HISTORY
1980
Commencement of operations
1983
New reclamation welding alloy developed for Indian Railways in H3 class
1985
Finalisation of exclusive distributorship for India from METCO (USA) for thermal spray equipment and materials
1987
Launch of LHMATIC open arc FCAW wires and feeders
1988
FONTECH training center launched at Mumbai
1992
Acquisition and merger of FIST India Pvt. Ltd and KOSTECH India Pvt. Ltd. with ADFL
1994
Distributorship for a wide range of Stellite products from DELORO STELLITE (Germany, UK & USA) now part of Kennametal
1995
Public issue successfully completed. The Company is listed on Mumbai Stock Exchange (BSE)
1996
ISO 9001:2008 Certification
1998
- Exclusive distributorship for Gasflux (USA) range of products and services.
- Approval of special welding alloys from defense organisations for armour steel welding.
- Exclusive distributorship for PLYMOVENT (Netherlands) range of welding fume extraction equipment and systems.
1999
Exclusive distributorship for CEA (Italy) range of inverter welding equipment
2000
Exclusive distributorship for CEPRO (Netherlands) range of world class ‘welding spot separation’ products
2003
Exclusive distributorship for EWM (Germany) High-Tec welding power sources
2004
Manufacturing unit for Low Heat Input Welding Alloys at Bengaluru
2005
State-of-the-art Training Centre for Reclamation and Surfacing Solutions at Bengaluru
2006
ADFL became a debt-free Company during the financial year
2007
Distributorship of Hypertherm, USA for hand cutting systems & system integration
2009
Solid wire approval for robot welding of tanks from HVF-Avadi
2010
- Overseas joint-venture, Dualrank Fontech launched in Malaysia
- Learning through welding simulator
2011
World class refurbishment & manufacturing of components facility at Nagpur
2012
- State of the art production facility at Bengaluru
- Exclusive distributorship of ITW Densit, Denmark
2015
Distributorship of EOS 3D Printing Systems and Solutions