Dinnington business plans to expand operations in India

Macalloy, manufacturer of tensioning bars, tie rods and cable systems, has been trading in India for more than 40 years.

It’s ‘Macalloy Bar’ is renowned as the industry standard for post tensioning bars for bridges, roads and railways in India.

The company has now joined the India Growth Champion Scheme, run by Sheffield City Region in conjunction with the UK India Business Council, as it wanted to increase its connections with India and secure new opportunities with infrastructure partners.

Macalloy currently has an Indian distributor based in Chennai. Through the scheme, the company also plans to appoint a new Indian agent and to potentially create a full time sales agent position there to further expand its market.

Peter Hoy, managing director at Macalloy, said: “India is a key market for us and one where we see huge growth potential because of the major infrastructure projects planned here in the next few years.

"The India Growth Champion Scheme should help us to open more doors and to get in front of the right people to secure a greater number of product specifications for the Macalloy Bar.

“We manufacture everything we sell at our factory in Dinnington and currently around 85 per cent of our product is exported.

"We are really excited about the possibilities to extend our market further in India and to maximise on the major bridge building projects there.”

Macalloy products have been used on many high-profile projects including the Royal Jubilee Bridge in London, Bangalore Airport, the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link and a number of other bridges across India.

Macalloy has also supplied to metro projects across India.

Katarzyna Paciorek, area sales manager for Macalloy, said: “We know it’s very important to nurture existing relationships with our Indian partners and we’re hoping that the India Growth Champion Scheme will help us connect with many new partners who we can cooperate successfully with in the future.”