Relationship
We invest in and nurture relationships at every level — with our suppliers, our team, our customers, our associates, and even our competitors. Lasting relationships are the foundation of a lasting business.
Fourth-generation, family-owned woodworking machinery business serving 3,000+ workshops across India.
Deliver the best solutions with consultancy in application and process.
To be India's most trusted woodworking machinery partner.
Relationship, Fair Price, Trust and Transparency, Innovation, High Performance Team.
Caple Industrial Solutions is a family-owned woodworking machinery business founded in 1974. Today the fourth generation runs operations from Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Delhi, Kolkata, and Mumbai, supported by a Centre of Excellence at Pelhar, Vasai, with pan-India sales and service reaching customers in every corner of the country. Our journey from a single retail shop, Caple Traders, to Caple Industrial Solutions reflects five decades of hands-on experience across the entire industrial ecosystem — built on a simple philosophy of sales through education.
Caple's core purpose is to deliver the best solutions through Consultancy in Application and Process, Leading to Excellence.
Our purpose is built into our name — CAPLE: Consultancy in Application and Process Leading to Excellence. We do not see ourselves as machine sellers. We exist to educate buyers, reduce the risk of a wrong investment, and keep machines productive long after the sale. When a customer succeeds shift after shift — better finish, lower downtime, higher output, and a healthier shop floor — our purpose is fulfilled. This is the meaning behind our philosophy of sales through education and service as an investment, not an expense.
Five core values shape every relationship, every transaction, and every decision at Caple Industrial Solutions — from the first demo to years of dependable after-sales service.
We invest in and nurture relationships at every level — with our suppliers, our team, our customers, our associates, and even our competitors. Lasting relationships are the foundation of a lasting business.
We design fair value that leads to a healthy profit for everyone in the chain — the supplier, the team, the customer, the company, and the nation. A fair price keeps the whole ecosystem strong.
Trust is our business currency. We stay transparent in all transactions, both internally and externally, so that every stakeholder always knows exactly where they stand.
We offer the best solution within a given resource, optimising processes for greater effectiveness and efficiency across the industry — and we strive to exceed customer expectations through continuous training, education, and professional service.
We build teams in an open work environment guided by a balanced scorecard — nurturing talent through continuous education and training, aligning everyone to our core purpose and values, rewarding customer-centric performance, and promoting camaraderie to build empowered, passionate leaders.
Caple's depth comes from five decades spent across the complete industrial ecosystem. Before mastering the woodworking machinery range we sell today, we earned our experience hands-on across pumps, power tools, welding machines, generators, metal-working machines, workshop machines, pneumatics, hydraulics, and switchgear. This breadth lets us understand a customer's entire factory — not just one machine — which is rare in our industry.
From a single trading shop to a service-led woodworking machinery house, Caple has grown alongside Indian manufacturing. Over the decades we have proudly represented, supplied, and serviced many of the world's leading woodworking and industrial brands — building the experience that today helps our customers choose and run the right machine with confidence.
Caple Traders is founded, beginning with plastic moulding machines and the NK hand press — the first chapter of a family business built on hard work and customer trust.
The product range grows to include metal fabrication, woodworking, pumps, motors, power tools, and air compressors, with associations including Crompton Greaves and L&T.
Satyan and Dinesh Thukral join the business and the portfolio expands with Elgi, Bosch, Festo, and Atlas Copco. Our European woodworking machine sales begin with the Felder K700 panel saw as a sub-dealer — before Jai launched its Modula series, which we then took for Mumbai and Pune.
Caple opens a demo centre and begins working with European machines, including associations with Turanlar and SCM, while expanding operations across Maharashtra and Goa.
Caple represents and services a strong line-up of European names over these years — including Homag, Altendorf, Cefla, Orma, Vitap, Coral, Festool, and Bessey — and grows its footprint across North, East, West, and South India, supported by a network of up to seven regional demo centres.
During our earlier journey with premium European panel-saw technology, Caple was recognised as the top Altendorf dealer in India for seven years — a legacy that still reflects our depth in sliding-table saws, customer education, and dependable after-sales service.
Caple adds distribution associations with the SCM Group, Imos, Kuper, and MAS for India, and carries forward the respected RMPL legacy.
Caple launches caple.in — India's industrial H-Commerce platform for woodworking machinery — improves operational efficiency, and adds laser and advanced aluminium machines.
