Machinecraft is a family partnership established in 1976. We design and build thermoforming machines at our Umargam factory, with a Malad West, Mumbai office, for manufacturers in India and more than 40 countries.
A family story in engineering.
Founder B. P. Doshi, a polymer chemist from UDCT Mumbai, established Machinecraft in 1976. The company grew from a Mumbai workshop into a manufacturer of thermoforming equipment for customers at home and overseas.
Family continuity remains central to the business: the second and third generations continue to work across engineering, manufacturing and commercial support.
1976 — 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.
1990 — 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.
1998 — 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.
2019 — FRIMO Partnership
Partnership with German company FRIMO to venture into Thermoforming++ technologies for the growing automotive market in India.
2019 — 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.
2020 — 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.
2022 — Factory Expansion
Expanded the Umargam facility with new production halls and increased capacity for larger machines, for a wider range of industrial applications.
2024 — International Presence
Machinecraft machines now operating in 40+ countries. Participation at NPE 2024 in Orlando, USA — the world's largest plastics trade show — showcasing Machinecraft technology.
We work with customers on the requirements that shape a machine project: the part, material, tooling and process.
