. The function 

W started with L&T Anthem. Mr S Kalyana Raman welcomed the gathering followed by Mr J Jayavel Murugan 

who introduced the Chief guest Mr P Kailas, Managing Director Toshiba Machines (Chennai) Pvt Ltd and special 

guest Mr S Arul, Chief Executive L&T Kobelco Machinery Pvt Ltd. Mr S Srinivasan our General Manager and Head 

and spoke on the Theme of WED which is “GO WILD FOR LIFE“. Mr P Kailas our Chief Guest and Mr S Arul our 

special Guest addressed the gathering. Mr K Kumaravel Union office bearer also shared his part on the theme. The 

function ended with Vote of thanks by Mr K NagarajaKumar, Head HR, SC SR & Improvement Initiatives. 

It was followed by Tree planting by the dignitaries and other Employees. 

Dignitaries standing in attention 

for L&T Anthem 

Speaking on the occasion were (from left), Mr S Kalyana Raman, Mr J Jayavel 

Murugan, Mr S Srinivasan and Mr K Kumaravel 

Mr P Kailas and Mr S Arul addressing 

the gathering 

Tree planting by (from left) Mr P Kailas, Mr S Arul, Mr S Srinivasan and 

Mr P Balakrishnan. 

லி நம ேதசிய வில எ ெபைமைடய. ஆயி, லிகளி எதிகால ெபrய 

 

ேகவிறியாக ந உள. இதியாவி லிக விைரவாக அழிெகாகிறன. 

ஒெவா ஆ ஜூைல மாத 29ஆ ேததி “உலக லிக தினமாக” ெகாடாடபகிற. 

“நானி வைரதா நயிபா. எ வா உ ைகயி” எ ஒ லி 

மனிதைன பா ெசாவைத ேபாற தக லிக சரணாலயகளி 

ைவகபளன. இயைக சமநிைலயி இதாதா வியி எலா 

உயிக வாழ. இ ஒ இயைக ழசி. இத ழசி லிகளி 

பகளிபிலாம சrயான ைறயி ழைமயைடயா. மர மைழ தத வர 

அேதேபா அத மைழ மரேம ஆதார. காகளி மரகளி விைதகைள 

களி நவி பறைவக கிறன. 

(இத ெதாடசி மபக)


நா ஏ லிகைள பாகாக ேவ? ...( பக ெதாடசி) 

அத நிலபரைப க கிளேபா நில உதைத ேபா ஆகிவிவதா மரக ெசழி 

வளகிறன. இபயாக, இயைக சமநிைல நிைலபதபகிற. 

இத லிக எவா உதகிறன?. மாக, க ம சி தாவரகைள விபி உ. அப 

தாவரகைள, கைள மாக உவதா தாவரகளி அடதி பாதிகப மைழ ைறகிற. 

மாகைள விபி உ விலகினகளி லிக தலிடதி உளன. லிகளி ெபக 

அதிகrெபா மாகளி எணிைக ைறகிற. தாவரகைள, கைள உ மாகளி 

எணிைக ைறவதா தாவரகளி எணிைக அதிகrகிற. தாவரக ெசழி வளகிறன. இதனா 

மைழ ெபா அதிகrகிற. இவா லிக காகளி சமநிைலைய பாகாகிறன. 

லிகைள தவி காகைள பாகாக இயலா. லிக இறி காக, காக இறி மைழ, மைழ 

இறி ேவளாைம, ேவளாைமயிறி உண, உணவிறி நா வாத இயலா. ந உண 

கா வா லிக ெதாட உ. எனேவ ந ய நலதிகாகவ லிகைள காபாற ேவ. 

லிகைள காபாறிவிடா, காகைள கா வா மற விலகைள, உண சகிலிைய 

காபாறியதாகிவி 

-M Ranganathan 

Nature’s Beauty – A Photo Shoot of Flora and Fauna inside our Campus 

ur campus boasts of some of the exotic species of Butterflies, Lizards, Birds and Flowers. We have taken several photos of them and among them we have 

O identified 1. Spotted Black Crow Butterfly (Euploea core) a common butterfly found in South Asia and Australia 2. Grey pansy (Junonia atlites) a 

species of nymphalid butterfly found in South Asia 3. The peacock pansy (Junonia almanac) a species of nymphalid butterfly found in South Asia. Now it is 

your turn to identify the rest of them ! Once you identify please send your answers with the corresponding serial no (mentioned in each photo) 

to the Vanavil committee members either by mail or hand written. The correct answers will be published with your name and photo in the next 

issue of Vanavil. 

Also, If you spot any rare birds, butterflies or small animals or exotic flowers inside our campus please share their photos with us. - Franklyn Stanley 

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Edited and published by : 

L&T Rubber Processing Machinery 

Chennai Bangalore Highway 

Post Bag No.2, Vedal 

Kanchipuram 631 561 

Tamilnadu, INDIA 

Please send your feedback to franklyn.stanley@larsentoubro.com 

The views expressed in this magazine are not necessarily those of the Management 

of Larsen & Toubro Limited. The contents of this magazine should not be reproduced 

without the written permission of the Editorial committee. Not for sale. Only for circulation 

among the employees of Larsen & Toubro Group of Companies.

Vanavil_Apr_Jun 2016

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