Rane Madras (RANEMADRAS), part of the Rane group, is a manufacturer of steering and suspension systems. As part of restructuring of the group in 2004-2005, the company became a subsidiary of Rane Holdings. The inception of manufacturing facilities took place in 1960. The company manufactures manual steering gears including re-circulating ball type and rack and pinion; steering linkages including tie rod assemblies, drag link assemblies, center link assemblies, and gear shift ball joints; and suspension linkages including lower control arms, lower and upper suspension ball joints, inner and outer ball joints, and axle ball joints. The production facilities in Mysore cater to the tractor and commercial vehicle segment; the Pondicherry plant to the passenger car segment; one plant in Chennai caters to the light commercial vehicle, heavy commercial vehicle and utility vehicle segment; the other in Varanavasi (Chennai) to the export market. A new manufacturing facility in Pant Nagar (Uttarakhand) supplies gears exclusively to Tata Motors. The company is IS0/TS 16949:2002, IS0 14001, and OHSAS 18001 certified. It is a Deming prize winner for 2007. The company has strategic technical partnerships with TRW Inc., USA for steering gear products and TRW Ehrenreich GmbH & Co., Germany for steering linkage products. It holds a major market share in India both in steering gear systems and suspension systems. Exports recorded a growth of 18.6% in 2006-2007. The company exports to USA, Mexico, Japan, Thailand, Iran and some European countries. RML also supplies to SAARC countries for the after-market segment. The registered office of the company is located at Maithri, 132, Cathedral Road, Chennai-600086.