Introduction to BATLIBOI LTD. Industry detail Batliboi Machine Tool Group’s manufacturing facilities are situated at Surat, Bangalore in India and Peterborough in Canada. The Surat facility is situated on 180,000 sq. mtrs of land. It has a well equipped design and manufacturing facility of 30,000 sq.mtrs. The products manufactured are: Conventional and CNC Drilling Machines, Conventional and CNC Milling Machines, CNC Vertical Machining Centres, CNC…
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