The genesis of
MEPL (Mutual Engineering Pvt. Ltd.) rests in
principles of determination to succeed, perseverance to
excel, honesty & hard work.
The seeds were sown over a century ago (1916) when a young
man “Manekchand Gandhi’’ with a vision and hunger to
succeed landed in then Bombay from a small town called Una,
Gujarat with barely any resources. The innate enterprising
nature led to creation of ‘Gandhi sons’ which with time grew
into a formidable trading house over the next five decades,
with exports of spices to over forty countries around the
world.
Based on this success, the next generation led by Jayantibhai
Gandhi, with the desire to expand into engineering and
manufacturing ventured into Plastics through an acquisition
which became Mutual Industries in 1979.
A strategic decision to invest in plastic injection tool
shop in 1985 turned out to be an ingenious move during the
license raj saddled with several curbs on imports. Led by
Jayantibhai Gandhi later fondly known as JM and Dharmendra
Gandhi (DK), a wonderful Uncle and nephew duo, Mutual
established itself as one of the pre-eminent companies which
delivered a complete solution in plastics from design and
mould development to mass production of components and
modules.
As the capabilities grew, with technological investments and
an inspired team of professionals in the field, Mutual
advanced into providing engineered plastics’ solutions to the
rising automotive industry in India.
In 1995, we became the first Indian tool shop to develop large
injection moulds for bumper systems of a passenger SUV.
We haven’t looked back since.
With the joining in of the third generation of Gandhis in the
early nineties, we grew and expanded into multi-location facilities over time. But we also felt the need
to specialize
further as our magnitude was weighing down our true potential.
Therefore, in 2018, Mutual Engineering Pvt. Ltd. (MEPL) was
carved out from the Mutual group and hived off into an
independently managed company through an ownership
restructuring.
With renewed focus and experience from legacy, we became ready
to fly.
Now Led by the next generation, Mr. Drumil Gandhi and a team
of young enthusiastic minds, we are gearing up to be amongst
the top three tooling and products solutions company in India,
delivering to both the domestic and the global market.
A fully equipped tool shop supported by a Design engineering
center, with end-to-end project management capability, we
offer total tooling and developmental solutions to OEMs and
Tier Ones.
We have the industry perspectives having been part of
automotive plastics industry for around forty years serving
Global and Indian Multi-nationals.
We understand the impact that errors can bring to the
development cycle of new products by the OEMs in this highly
competitive environment .
That is why we have kept our promise a simple but paramount
one.
We promise to give you ‘Right first time’ tooling solutions
right here in India.
Our Leadership Team
Drumil J. Gandhi
Managing Director
Drumil J. Gandhi
Managing Director
Strategic Leadership Team
Guruprasad Puranmath
General Manager
Key Responsibilities: Business
Development & Plant Administration
Guruprasad Puranmath
General Manager
Key Responsibilities: Business
Development & Plant Administration
Shoney Varghese
Deputy General Manager
Key Responsibilities: Projects &
Manufacturing
Shoney Varghese
Deputy General Manager
Key Responsibilities: Projects &
Manufacturing
Ativeer Jain
Assistant General Manager
Key Responsibilities: Finance,
Accounts & IT
Ativeer Jain
Assistant General Manager
Key Responsibilities: Finance,
Accounts & IT
Xinelli Singh
HR Lead & Executive Assistant to Managing Director