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 Toshniwal Industries Pvt. Ltd. (TIPL, as it is fondly called) was incorporated in 1959 with its Registered Office at Mumbai to manufacture Industrial Process Measurement & Control Instruments. The company was set-up under the aegis of Toshniwal Brothers Pvt. Ltd. (Estb. 1948) and the wisdom & guidance of its founding Chairman & Managing Director, (Late) Dr. G. R. Toshniwal, D. Sc. an eminent Scientist & Professor of Physics and his son (Late) Mr. M. G. Toshniwal, an Electrical Engineer from Dayalbagh Engineering College, Agra. The founders returned from Mumbai to their hometown, Ajmer to give life to their dreams and create opportunities for their beloved city, at a time when others were leaving their hometowns for Metros.

Manufacturing commenced in a spacious factory setup at Ajmer (Rajasthan) in 1963 in technical collaboration with world leading instrumentation companies like Hartmann & Braun, Germany (now a part of ABB); British Electric, UK & W.G. Pye, UK. TIPL operated keeping the core values of Knowledge, Trust, Transparency, Ownership & Speed as the basis of doing business and in a short span of time, was recognized as a leading Instrumentation company in India, as a manufacturer of quality instruments and for providing dedicated services to customers with a willingness to stretch with a smile. The success built over the hard work of the founders over the decades, encouraged many ex-employees and others to start their entrepreneurial journey across India.

Over the years, TIPL not only marketed products from world renowned manufacturers from Japan, UK, USA & Germany but added a vast range of products & solutions in their manufacturing basket. TIPL has proudly served over 25,000 customers across various industry segments like Cement, Power Generation, Transmission & Distribution, Steel Making, Automobile, Oil & Gas, Fertilizers, Glass, Sugar, Food & Beverages, Chemicals, Pharma, Paper & Pulp, Rubber, Research Institutes, Schools & Colleges, Medical & Healthcare across India since the days when telegram was the fastest mode of communication from a small city of Rajasthan.

Backed by more than 60 years of Industrial Experience, TIPL built expertise through numerous successes, failures & setbacks. TIPL today operates businesses in the fields of Process Control Instrumentation, Condition Monitoring, Industrial Automation - Process Optimization & Safety Solutions, Environment Monitoring, Surveillance, Test & Measurement, Medical Devices, Smart Electricity Metering, Calibration Services making their customers more effective, efficient & safe with over 100 product categories for critical applications requiring customization. TIPL provides Make to Order Services starting with application engineering, designing, manufacturing, system integration, installation & commissioning and after sales service support for the complete product range to create a unique value proposition for their customers.

Over the years, TIPL has developed an unparalleled respect & admiration in the Industrial world, based not just on the high quality of products that they supply but also the On-Time Support & Customer Services keeping many competing multinationals on their toes while creating value for India. TIPL was among the first MSMEs to have transformed itself into a Paperless environment using integrated ERP, CRM, DMS, CAM solutions since 2010, driving Speed as a core value. TIPL has in-house Calibration Laboratories for Thermal, Electro-technical, Pressure, Flow, Level Parameters - duly approved by the “National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories” (NABL) and maintains traceability to National Physical Laboratory. With in-house Calibration facilities TIPL are a one stop solution to the customer and ensures their processes run with accuracy!

TIPL, an ISO 9001:2015 certified unit, is a closely held, family owned, Private Limited Company. Mr. Rajeev Toshniwal (Electronics Engineer from Delhi College of Engineering), Managing Director has over 40 years of Industrial Instrumentation & Automation experience. Mr Abhinav Toshniwal, BE (EEE) & M.Sc. Physics from BITS, Pilani & Post Graduate in Family Managed Business from SPJIMR joined the 4th generation in the family business joined the Company in 2010 as, adding youth power to the Management. TIPL owes its technological leadership to its 220+ workforce including Technicians, Engineers and Managers and has over 50% female strength in back office roles.

The Company's Chairman Emeritus, Mrs. Manju Toshniwal, is prominent social worker who ensures the Company does it’s bit for the society through the Narayani Devi Govind Ram Toshniwal Charity Trust. She was conferred the 2021 “Margarette Golding Award” (A prestigious International Innerwheel Award for commendable personal service in the community). Throughout its lifetime, TIPL has ensured return on value for all it’s stakeholders including the society.