As machines grew larger and more industrial, Caple consolidated its earlier seven demo centres into two major experience centres in Mumbai and Delhi, and inaugurated its Centre of Excellence at Pelhar, dedicated to Skill India and Make in India. Caple adds Nanxing, HBW, and Lamello, expands across five-plus cities, and does pan-India installations.
Caple is honoured with the Best Nanxing Rising Dealer award for 2025, carrying five decades of trust into the next chapter of Indian woodworking manufacturing.
Caple is led by Satyan Thukral, who has spent more than three decades in India's woodworking and industrial machinery sector. He has been Chief Executive Officer of Caple Traders since 1996 and of Caple Industrial Solutions since 2005, guiding the business from a trading shop into a consultancy-, supply-, and service-led machinery house. His hands-on experience across leading European and global brands is a large part of why Caple can advise Indian factories with genuine depth.
In the past, Caple built its expertise by working with global woodworking leaders such as SCM Group, Homag, Festool, and Altendorf. These associations helped shape our understanding of European technology, application support, customer education, and dependable after-sales service.
Today, Caple is fully dedicated to driving growth as an authorised distributor for Nanxing, Lamello, Bessey, Orma, Vitap, IMOS, and HBW. Our current portfolio supports Indian woodworking and furniture manufacturers with machinery, joining systems, tools, pressing solutions, software, and factory productivity support.
Beyond Caple, Satyan serves the wider industry as Chairman Elect of the Furniture & Fittings Skill Council (FFSC) for 2026–2027 and as Treasurer of the Indian Woodworking Machinery Manufacturers and Traders Association (IWMMTA) — contributing to skilling and standards for Indian woodworking manufacturing.
Beyond machine tools, the Caple partners bring 30+ years of experience in real estate investment and leasing — a depth of commercial and financial insight that helps customers plan, fund, and grow their operations to maximize their ROI.
A graduate in Commerce & Economics from Narsee Monjee College, Mumbai, Satyan is an IIM Ahmedabad MDP alumnus who has completed executive programmes in Customer-Based Business Strategy, Leading Professional Service Firms, Strategies for Growth, and the Transformation of Small & Medium Enterprises — keeping Caple’s consultancy grounded in current business thinking.
Our journey from a single retail shop, Caple Traders, to Caple Industrial Solutions has culminated in a 13,500-square-foot Centre of Excellence at Pelhar. We once ran up to seven demo centres across India; as the machines we sell grew larger and more industrial, we consolidated this into two major experience centres in Mumbai and Delhi, where customers and operators learn directly on live machines. Continuous training programmes, delivered with the best manufacturers in the industry, turn a machine purchase into long-term production success.
Two major centres where you can see large industrial machines running live before you invest.
Hands-on training with experts so your team runs the machine safely and to its full potential from day one.
Our Centre of Excellence is dedicated to building India's manufacturing skills, in step with national skilling goals.
In the machine tool business, being near the customer matters — not only for demonstrations, education, and sales, but for spares and service through the machine's life. Our trained team identifies the customer's real needs and challenges, diagnoses the root cause (whether obvious or hidden), recommends practical solutions, and delivers the best outcome within the available resources.
We study the application, factory layout, and output targets before recommending a machine, so the investment matches the production goal.
We supply woodworking machinery suited to modular furniture, panel processing, joinery, and factory automation across India.
We stay close to the customer for installation, operator training, spares, and service — keeping machines productive over the long term.
Satyan Thukral on building a sustainable, skilled, and self-reliant manufacturing base in India.
"ZED is the mantra that leads to efficiency, effectiveness, excellence, scalability, nation-building, and sustainability. The best quality is achieved only when the right machine, the right material, and the right process come together."
— Satyan Thukral, CEO, Caple Industrial Solutions
The machine tool industry often thrives on the sale of spare parts. That model is costly for customers and adds to the carbon footprint. At Caple, we give customers a clear choice between shorter downtime and the right to repair. We do not reward our service team for selling spare parts; instead, we reward customer satisfaction, genuine testimonials, and the goodwill our engineers build. Our management's mandate is simple — treat service as an investment, not an expense.
| Approach | Source | Pros | Cons |
|---|---|---|---|
| Right to repair | From the machine supplier | Lower downtime, problem fixed at the root | Needs skilled service support nearby |
| Right to replace | From the component supplier | Cheaper part cost | Higher downtime; the problem may recur |
Every Caple recommendation connects a machine feature to a real production advantage and a clear customer benefit.
Faster repair response across our city network reduces downtime, so your production stays continuous.
