Built in India. Trusted Worldwide.
Since 1976, Machinecraft Technologies has been designing and manufacturing vacuum forming and thermoforming machines. A family-owned business now in its third generation, we combine nearly five decades of process expertise with modern servo engineering — and export to over 40 countries.
A Chemist, a Workshop, and a Big Idea.
In 1976, a polymer chemist named Bhanuchandra P. Doshi walked out of UDCT Mumbai with a conviction: that India did not need to import plastic-forming machines from abroad. In a small workshop in Mumbai, he built one of India's first vacuum forming machines — initially for refrigerator panel manufacturers who were paying a premium for imported equipment.
The machine worked. The idea worked. Machinecraft was born.
That founding principle — that Indian engineering could match the world at a fraction of the cost — has guided every decision the company has made in the nearly five decades since.
Through the 1980s and 1990s, the founder's sons Deepak and Rajesh Doshi expanded the business, introduced PLC controls and CAD design, and took Machinecraft to the world stage. By 1998, the company was selling India's first fully automated vacuum forming machines in Europe. By the early 2000s, Machinecraft was exhibiting at the K-Show in Düsseldorf — the world's largest plastics trade fair — alongside the most respected machinery manufacturers on the planet.
The Doshi Family — Three Generations of Thermoforming Excellence
Machinecraft Manufacturing Campus — Umargam, Gujarat
Meet the Doshi Family.
Three generations of one family, each building on what the last left behind. The same name. The same factory. The same promise.
Second Generation — The Builders
Deepak joined the family business in 1986 alongside his brother Rajesh, transforming a small workshop into a serious manufacturing operation. He opened Machinecraft's first export markets in the Middle East and Europe, led the company's debut at the K-Show in Düsseldorf, and built the international distribution network that today spans 40+ countries. His commercial instincts and relationship-first approach established the trust that Machinecraft's global reputation is built on.
Rajesh Doshi
Director — Engineering
Joined 1994 · 31 years
Rajesh is the engineering backbone of the Doshi family. A mechanical engineer from VJTI Mumbai, he joined in 1994 and introduced CAD design and PLC-controlled automation to Machinecraft's machines — a leap that made it possible to sell to European customers with CE safety requirements. He led the technical development that enabled Machinecraft to exhibit fully automatic machines at K 2001 and K 2004 in Düsseldorf, and continues to guide the engineering philosophy of the group.
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Rushabh Doshi
Sales Director
Joined 2013 · 12+ years
Rushabh is a builder at heart — an engineer, entrepreneur, and the commercial force behind Machinecraft's global expansion. After studying at King's College London, he joined in 2013 and brought digital project management, structured governance, and an international mindset to the business. He built Machinecraft's export network across Southeast Asia, Africa, and Latin America, negotiated technology partnerships in Germany and Japan, and led the company's first participation at NPE in the USA.
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Manan Doshi
Chief Technology Officer
Joined 2018 · 7 years
Manan is the engineering architect of the modern Machinecraft machine. A mechanical engineer from Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering (DJSCE), Mumbai, he joined in 2018 and has spent seven years rebuilding the company's technical foundation from the ground up. He introduced parametric CAD design across the full product range and led the critical transition from pneumatic to servo-driven systems — a shift that transformed machine precision and repeatability. Under his leadership, Machinecraft now builds forming beds up to 5000×2800 mm and 6000×2200 mm, among the largest in Asia. He also leads the IMG and TOM automotive interior machine programme developed with FVF Japan.
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We are a 50-person team building some of the largest thermoforming machines in Asia. Every person here works on real problems — from servo motion control to international sales. If you want to build things that matter, Umargam is where you belong.
Mechanical Design Engineer
EngineeringFull-time · Umargam
Design machine structures, platens, and forming systems in SolidWorks. Work directly with Manan on servo-driven heavy-gauge thermoformers.
Electrical Engineer
EngineeringFull-time · Umargam
Panel design, PLC programming (Siemens/Allen Bradley), servo drives, and HMI development for automatic thermoforming machines.
Service Technician
After-SalesFull-time · Travel Required
Commission and service Machinecraft machines at customer sites across India and internationally. Hands-on mechanical and electrical troubleshooting.
Sales Engineer
SalesFull-time · Mumbai / Remote
Qualify inbound leads, prepare technical proposals, and manage customer relationships for machine projects across India and export markets.
Production Supervisor
ManufacturingFull-time · Umargam
Oversee machine assembly, coordinate with design and procurement, and ensure on-time delivery of 15–20 machines per year.
How We Hire
Our hiring process is powered by Anu, our AI recruiter. It's fast, fair, and designed to find the right fit — not just the right CV.
Submit Your Application
Apply at anuhiring.com. Upload your CV and tell us which role you're interested in. Anu reads your profile and creates your candidate record instantly.
Chat with Anu
Anu conducts a structured multi-round interview via chat — behavioural and technical questions tailored to your CV and the role. No scheduling required.
Design or Technical Test
Depending on the role, Anu assigns a practical test — a SolidWorks design task, an electrical panel exercise, or a sales scenario. Scored automatically.
Interview with the Team
Top candidates meet Manan, Rushabh, or the relevant department head. The interview is focused and specific — we've already read everything Anu learned about you.
Typical time from application to offer: 2–3 weeks. We respond to every application.
Machinecraft Manufacturing Facility — Umargam, Gujarat
The Machinecraft Engineering Team
Larger Machines. Bigger Ideas.
In 2019, Machinecraft opened a purpose-built manufacturing facility in Umargam, Gujarat — a 40,000 sq ft plant designed for the next generation of larger, more automated machines. It was built to produce heavy-gauge single-station thermoformers, form-cut-stack packaging lines, automotive interior equipment, and custom large-format systems.