  1. 1947

    India wins Independence. Dr. Govind Ram Toshniwal (fondly referred to as Doctor Sahab), an eminent Scientist with the Government of India foresees a the need of Scientific Instruments in the post independence Research & Industry in India.

  2. 1948

    Toshniwal Brothers Pvt. Ltd. incorporated in Mumbai by Dr GR Toshniwal and his brothers to Import & Supply Instrumentation Products in India.

  3. 1958

    Toshniwal Brothers decide to manufacture Instruments in India. Ajmer, the home town of Toshniwals, is chosen as the Factory location. Dr GR Toshniwal and his son Er. MG Toshniwal move to Ajmer to execute this project. Construction starts.

  4. 1959

    Toshniwal Industries Pvt. Ltd. incorporated in Mumbai. TIPL's founding team in the photo.

  5. 1960

    Technical Collaboration with Hartmann & Braun, West Germany

  6. 1961

    Technical Collaboration with WG Pye & Company & British Electric Resistance Co., UK

  7. 1962

    A spacious factory setup on a 30,000 sq.m land in Makhupura Industrial Estate, Ajmer

  8. 1963

    Manufactured India's 1st Thermocouple & RTD, Temperature Indicator, Controller & Recorder along with many other products.

  9. 1970

    A major fire destroyed a large portion of the Factory but with the efforts of the Employees, production restarted within few months. Picture shows the team setting the house back in order.

  10. 1973

    Research & Development Department was recognised by the Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India. TIPL lay the foundation of many new products that were designed in-house.

  11. 1980

    New Research & Development Center was completed to support the growing team.

  12. 1981

    Technical Collaboration with Hartmann & Braun, West Germany (now ABB) for manufacturing Electronic PID Controllers, Temperature Transmitters & I/P Convertors. Mr. Rajeev Toshniwal, our Managing Director joined TIPL after completing his engineering.

  13. 1983

    Exclusive partnership agreement with Sankyo Piotech, Japan for Solid Flowmeter, Electronic Ear for Ball Mills.

  14. 1984

    Technical Collaboration with Ohkura Electric, Japan to manufacture Potentiometric Recorders.

  15. 1985

    Technical Collaboration with Chino Works, Japan to manufacture Digital Infrared Thermometers. TIPL Manufactured India's 1st IR Thermometer.

  16. 1993

    Exclusive Partnership with Quadtek, USA (now Mirion Technologies, UK) for integrating High Temperature CCTV systems. TIPL enters into Industrial Automation Solutions.

  17. 1994

    Started Integrating Surveillance Solutions as one of the first enterants in India by bringing PELCO, USA to India

  18. 1995

    Exclusive partnership agreement with Raytek, USA for Infrared Thermometers & Systems.

  19. 2004

    Keeping in mind the focus on Quality - TIPL got their manufacturing processes ISO Certified by one of the leading global majors.

  20. 2009

    Company Turned Paperless by shifting into an ERP, CRM and Document Management System. Again one of the first in the Industry to make this shift.

  21. 2011

    NABL Accredition of in-house Thermal & Electrotechnical Laboratories

  22. 2014

    Introduced own Range of Thermal Imagers in the Indian Market

  23. 2016

    Introducing own Range of Smart Pressure / Level and Flow Transmitters; Upgraded to ISO 9001:2015

  24. 2017

    Vision, Mission & Values Co-created along with the team

  25. 2018

    Corporate Head Quarter Inaugurated; Entered the field of Environment & Vibration Monitoring Solutions

  26. 2019

    TIPL completes 60 years, launched new Logo under "MG Toshniwal Group" which is now a parent of 4 Group Companies along with formalization of Group Values & Mission. TIPL is amoung the 3% companies that make it this long ! Photo of Celebrations.

  27. 2021

    In the wake of Covid-19 and the lack of quality manufacturers, TIPL forays into Medical Devices manufacturing with the launch of Infrared Thermometers, Pulse Oximeters, Oxygen Concentrators & Patient Monitors.