Ian Nazareth

Time to Reveal this week’s Guests and a Powerful Foundry Strategy that…


They used to Grow 50% YoY.

Let me explain.

We’ve all heard of that analogy of sharpening the axe before you strike, and the reality is much the same.

Over the last 3 decades since the 1990s, Mr Parikh has come a long way on his #steelcasting journey, but today, pouring Great castings isn’t enough to get ahead.

Parikh Metacast’s unique Success hides in the ability to choose their customers, to define their target industry, to identify a pain point for a given avatar and solve it consistently, every time.

The saying is true, a little sharpening the axe helps go a long way.

By focusing on a few key industries, and using a strategy they call horizontal deployment, they’ve been able to go deep, and absolutely dominate their industry.

This today has made them leaders in their segments, producing castings for Automotive Tool room dies and Stone Crushing industries.

Catch the Full Episode on Tuesday, Don’t Miss! 👀

#foundry #foundrypodcast #castings #metalcastings #foundryindustry #indianfoundry #castingindustry #ductileiron #sgiron #aluminumcastings #steelcastings #bronzecastings #foundrybiz #sandcasting #toolroomcastings #automotivecastings #steelcastingsindia #stonecrusherindustry #crusherindustry #metso #propel

3 hours ago | [YT] | 0

Ian Nazareth

Today we covered a Topic that EVERY Foundryman wants clarity on…


“Digitalisation” and “AI”

And in our industry, there are two companies that are leading the transformation from the front.

and so

I invited BOTH of them to be on ONE Podcast, head to head!

If you’re looking for answers on :

- What is “Digitalisation” and How to get started with it?

- What are Ai applications in Foundry TODAY?

And

Where the Industry is eventually heading with Ai and Automation.

Then this Episode will more than deliver.

Ankan Adhikari and Shyamal Shah understood that the main object of this Episode was to provide information to our Indistry and I’m happy to say, they didn’t hold back.

With my hand on my heart, I can say that this Episode is one of the most valuable I’ve filmed.

Stay Tuned, I can’t wait. 👀

#foundry #foundrypodcast #castings #metalcastings #foundryindustry #indianfoundry #castingindustry #ductileiron #sgiron #aluminumcastings #steelcastings #bronzecastings #foundrybiz #sandcasting #nowpurchase #metalcloud #icast #icasterp #foundryerp #foundrydigitalization #foundrydigitalisation

1 day ago | [YT] | 4

Ian Nazareth

So, I’ve Launched a Dating App for the Foundry industry, here’s How to Join…! 🚀 👀


Over the last 2 years through much blood, sweat and tears running the Podcast, I’ve been fortunate enough to travel to foundries across India and meet people in the industry I would never have a chance to meet.

Over that period I’ve been able to understand foundries weaknesses and strengths and also see firsthand the boom that India’s Casting Industry is experiencing from the ground up.

Since a few months, I’ve received a great number of requests from Sourcing Executives across the world, looking to find and connect with the right Foundry for their Castings in India.

For a Sourcing head, consider how hard this job is ;

Choosing between thousands of foundries

Choosing between processes ranging from investment, greensand, nobake, lost foam, centrifugal

Choosing between different ages, lifecycle of the Foundry and most importantly, commitment of management to grow.

The Truth is, even being involved in the industry, Foundry is too vast a subject for anyone to understand completely in a lifetime.

Hence, I’ve decided to bring my entire network into ONE GROUP, helping both sides connect with each other greatly minimising the time wasted on due diligence, development funds and opportunity costs.

📩 You can apply to Join the Community here - www.skool.com/foundrybiz/about?ref=950f5317517644a… 📩

See you on the inside, Cheers! 🥂

The Foundry Podcast | Foundry Biz

#foundry #foundrypodcast #castings #metalcastings #foundryindustry #indianfoundry #castingindustry #ductileiron #sgiron #aluminumcastings #steelcastings #bronzecastings #foundrybiz #sandcasting #globalsourcing #sourcing #sourcefromindia #indiacastings #castinindia

2 days ago | [YT] | 5

Ian Nazareth

🚀 LIVE Now, Here’s how this Foundry achieved a Monopoly in India’s Automotive Industry…!


On Episode 71, We explore how this Nashik based Company, used a Copper Foundry to dominate the welding consumable market in India producing thousands of Captips a day.

The Secret?

Two Joint Ventures with the US and UK that allowed them to cut short their learning curve with the Technology and move to market directly.

Today, Asia Automotive is a household name among Auto OEM’s for different Welding Consumables, Captips in particular.