Validate finish quality and output on the actual machine, so you invest with confidence.
Faster troubleshooting and fewer site visits mean lower downtime and lower service cost.
Caple works with respected manufacturers and specialists from Italy and beyond — across CNC, edge banding, boring, finishing, dust extraction, and pressing technology. We bring their engineering to Indian factories with local consultancy, installation, training, and service.
Automatic cross-cut and optimising saws, multi-boring machines, and CNC solutions for solid wood and panel furniture.
Industrial edge banders, automatic spraying and surface-finishing machines, and portable edge banders.
Hot presses, dust collection systems, dust extractors, clean rooms, and pollution-control systems.
Over the years, senior leaders from our European and global machinery partners — SCM Group, Vitap, Orma, Coral, Superfici, Comatic and more — have shared their views on the Indian woodworking market and on working with Caple. These testimonials, recorded at Indiawood and other woodworking exhibitions, reflect the trust our suppliers place in Caple to represent, install, train, and service their machines across India.
“SCM Group values India as a key growth market, and partners like Caple bring our woodworking technology to Indian factories at Indiawood.”
Luigi De Vito
Sales & Marketing Director, SCM Group Wood Division
India and woodworking machinery
“Our chair-making and solid-wood furniture machines need skilled local support — Caple provides that bridge for Indian manufacturers.”
Filippo Balestrini
Area Manager, SCM Italy
Chair making and solid wood furniture machines
“Dust collection, clean rooms and pollution control are essential for a healthy shop floor, and Caple helps Indian factories adopt them properly.”
Alberto Coral
Coral S.p.A.
Dust collection systems and pollution control
“Automatic cross-cut machines and optimising saws raise yield and finish — Caple understands how to match them to each customer.”
Submit Ghizzoni
Sales Manager
Automatic cross-cut machines and optimising saws
“Industrial edge banders demand precise installation and service. Caple delivers that reliability for SCM Stefani lines in India.”
Lorenzo Trolese
Area Manager, SCM Group Stefani
Industrial edge banders
“Vitap multi-boring and automatic edge-banding machines reach Indian workshops with Caple’s consultancy and after-sales care.”
Factorio Montanelli
Vitap, Italy
Multi-boring and automatic edge-banding machines
“Italian automatic spraying and surface-finishing technology achieves premium results, and Caple supports its adoption in India.”
Giovanni Debbia
Area Manager, Superfici, SCM Group
Automatic spraying and surface finishing machines
“Orma hot presses are built for durability. Caple ensures Indian customers get the right press and dependable service.”
Maurizio Nosotti
Orma Macchine
Hot press machines
“Good factory layout decides productivity. Caple brings SCM’s engineering consultancy to plan industrial machines and lines in India.”
Fausto Piscaglia
SCM Group Engineering
Factory layouts and consultancy
“Comatic auto feeders and portable edge banders are practical, affordable upgrades, and Caple makes them accessible across India.”
John Liao
Sales Manager, Comatic
Auto feeders and portable edge banders
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We are building a team that aims to win the Great Place To Work recognition. If you want to grow in industrial sales, application engineering, or machine service, we would like to hear from you.
A practical roadmap to make Indian manufacturing faster, cleaner, and globally competitive.
High-speed roads, rail, ports, and logistics so people, goods, capital, and decisions move quickly between home, factory, market, and port.
Sector-specific clusters near labour and raw materials, with shared utilities, common facilities, housing, healthcare, and services.
Affordable land, government-leased industrial sheds, shared infrastructure, and reliable 24×7 power to cut fixed costs.
Human-centric factories where automation and AI assist workers to improve productivity, safety, and quality without job displacement.
Train workers in CAD/CAM, engineering, process optimisation, ERP, MES, supply chain, lean, safety, and sales through cluster-based centres, internships, and apprenticeships.
Permanent exhibition centres within clusters, supported by affordable quality hotels, to boost trade and capture real-time industry data.
Simplify GST with a 3-2-1 model (Sales − Purchases = Net Tax), unify rates, link input credit strictly to payment, and standardise ERP data dumps.
Cluster-backed lending, credit guarantees, interest subvention, and rapid approvals for greenfield and brownfield projects.
Use AI to reduce discretion, curb corruption, speed up judicial processes, and enable line-, document-, and transaction-level audits.
Upgrade standards so BIS matches CE (BIS+), engage global consultants, align WorldSkills with NEP–MSDE, adopt common nomenclature, and position India as a global exporter of skilled services.
