Our Story
1960
Having already started Standard Motors India, one of India’s “Big 3” Vehicle Manufacturers, K. Gopalakrishnan goes on to open
Union Components & Accessories Ltd (UCAL) to locally manufacture Dunlop bicycle pumps and Bosch Ignition coils, with guidance from Robert Bosch himself.
Being so closely linked to a vehicle manufacturer, we have always deeply understood our customers’ challenges and needs.
Gopalakrishnan’s family continued in his Automotive footsteps:
as founding members of the Madras Race Track and Racing Club, the Automotive Component Manufacturers Association (ACMA), Society of Indian Automotive Manufacturers (SIAM) and remain actively involved in the industry across various UCAL branded businesses today.
1980
UCAL Fuel Systems Ltd founded as a JV with Mikuni for Carburettor Manufacturing – bringing Japanese quality systems to India.
UFSL Plant 1 Opened in Chennai with Ganapathy Homum (Pictured)
1990
Our dedicated design testing & validation R&D center, the Krishnamurthy Centre for Automotive Excellence opens. (Pictured)
UCAL Polymer Industries (UPIL) founded to add in-house rubbers & plastic injection moulding.
Exports to global OEMs begins
2000
India’s leading carburettor supplier
Global Expansion through acquisition of US Aerospace, Defence and Automotive supplier Amtec Precision and Amtec Moulded in Elgin, IL. Now UCAL Systems Inc.
Product expansion into Pumps, Throttle Bodies, Valves & other Engine Contol Systems
2010
Pivot from mechanical to mechatronics
Engineering capabilities offered as Design & Testing & Validation Services
Today
60 years of UCAL Automotive Excellence
35+ Global Vehicle OEM Customers
Over 150 million automotive products shipped
e-Carb System ships 1 million units in its first year, and more than 4 million units to date