The message is clear.

While Foundries are producing castings, this company went beyond and actually engineered a final Product.

Great insights into How Joint Ventures and other Tech collaborations can Transform Indian Foundries and How to structure them.

This Episode is also Supported by Krapohl-Wirth Foundry Consulting .

From today’s video, the benefits to Joint Ventures, Tech Collaborations and Foreign Partnerships is evident.

Since Krapohl-Wirth has exposure to the Global Foundry Industry, working with them to locate the right partner might save your Foundry many years and jumpstart your Growth.

You can reach out to Carsten Engelke , Partner Krapohl-Wirth to explore what’s possible.

This Episode also takes us back to a time when India’s Automotive Industry was beginning to take shape, and throws light on the many Auto Ancillaries that have worked tirelessly, contributing to where the industry is today.

Short watch and Very Relevant, Enjoy! 👀 🎥

P.S - Aryaveer Anand at 24 is also your youngest Guest on The Foundry Podcast.

Congratulations. 🥂

#foundry #foundrypodcast #castings #metalcastings #foundryindustry #indianfoundry #castingindustry #ductileiron #sgiron #aluminumcastings #steelcastings #bronzecastings #foundrybiz #sandcasting #coppercastings #captips #weldingelectrodes #copperwelding #asiaautomotive #aryaveeranand #coppercaptips

1 week ago | [YT] | 4

Ian Nazareth

🚀 This week, we feature a slice out of India’s Automotive History…!


Let’s go back to the 1970s, when passenger cars were few and far between.

Back then, if someone were to have told you that India would be one of the worlds largest producers of Automobiles, what would you have said?

And yet a glorious 50 years ahead here we stand.

Our Guest today represents one of the many Auto ancillaries, the silent heroes who have worked tirelessly to bring foreign technology to India and support the Industry.

Where it gets even more interesting is when you realise that that companies like Toyota today consume close to 10,000 of their Prouct in a single day!

The Product? - Welding Consumables or more easily known as Cap Tips.

And it all starts with a Foundry as the First Step of the process.

A lot to look forward to, Stay Tuned for More Tomorrow with Aryaveer Anand . 👀

#foundry #foundrypodcast #castings #metalcastings #foundryindustry #indianfoundry #castingindustry #ductileiron #sgiron #aluminumcastings #steelcastings #bronzecastings #foundrybiz #sandcasting #coppercasting #copperfoundry #captip #switchgears #copperbillets #asiaautomotive #weldingelectrode #weldingconsumables

- Ian

1 week ago | [YT] | 3

Ian Nazareth

🥂 By the Grace of the Foundry Community, This week we Celebrate…


70 Full Episodes of the Foundry Podcast. 📺

And very soon it will be Two whole years since I’ve travelled down this path (time does pass by very quickly indeed.)

While I wanted to just take this time to Thank You all for your endless support, It’s also time now to shake things up, as is needed to keep things Growing steadily 📈.

Going forward, I’d like to take a more purposeful approach with The Podcast, and after analyzing the Data, it’s very clear what you guys ACTUALLY want.

We will take less of a Story form of content and move more into How To videos, Latest Foundry Technologies and Core Industry Group Discussions (I like to call them DEBATES!).

🇮🇳 The Indian Foundry Industry is moving through interesting times, and I’m happy to be in the right place, at the right time, to capture it all.

Cheers and Thanks for your Support as always! 🥂


- Ian

2 weeks ago (edited) | [YT] | 7

Ian Nazareth

🚀 Now LIVE, As we cover Mr Vandan Shah’s Explosive journey from leading SIPRA’s initial JobShop to a Global Business Empire today, you’ll notice One overlapping theme.

‘The importance of FOCUS.’

And that makes all the difference whether a Foundry stays small, or scales to great heights.

This Episode was also one of the most fun times I’ve had filming for the Podcast as we cover a lot about Finance, Leadership, Strategy, Life and finally, Giving back to Society plus a Special clip at the end!

In closing, I’d like to thank Mr Shah once more for his time spent and sharing his Epic Story and learning’s with the Community

Fuether, I’d like to thank Krapohl-Wirth Foundry Consulting arguably the worlds best foundry consultants, for making this Episode possible as well!

