3.3.5. Machine Tools

It is a core industry and provides mother machines to all sectors of the economy. There are about 200 units manufacturing various types of machine tools and hand tools. The Kirloskar Brothers ltd was the pioneer company, which started production in 1930s. The Hindustan Machine Tools (HMT), Bangalore, a public sector unit, is the first large scale modern machine tools factory in India. These factories produce a large variety of machine tools, such as lathes, radial drilling machines, grinding machines, gear hobbling machines, lamp making machines, etc. Besides machine tools, HMT also produces watches, tractors and printing machinery.