Production Plan

1.Manufac process

Any watch can be primarily divided into 2 parts; which is the appearance parts and
movement parts. The appearance parts are the visible parts of the watch, which
serve both the aesthetic andfunctional purposes and include the case, bezel ring,
crown, dial, hands, strap and crystal. Themovement parts are the mechanism of the
watch that enables it to depict time. The morefunctions of a watch the greater the
number of parts.
They have the facilities to manufacture all the parts of a watch. The subsidiary in
Goamanufactures and sources to their movements and integrated circuit boards while
their unit inHosur manufacturers all the Assembly parts. Though they have the
capacity of manufacturingwatch bracelets, they outsource the same as it ismore cost
effective.

2.Physical plant

Titan’s state
-of-the-art which and jewellery manufacturing plants are located at Hosur inthe
southern state of Tamilnadu spread over 55000 square meters of build-
up space’ Titan
employs about 3000 highly skilled personnel.
Titan’s watch manufacturing facility was set up in 1987 in Hosur, India, with
initial
technical Know
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how from Europe and Japan. Over the years, the company has grown to become one of
the largest integrated watch
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manufacturing units in the world.

3.machinery and equip

The tool room is equipped with CNC wire cutting machines capable of handling
upto0.03mm wire, precision CNC milling, Jig Boring, Spark EDM Cylindrical grinding
and othersupporting machines. The tools manufactured are Progressive dies, multi
station
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cross travelcombination tools, multi-cavity prevision moulds, forming dies,
cutting tools, high precision stepdrills, jigs and fixtures.
3.1.8, Press working:
Stamping presses of 25T and 35T capable of handling upto 130 SPM, friction screw
presses, hydraulic presses upto 300T, 25T secondary operation presses with die
cushion, and hotforging press. The products are precision forgings in stainless
steel and brass, complex stainlesssteel sheet
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metal parts with high accuracy, coined parts in Stainless steel, compacting and
profile
3.1.9, Precision turning
:About 200 machines comprising of sliding head stock automats (Peterman P3 andP7),
CNC sliding head stock automats (CINCOM) and CNC turning centers. Titan
currentlyhandle precision turned parts for telecom industry and speedometer parts
apart from the regularwatch parts.
3.1.10, Moulding:
35T and 75T Aurburg and 25T Batten field closed loop CNC. The products are
precision watch movement parts, dashboard pointer parts, speedometer parts.
3.1.11, Surface finishing:
Automatic polishing and buffing facilities for round parts, flexible components
(suchas bracelets), super finishing of small / miniature / slender parts (by
planetary tumbling), finesand blasting and staining.

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3.1.12, Plating / coating

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Wet plating capable of heavy plating of precious metals and PVD coating.
3.1.13,Automation / Machine building
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Integrated facility for design, fabrication and commissioning of Assembly

automationand special purpose machines.
3.1.14,Heat Treatment:
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Comprehensive facility including vacuum hardening.

3.1.15,Electronics:
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A state of the art facility for manufacture of stepper motors, and high quality
electroniccircuit blocks (ECBs

4.suppliers