KLRF diversified into metal working, with the acquisition of a state-of-the-art foundry and sheet metal works in the industrial city of Coimbatore. From an initial capacity of 1,500 tonnes in 1973, today KLRF Engineering’s two division companies – Eltex Super Castings and KLRF Sheet Metal Industries - together have a capacity to produce over 15,000 MT of precision-engineered parts.