Pricol Limited (founded as Premier Instruments and Controls Limited) is an automotive components and precision engineered products manufacturer based in
Coimbatore
Coimbatore, also spelt as Koyamputhur (), sometimes shortened as Kovai (), is one of the major metropolitan cities in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the banks of the Noyyal River and surrounded by the Western Ghats. Coimbato ...
, India. It was founded in 1972 by the late V.N. Ramachandran and N.Damodaran, but started production in 1975. It manufactures automotive components for
motorcycles,
scooters, cars, trucks,
bus
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es,
tractors and
Off-road vehicles used in the construction and Industrial segment. Pricol also manufacture sintered components and products for
fleet management. Vijay Mohan is the chairman, Vikram Mohan is the Managing Director and Vanitha Mohan is the vice chairman.
Locations
Pricol Limited has six manufacturing plants in India, Plants 1,3 and 4 in
Coimbatore
Coimbatore, also spelt as Koyamputhur (), sometimes shortened as Kovai (), is one of the major metropolitan cities in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the banks of the Noyyal River and surrounded by the Western Ghats. Coimbato ...
, Plant 2 in Manesar and Plant 5 in Pune and Plant 6 in Rudrapur. The company also has plants in
Jakarta
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(Indonesia) and
Sao Paulo (Brazil)
and business offices in
Tokyo,
Singapore,
Cologne (Germany) and
Detroit (USA).
Pricol also acquiesced a group company PMP of Ashok Piramal group, which has the manufacturing plants in Satara (India), Rudrapur (India), Puebla (Mexico) and in Prague (Czech republic), they bought complete wiper business from PMP.
Operations
Pricol operates in five business areas: Driver information systems, Switches actuators and
sensors,
Powertrain products,
Telematics &
Infotainment
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and
Fleet management systems.
Products
Driver Information System Products
*
Instrument clusters
*
Gauges
Power Train Products
* Sintered components
*
Oil pumps
*
Water pumps
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* Chain tensioners
* Auto
fuel cock
* Auto decompression unit
* Fuel feed pump
* Idle speed control valves
* Pressure relief valves
Sensors & Switches
*
Speed sensors
* Fuel level sensors
*
Selective catalytic reduction
* Map and Tmap sensors
* Oil level switch
*
Temperature sensor
*
Brake light switch
* Vacuum switch
* Power sockets
*
Pressure sensor
A pressure sensor is a device for pressure measurement of gases or liquids. Pressure is an expression of the force required to stop a fluid from expanding, and is usually stated in terms of force per unit area. A pressure sensor usually act ...
*
Position sensor A position sensor is a sensor that detects an object's position. A position sensor may indicate the absolute position of the object (its location) or its relative position (displacement) in terms of linear travel, rotational angle or three-dimensio ...
Telematics & Infotainment
* Display &
Infotainment
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*
Body control module
*
Telematics products
Fleet Management Systems
*
Speed limiter
A speed limiter is a governor used to limit the top speed of a vehicle. For some classes of vehicles and in some jurisdictions they are a statutory requirement, for some other vehicles the manufacturer provides a non-statutory system which may b ...
*
Centralized Lubrication Systems
*
Vehicle tracking system
* Digital tax fare meter
* Cabin Tilting Systems
* Journey risk management
History
Key events in Pricol Limited's history
Group Companies
* Pricol Travel Limited
* Pricol Properties Limited
* Pricol Logistics Private Limited
References
{{Automotive industry in India
Companies based in Coimbatore
Auto parts suppliers of India
1972 establishments in Tamil Nadu
Indian companies established in 1972
Manufacturing companies established in 1972