Kerala Agro Machinery Corporation Ltd. (KAMCO) was established in the year 1973 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Kerala Agro Industries Corporation Ltd. (KAIC), Trivandrum, for the manufacture of agricultural machinery specifically Power Tillers and Diesel Engines. Subsequently, KAMCO became a separate Govt. of Kerala undertaking in 1986. The total workforce at present is 567. KAMCO has been certified for ISO 9001 - 2015 version since September 2002. At present, KAMCO has five units located at Athani and Kalamassery in Ernakulam District, at Kanjikode in Palakkad District, at Mala in Trichur District, and at Valiyavelicham in Kannur District. With the present workforce, KAMCO can produce 8400 Power Tillers & 1200 Power Reapers per annum.
The objectives of the Company are to manufacture in India, either in collaboration with or otherwise or import & trade agricultural machinery like Tractors, Power Tillers, Power Reapers, Combine harvester, Transplanter, Diesel Engines, Pump sets, Implements, accessories and spares thereto. The objectives also include establishment of engineering workshops/repair shops to undertake repairs and servicing of agricultural machinery or other machinery, equipment, implements and tools.
Assembly Unit was established in 1970 at Athani by M/s. Kerala Agro Industries Corporation for the assembly of Kubota Power Tillers in technical collaboration with M/s.Kubota Ltd., Japan, the world's leading manufacturer of Power Tillers and other agricultural machinery. On expiry of the collaboration, KAMCO manufactures power tillers with their own facilities.
KAMCO Power Tillers have become the most sought after Power Tillers in India because of their quality and reliability.
Manufacturing and marketing of Agriculture machines like Power Tillers,Tractors, Power Reapers, Diesel Engines, Weeders,Pumps, Brush Cutters , Rice Mill, Flour Mill etc.
Power Tiller produced at Athani & Palakkad units. Major components for Power Tiller are manufactured at Athani and all other components bought out from dedicated Venders in India. There are around 250 vendors now.
Kalamassery unit produce Engine for Power Tiller
Power Reaper produced at Mala
Trading/manufacturing of other farm machines.
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The Company has 45 dealers all over India.
New Dealers appointed to cover selected districts in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Andra Pradesh.
Close interaction with the Govt. of India in the formulation of new schemes & policies for farm mechanization.
Regular demonstrations and service camps are being organized in various States.
Kamco Power Reaper has been exported to Iran and Sri Lanka recently. These Machines has been well accepted by the customers.
Improvement in the systems and improved Customer/Dealer satisfaction
Comply with the requirement of Customers and applicable statutory/regulatory requirements
Improvement in the effectiveness of the established quality systems
Addresses Customer, Dealer, Vendor, Society, Employees & Share holders - for their requirement & satisfaction
Improvements are made on regular basis based on the feed back from the customers & dealers
Regular interactions with all Venders including site visits to maintain and improve the acceptance level of components
KAMCO Power Tiller certified for compliance with Minimum Performance Standards of Govt. of India
KAMCO Power Reaper, Power Tillers, Power weeders, Brush cutters, pump sets have been tested by SRFMT&TI, Ananthapur of Govt. of India
Total customer satisfaction through quality products and services with improved technology and employee participation.
Comply with the requirements of customers and the applicable statutory / regulatory requirements. The effectiveness of the established quality management system is continually improved to enable achievement of the policy.
To ensure that the quality requirements of the products and services offered are maintained at all stages.
To create a culture among all employees towards total quality concepts and productivity through total involvement and commitment of all employees
To create healthy working environment for attainment of quality goals with excellence and to make quality a way of life
To detect and prevent non conformance and defects as early as possible and to eliminate them through appropriate changes to the Quality Management System
To achieve and maintain Quality Leadership through continuos technology upgradation, improvements in techniques, systems and procedures
Total employee strength 567 persons
Periodical training is being conducted to improve the performance levels of workmen
Mainly management development programmes conducted for officers
Training programmes designed to specific requirements based on individual needs
Periodical assessment of employees performance carried out after training