ETA Technology was founded in Peenya, Bangalore — India's largest MSME industrial hub — with a single focus: making friction welding machines that actually work, and standing behind them for the long term. Three decades and 1,200+ machines later, that hasn't changed.
ETA Technology was started by Mr. Parameswaran Sukumaran Nair in 1991 as a manufacturer of Rotary Friction Welders. The factory was in Peenya, Bangalore — one of India's most concentrated hubs for precision manufacturing.
The early machines were for engine valve production: welding the head to the pin, or pin to pin, and for sodium-filled valve configurations. These were delivered to automotive component manufacturers who needed consistent, high-volume joins without the defects that plagued arc welding.
The reputation those early machines built — for reliability, for quality, and for the service backing that came with them — created the foundation for everything that followed.
Over time ETA expanded into heavier RFW machines for truck axles and drill pipes, then into Friction Stir Welding for aerospace and EV applications, then into Electrical Upsetting machines for the engine valve forging process, Special Purpose Machines for valve finishing operations, and Test Rigs for the automotive, aerospace and railway industries.
In each area, the approach was the same: understand the process deeply, design the machine around the customer's actual component and production requirement, build it to last, and stay involved after delivery. That last part — the staying — is what most machine builders don't do. It's what ETA considers its strongest differentiator.
Today ETA operates a full R&D facility covering mechanical, hydraulic, electrical and software engineering, and has delivered machines to customers across India, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Europe and beyond.
Mr. P.S. Nair establishes ETA Technology in Peenya, Bangalore. First machines are Rotary Friction Welders for engine valve production, serving leading automotive component manufacturers.
ETA delivers its first test rig: an impulse test rig for hydraulic hose pipes. The testing division begins to take shape alongside the welding machine business.
ETA delivers its first heavy-duty 100-tonne friction welder, designed to weld truck axle spindles to housings — a landmark in India's domestic friction welding capability.
ETA establishes a full-fledged R&D facility covering mechanical, hydraulic, electrical and software engineering. Machines begin shipping to ISRO, HAL and DRDO for aerospace and defence applications.
Friction Stir Welding machines and Electrical Upsetting machines added to the portfolio. ETA becomes the only Indian manufacturer offering the full solid-state welding and metal-forming spectrum for engine valve production.
ETA machines gain real-time cloud connectivity, remote monitoring and OEE dashboards as standard. EV battery tray FSW machines and Al–Cu cable lug RFW machines open up the electric vehicle supply chain as a major new market.
Every enquiry starts with our engineers understanding your process — not our salespeople describing our catalogue. We will tell you honestly if we're the wrong fit. That honesty is why customers come back.
Your parts run on the machine at our Bangalore facility before delivery. You witness the trial and accept only when it meets your specification. No surprises when it reaches your floor.
We have customers who bought their first machine from us in the 1990s and are still calling us for service. That's the relationship we aim for with every machine we sell — not a one-time delivery.
Designed and built in Bangalore. Serviced and supported wherever the machine runs. Our engineers have commissioned machines in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Europe and beyond.
Our R&D team works on both new machine development and improvements to existing designs. When a better approach becomes available, we find a way to offer it to customers with machines already in the field.
Every weld, every test, every machine — documented. Our customers need traceability for automotive audits, aerospace approvals and defence contracts. We build the documentation as carefully as we build the machine.
ETA machines run in some of the most demanding production environments in India and internationally — from ISRO's assembly lines to tier-1 automotive plants producing millions of parts a year.
Representative list. ETA has served 200+ customers across India and internationally.
ETA's R&D centre covers all engineering disciplines under one roof — mechanical design, hydraulic system engineering, electrical and controls, embedded software and test engineering. This means our machines are designed as integrated systems, not assembled from independently-sourced sub-systems.
The facility includes a fully-equipped machine shop for prototyping, a weld lab for process qualification, and dedicated test cells for verifying machine performance before delivery. Customer parts are trialled here before the machine ships — so the first weld on your floor is not the first weld we've ever made with your part.
R&D also drives the continuous improvement of machines already in the field. Process parameter databases, weld quality models and control algorithm improvements developed in the lab are offered to customers as upgrades — extending the productive life and capability of machines they already own.
FEA-validated machine structures, precision spindle design, fixture engineering for every component geometry
In-house servo-hydraulic system design — axial force, forge force and clamp actuation with closed-loop control
IPC-based machine controls, real-time weld parameter monitoring, Industry 4.0 connectivity and remote diagnostics (ERS)
Dedicated facility for process parameter qualification, material trials and weld sample testing — your parts, before delivery
Secure remote access for software diagnostics, parameter review and configuration support — from Bangalore to anywhere
"With a vision to retain the position of industry leadership, ETA established a full-fledged R&D facility — because the machine you buy today should be better supported tomorrow than it was the day it arrived."
Visit us in Bangalore, or speak to one of our engineers. We're happy to walk you through our facility and show you machines running on the floor.