Hope you guys love it, Enjoy and Don’t Miss! ⬇️ 🥂

#foundry #foundrypodcast #castings #metalcastings #foundryindustry #indianfoundry #castingindustry #ductileiron #sgiron #aluminumcastings #steelcastings #bronzecastings #foundrybiz #sandcasting #sipra #sipraengineers #vandanshah #sipradiecastings #diecastings #aluminumdiecasting #highpressurediecasting

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 3

Ian Nazareth

For decades, this ONE Doubt has plagued Indian Foundrymen’s minds…

That Good quality Foundry Equipment comes from Germany, Denmark, Italy or the US or UK, and more recently China.

But If you look very closely at this machine behind us,

You’ll immediately see a “Made in Bharat” 🇮🇳 symbol.

And that’s a strong signal of a changed or changing perception.

That Indian made equipment rivals any other.

Yesterday while passing through Belgaum, I took a quick stop to see what VIRENDRA KADAM and DELTASYS E FORMING had going on.

I’m happy to see the progress they’ve made from a small shed to a manufacturing powerhouse, making a huge dent in India’s #additivemanufacturing adoption within Foundry.

This particular machine was a state of the art very well put together machine for Specialized Industrial Casting Company (SICAST) ,automating their pattern making and speeding up new development.

A hearty Congratulations to the Team at Deltasys for the progress they’ve made over the years.

Cheers! 🥂

#foundry #foundrypodcast #castings #metalcastings #foundryindustry #indianfoundry #castingindustry #ductileiron #sgiron #aluminumcastings #steelcastings #bronzecastings #foundrybiz #sandcasting #deltasys #3dprinting #patternmaking #foundrypatterns #foundry3dprinter

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 5

Ian Nazareth

🚀 The BIG Episode is Finally LIVE, and Here’s a few reasons why you can’t afford to miss it.


Firstly, from everyone’s smiles it’s clear that the filming was genuinely FUN and the conversation flowed VERY naturally. 😄

Jokes apart, If you’re serious about the Foundry Industry as your life career and are ready to commit, then these 2 hours and 27 minutes will serve you abundantly well and might as well be part of your weekend plans!

The Guests highlight key aspects of running a Foundry from starting and picking a niche, to building and acquiring customers, to then scaling up and winning BIG, this Episode has something for everyone.

A point to note is also the highlight and extensive coverage on sustainability initiatives that the group has implemented, especially ADITYA PATIL ‘s mention of how GPI has maxed out their Wind energy at 26MW.

Mangesh Patil takes the lead here with his Green practices at Maurya Industries, and also being well known for hosting a meal on the shop floor.

Deepak Reddy Ponnavolu and Neeraj Zanvar highlight the key emphasis on building a good facility and the best people practices.

Pushkraj Janwadkar being a Co Host and organising the entire setup was instrumental in adding his experience with US Foundries, Humor and Tech inputs.

All in all, I thank the entire bunch for being part of what is a turning point for The Foundry Podcast .

Cheers and let me know what you think! 🥂

Lastly, I’d also like to thank Mr Carsten Engelke and Krapohl-Wirth Foundry Consulting Group for supporting this Episode showing their seriousness in the Indian Foundry Industry’s bright future. 💫

Until next time, Hope you liked it as much as I did filming it! :)


- Ian

#foundry #foundrypodcast #castings #metalcastings #foundryindustry #indianfoundry #castingindustry #ductileiron #sgiron #aluminumcastings #steelcastings #bronzecastings #foundrybiz #sandcasting #zanvar #nelcast #ghatgepatil #versatileequipments #mauryaindustries

1 month ago (edited) | [YT] | 4

Ian Nazareth

Here’s a BIG Announcement and solution to the ONE Problem all Foundrymen that I interview talk about…


Over the last 2 years visiting small Foundries, Medium Foundries and then some that could be considered a township too, all of them however, have one simple challenge.

Adopting Digitalization and using the Data they collect to convert into money in the bank.

Metal Cloud has been working on this over the last 4 years and today has had Great success with Digitalization in Foundries that I’ll share about soon.

Since our mission at The Foundry Podcast is also to Digitalise the experiences and thoughts of Foundry veterans and add value to the industry, we’ve always had a common mission and have now joined hands together.

I sincerely thank Naman Shah , Ankan Adhikari , Arya Vikram Singh , Purvi Jain and the team at Metal Cloud for supporting the Podcast through this collaboration and allowing us to do what we do best.

More about this collaboration on a video coming soon.

Cheers! 🥂

#foundry #foundrypodcast #castings #metalcastings #foundryindustry #indianfoundry #castingindustry #ductileiron #sgiron #aluminumcastings #steelcastings #bronzecastings #foundrybiz #sandcasting #foundrydigitalization #metalcloud #nowpurchase #industry4 #metalindustry #digitalization #manufacturing

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