TRADE LINK SERVICES

Once at an industrial exhibition the Production Manager of a leading industrial group's division saw for the first time in his life, a 'universal joint', that could rotate 45 degrees.  At that time he was using local ones, which would not rotate even close to 20 degrees and lasted just about 3 months.  He was so impressed with it that he placed an order for 60 units.  The company supplying the product had to tell him that he would not need so many units because the products had a very long life.  He was not convinced when he bought 30 units after placing an order for 60 units.  The units were guaranteed to last for a minimum life of 8,000 working hours.  But the 30 units that he bought lasted for two and half years -10 times the life of the locally made product. 

Production Manager went on to highlight the satisfactory life of this product at the Group Company's meeting. He talked about how it had helped the company save money and achieve better efficiency.  Today, the whole of this reputed automobile ancillary source all their mechanical power transmission needs from Trade Link Services (TLS), which has brought to India various mechanical power transmission engineering components from leading European manufacturers.  Thanks to the international quality that they have brought to India, their client list reads like a who's who of Indian industry - TISCO, Jamshedpur, Essel Propack Ltd, L & T of Mumbai, Loesche India / Enexco Teknologies of New Delhi, TVS / Rane group, Fenner (I) Ltd of Chennai just to mention a few.

Michael X Gomez, is the brain behind Trade Link Services.  An engineering graduate with many years of experience as Product Manager with Fenner India, he established the company in 1987 after he left Fenner.  He specifically did not want to be just a dealer, the reason why he chose to classify himself as a distributor.  "That way we get to have the challenge of marketing these products and providing value added services to our clients.  Different applications need different products, so we study the applications of our clients and then recommend what they need.  We also adapt and incorporate our mechanical power transmission products into the client's system.  For example, a client may need a smaller bore, so we import solid hubs and bore the holes according to the client's requirements.  This saves our customers not only time, but also money. We also have excellent technical backup service from our principals who are leaders in their respective fields.  As far as after sales services is concerned, we have an experienced team of engineers at Chennai and other locations" he says.

TLS's product profile includes Keyless Bushes from ETP, Sweden, Mechanical Clamping Units from Tollok, Italy, Universal Joints from Rotar, Italy, Special chain from MCV, Italy, Poly V Belts from Hutchinson, France, Metal Bellow Couplings from Rodoflex, Italy and Epicyclic Gear System from Transtecno, Italy. TLS, with a sales turnover of Rs 1.30 crore per annum has become a force to reckon with in the field of mechanical power transmission engineering.

Address: Trade Link Services, Mechanical Power Transmission Engineers, 5, Anna Street, Srinivasa Nagar, Padi, Chennai - 600 050.
Phone: 623 1267, 624 2184, 635 9746.
Fax: 825 2741
URL: www.tradelink-services.com
E-mail: tradelink@vsnl.com