SKF Industrial Corporation

Founded by Mr. G. Ramakrishna Achar, Sri. Kalikamba Fabricators (S.K.F.) Beginning with the manufacture of small food grain processing machinery, like cookers, the company grew from strength to strength. S K F has been a forefront on manufacturing and marketing of grain processing plants globally for more then two decades. It was a small step for him, the unanointed king of Grains Processing Manufacturing industry in India, G.Ramakrishna Achar, but a giant leap for the industry and the nation. The year was 1993 when G.Ramakrishna Achar, with daring dreams of making it big, founded SKF, in a hired shed and began manufacturing Rice cookers. After the tremendous success of manufacturing and marketing a 50 ton capacity boiler-cum-drier, Mr.Achar never looked back. Thanks to his ambition and vision, coupled with relentless hard work, today SKF is a unique corporate company, founded in the rural backyard, Bannadka, of Moodbidri, with its credentials proven globally! SKF plants have been exported to Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal and Nigeria. With a turnover of Rs.100 crore and a team of 2000, SKF, today, is the leading brand name in the designing, manufacturing and marketing of food grains processing plants. Mr.Achar, never a man to rest on his laurels, has ambitious plans of diversification, especially into education, with emphasis on Grains Processing Machinery Manufacturing, Management and Marketing. Plans are a foot to establish an educational Institution of global standards, offering Diploma, Degree (BBM) and Masters Courses (MBA) in Grains Processing Technology, Manufacturing, Management, Maintenance , Marketing et al to fulfill the growing demand for knowledgeable and skilled Technicians from the Rice Mill Industry in India and abroad. Undoubtedly, this plan, when implemented, will be a great service to the industry and the nation as there are now no institutions to impart training in the crucial sector.