Tell us your application, output target, and factory constraints. We will recommend the right machine, arrange a live demo at our Mumbai or Delhi experience centre, and support you with installation, training, spares, and service.
Caple is a family owned business and founded in the year 1974. Today the 4th generation is professionally running the operations from Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai & a Centre of Excellence at Pelhar, Vasai. This is one of its kind in India spread over 20000 sq feet showcasing the best technologies and a philosophy of sales through education.
Caple serves with integration of consultancy, supplies and service. The key in the machine tool business is to be near to the customer not just for demos, education and sales but for spare and service. Our trained team identifies and understands the needs & challenges of the customer, diagnoses the root cause of the challenges, obvious or hidden, consults the customer with the possible solutions and delivers the best solution in a given resource.
The machine tool industry thrives on sales of spare parts. This format is not only painful for the customers to buy expensive spares but also adds to the carbon footprint.
We at Caple offer our customers to choose between smaller downtime or having the right to repair. We do not offer any incentives to our service team on the sales of spare parts but rather offer incentives on customer satisfaction, getting testimonials and building their own goodwill. We are proud to have empathy towards our customers and environment. Management’s mandate is clear to the team to treat service as an investment and not as an expense.
| Right To Repair | Right To Replace |
From the Machine Supplier | From the Component Supplier | ||
| Pros | Cheaper | Lower downtime, if ready | Cheaper, if ready |
| Cons | Higher downtime, Problem might reoccur | Expensive, Higher downtime, if not ready | Higher downtime, if not ready |
Mr Luigi De Vito Director SCM Group Wood Division on India at Indiawood Exhibition, with caple.in
Mr Filippo Balestrini Area Manager for Chair Making and Solid Wood Furniture Machines by SCM Group Italy in India
Mr Alberto Coral on Dust Collection Systems, Clean Rooms, Dust Extractors, Pollution Control Systems.
Mr Gianni Ghizzoni Sales Manager for Automatic Cross Cut Machines and optimising saws for solid wood furniture.
Mr Lorenzo Trolese Area Manager SCM Group Stefani Industrial Edge Banders at Indiawood Exhibition.
Mr Fabrizio Montanelli from Vitap, Italy for Multi boring Machines and Automatic Edge Banding Machines at Woodworking Exhibition in India.
Mr Giovanni Debbia Area Manager, Superfici, SCM Group on Italian automatic spraying machines and surface finishing machines.
Mr Maurizio Nosotti on Orma Hot Press from Italy.
Mr Fausto Piscaglia from SCM Group Engineering on Consultancy, Factory Layouts for Industrial machines and lines.
Mr John Liao, Sales Manager, Comatic Auto Feeders and Portable Edge Banders in India at Indiawood Exhibition.
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1. Fast Connectivity & MobilityBuild high-speed roads, rail, ports, and logistics so people, goods, capital, and decisions move quickly between home, factory, market, and port.2. Decentralised Industrial ClustersCreate sector-specific clusters near labour and raw materials with shared utilities, common facilities, housing, healthcare, and services.3. Lower Land, Building & Power CostsProvide affordable land, government-leased industrial sheds, shared infrastructure, and reliable 24×7 power to cut fixed costs.4. Smart Human FactoriesPromote human-centric factories where automation and AI assist workers to improve productivity, safety, and quality—without job displacement.5. Integrated Skills Pipeline (NEP–MSDE)Train students and workers in CAD/CAM, engineering, process optimisation, ERP, MES, supply chain, lean, safety, and sales via cluster-based CoEs, internships, andapprenticeships.6. Trade + Data InfrastructureDevelop permanent exhibition centres within clusters, supported by affordable quality hotels, to boost trade and capture real-time industry data.7. Simple & Fast Tax SystemSimplify GST using a 3-2-1 model (Sales − Purchases = Net Tax), unify rates, link ITC strictly to payment, and standardise ERP data dumps.8. Cheaper & Faster CapitalEnable cluster-backed lending, credit guarantees, interest subvention, and rapid approvals for greenfield and brownfield projects.9. Clean Governance & Fast Justice via AIDeploy AI to reduce discretion, curb corruption, accelerate judicial processes, and enable line-level, document-level, and transaction-level audits.10. Global Standards & Open LearningUpgrade standards so BIS = CE (BIS+), hire global consultants, provide low-cost shared consultancy, align WorldSkills with NEP–MSDE, adopt common internationalnomenclature, and position India as a global exporter of skilled services powered by its young population.