When the COVID-19 pandemic struck in 2020, the new factory had barely opened. The company faced the same pressures as manufacturers worldwide — delayed orders, frozen capital spending, and supply chain disruptions. The response was deliberate: Machinecraft retained its entire skilled workforce, absorbed the cost, and used the downtime to reform governance, accelerate R&D, and diversify.
The result was one of the company's most remarkable engineering achievements: in 2021, during the pandemic, Machinecraft designed and built India's largest-ever vacuum forming machine — a 4.25×2.5 metre forming-bed system for a client manufacturing components for wind turbine blades. Assembled with strict safety protocols and coordinated almost entirely through remote engineering, it opened an entirely new category of ultra-large custom thermoformers.
In 2022, Machinecraft formed a technology alliance with FVF Thermoforming of Japan, introducing TOM (Three-Dimensional Overlay Method) film lamination technology to the Indian market — enabling manufacturers to apply decorative films to three-dimensional plastic and metal surfaces for automotive interiors, appliances, and sanitaryware.
The Full Spectrum of Thermoforming.
Machinecraft's machine range covers every thermoforming requirement — from compact lab machines to the largest forming beds manufactured in Asia.
All machines are engineered and assembled in-house at Umargam. All systems are CE-compatible and export-ready. Lead times are typically 12–16 weeks from order confirmation.
A Complete Thermoforming Ecosystem.
Machinecraft is not only a machine manufacturer. The group operates two complementary businesses that complete the thermoforming value chain — from sheet supply to finished parts.
Machinecraft Technologies
Machinery
Design, manufacture, and commission of heavy-gauge and roll-fed thermoforming machines. Turnkey solutions including machine, trimming cell, tooling, and raw material identification. Exports to 40+ countries.
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Thermoformed Parts Manufacturing
Manufactures vacuum-formed industrial components — covers for wind energy equipment, agricultural machinery, heavy vehicles, and aerospace sub-assemblies — using Machinecraft machines in-house. This gives the engineering team a continuous, real-world feedback loop on machine performance.
Indu Advanced Polymers
Sheet Extrusion
Extrudes high-quality ABS, ASA, and HDPE sheets for use on Machinecraft machines and for supply to third-party thermoformers. Controlling sheet quality upstream means customers can source material and machine from a single trusted partner.
Company History.
The Beginning
Late Mr B P Doshi, Polymer Chemist from UDCT Mumbai, built India's first vacuum forming machine for processing Polystyrene material and established partnership with the first sales agent in Europe — Mr Christer Carlsson from Sweden.
Second Generation
Mr B P Doshi's sons — Mr Deepak Doshi (B.E. from SPCE, Mumbai) and Mr Rajesh Doshi (B.E. from VJTI, Mumbai) — join the company. They start a new production shop outside Mumbai and begin producing PLC-controlled machines.
European Breakthrough
Machinecraft sells the first automatic vacuum forming machine in Europe from the K-Show participation in 1998, marking the start of export-oriented business from India.
FRIMO Partnership
Partnership with German company FRIMO to venture into Thermoforming++ technologies for the growing automotive market in India.
First Machine with Universal Frames — Netherlands
Machinecraft delivers the first PF1-X machine equipped with the Universal Aperture Frame System to a customer in the Netherlands — a landmark innovation enabling motorised sheet-size changeover in under 5 minutes without manual adjustment.
New Production Facility
Started new production halls 150 km north of Mumbai at Umargam, a beach village near Vapi, Gujarat. Expanded manufacturing capacity for larger machines.
Factory Expansion
Expanded the Umargam facility with new production halls and increased capacity for larger machines, including the PF1-XL series and FCS roll-fed lines.
International Presence
Machinecraft machines now operating in 35+ countries. Participation at NPE 2024 in Orlando, USA — the world's largest plastics trade show — showcasing the PF1-X and IMG series.
What Drives Us.
We Keep Our Word
When a delivery date is committed, it is met. When a machine has a problem, we fix it — wherever in the world it is installed. Our family has been building thermoforming machines for nearly five decades on this principle.
Complete Process Know-How
We understand the entire thermoforming value chain — from sheet manufacturing and part design to tool manufacturing and machine building. We are machine builders who are also machine users.
Flexible Like Thermoplastics
Our customer's requirement comes first. We provide absolute tailor-made solutions — from a compact 800×1000 mm lab machine to a 6000×2200 mm custom system for wind energy components.
Globally Respected Engineering
Every machine that leaves Umargam is held to the same standard as equipment made in Germany or Japan, at a price that makes it accessible to manufacturers in emerging markets.
Lifetime Relationship
You will deal with the same person for the entire lifetime of the machine. We are attrition-free — our family has been building relationships alongside machines since 1976.
Make in India at Its Finest
Our founder believed India could build world-class machines. That conviction has never changed. Every servo-driven, CE-certified machine we export is proof that Indian engineering competes with the best.
Precision You Can See.
Every Machinecraft machine is engineered to deliver flawless results — from standard packaging trays to luxury gold-finish bathtubs. This aerial shot captures a gold bathtub taking shape inside our PF1-X forming chamber, demonstrating the deep-draw precision and surface quality our machines are built to achieve.
With servo-driven accuracy, closed-chamber vacuum control, and IR heating uniformity, the result is a product with consistent wall thickness and a mirror-smooth finish — ready for the most demanding applications.
Contact & Locations.
Head Office
505 Palm Springs, Link Road,
Malad West, Mumbai 400 064,
Maharashtra, India
Manufacturing Facility
Plot 92, Umbergaon Station-Dehri Road,
Umargam, Valsad, Gujarat 396170,
India (150 km north of Mumbai)
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