Key Persons
Kailash V. Nasta joined ACE Furnaces Pvt. Ltd. in 2014 as Director. In his current role, Mr. Nasta is managing all activities, creating and implementing the strategy and coordinating all business activities. He completed his Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering degree from Maharastra Institute of Technology.
He is a Diploma graduate of Business Management from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (3rd Rank), and a Post-Graduate Diploma of Business Management from University of Indianapolis – School of Business (USA). During 1993-2004, he worked for Allied Consulting Engineers Pvt. Ltd., a leading manufacturer of Industrial Furnaces in India, in various positions.
During 2004-2008, Mr. Nasta was the Director at the Company, managing all business activities. During 2008-2012, he was the Vice President of Seco Warwick Allied Pvt. Ltd., an MNC and leading manufacturer of Industrial Furnaces globally. In 2013, he served as the Executive Vice President of Seco Warwick Allied Pvt. Ltd., and was a Member of the Company’s Board of Directors, the only Indian on the Board.
Amjad Sheikh joined ACE Furnaces Pvt. Ltd. in 2014 as CEO. In his current role, Mr. Sheikh is managing all activities, creating and implementing the strategy and coordinating all business activities.
He completed his Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering degree from Amravati University. During 1993-1995, he worked for Tata Power Ltd. In 1995, he was employed by Allied Consulting Engineers Pvt. Ltd., a leading manufacturer of Industrial Furnaces in India. During 1995-2008, Mr. Sheikh was the Project Manager at the Company, managing their Roller Hearth Furnaces division. During 2008-2013, he was the Team Leader of Seco Warwick Allied Pvt. Ltd., for their Roller Hearth Furnaces division as well as their Bogie Hearth Furnaces division.
In 2013, he served as the General Manager (Thermal) for Seco Warwick Allied Pvt. Ltd., an MNC and leading manufacturer of Industrial Furnaces globally.
Nitin Phirake joined ACE furnaces in 2014 as Additional Director. In his current role, he is handling all business activities including development as well as execution. He completed his diploma in Mechanical engineering from Government Poly-technique, Mumbai university. He started his career from the year 1994 working in aluminium extrusion industry.
During 1994-2000, he was in Aluminium extrusion industry. During 2000-2004, he was employed by a company dealing in Industrial Furnaces. During 2004-2008, he was employed by Allied Consulting Engineers Pvt. Ltd. as Project Engineer and later promoted as Asst. Manager. During 2008-2013, he continued to serve as Asst. Manager and then promoted to as General Manager in Seco Warwick Allied Pvt. Ltd., an MNC and leading manufacturer of industrial furnaces globally. He has put total experience of 25 years in engineering field including 20 long years of experience now in the field of Industrial Furnaces.
Prashant Patil joined ACE Furnaces as an Additional Director in 2014. In his current role, he is looking after designing, project execution and after-sales service. He completed his degree in Mechanical Engineering from Mumbai University and has previous experience of maintenance activities of Industrial Furnaces.
He joined Allied Consulting Engineers Pvt. Ltd. as Mechanical Engineer, and was promoted to Project Manager thereafter. He is having an experience of more than 15 years in the Furnace Industry, with experience of designing, erection and commissioning of various types of heat treatment furnaces, material handling equipment and related furnace accessories.
Ajitha Shetty joined ACE Furnaces as General Manager – Hydrogen Bell Furnaces in 2015. In his current role, he is looking after project execution and after-sales service of Bell Furnaces. He completed his degree in Mechanical Engineering from Sir M. Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology, Bangalore, and has previous experience of project execution, erection & commissioning of Industrial Furnaces.
He is having overall about 16 years’ experience in turn-key projects, out of which 13 years’ experience is in furnace manufacturing industry. Previously, for about 8 years, he has worked with Seco Warwick Allied Pvt. Ltd. (formerly Allied Consulting Engineers Pvt. Ltd.) in Hydrogen Bell Furnace department as Sr. Project Engineer, and was the second-in-command for the same
Shrinivas T. Nadpurohit joined ACE Furnaces as General Manager – Process & Automation in 2015. In his current role, he is looking after Process & Automation of all ACE projects. He completed his degree in Electrical Engineering from BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore. During 1993 – 1995, he worked for Nirvan LOI Ltd. In 1996, he was employed by Allied Consulting Engineers Pvt. Ltd., a leading manufacturer of Industrial Furnaces in India.
During 1995 – 2007, he was the Project Manager at the Company, managing their Electrical & Instrumentation Division. From 2008 onwards, he served as Project Manager at Seco Warwick Allied Pvt. Ltd., an MNC and leading manufacturer of Industrial Furnaces globally. Prior to leaving this Company, he was working as Vice General Manager for their Aluminium Division, and also as Team Leader for their Bell Furnaces Division.
Sanjeev B. Kulkarni joined ACE Furnaces as General Manager – Projects in 2016. In his current role, he is looking after project execution and after-sales service of all ACE projects. He completed his degree in Mechanical Engineering from B.L.D.E. college of Engineering and Technology , Bijapur (Karnataka University – Dharwad), and has previous experience in project execution, erection & commissioning and sales of Industrial Furnaces.
He is having overall about 17 years’ experience in turn-key projects, out of which 15 years of experience in furnace manufacturing industry. Out of his years of experience in Furnace industry, he was employed in Allied Consulting Engineers Pvt. Ltd. as Sr. Project Engineer during 2005–2008 . During 2008-2011, he served as Sr. Project Engineer in Seco Warwick Allied Pvt. Ltd., an MNC and leading manufacturer of Industrial Furnaces globally. Later on, until the end of 2015, he served as Sales Manager in this organisation for their Thermal department.
Sushil Aher joined ACE Furnaces as Sr. Manager – Projects in 2018. In his current role, he is looking after project execution and after-sales service of Hardening & Tempering Lines and Roller Hearth Furnaces. He completed his B. Tech. in Mechanical Engineering, and has previous experience of project execution, erection & commissioning of Industrial Furnaces, and in Oil & Gas Projects.
He is having overall about 15 years’ experience in turn-key projects, out of which 10 years’ experience is in furnace manufacturing industry. Previously, for about 8 years, he has worked with Seco Warwick Allied Pvt. Ltd. in H&T department as Sr. Project Engineer, and 2 years’ experience in Kilburn Engineering Ltd. as Asst. Manager Projects. Also having 4 years’ overseas experience in Oil & Gas Industry, and 2 years’ experience from a Productive Company which belongs to offset printing and Casting.
Siddhesh Hotanahalli joined ACE Furnaces as Sr. Project Manager – Hydrogen Bell Furnaces in 2018. In his current role, he is looking after project execution and after-sales service of Bell Furnaces. He completed his diploma in Mechanical Engineering from Board of Technical Education, Bangalore, and has previous experience of project execution, erection & commissioning of Industrial Furnaces, and in Oil & Gas Projects.
He is having overall about 19 years’ experience in turn-key projects, out of which 15 years’ experience is in furnace manufacturing industry. Previously, for about 13 years, he has worked with Seco Warwick Allied Pvt. Ltd. (formerly Allied Consulting Engineers Pvt. Ltd.) in Bell Furnaces department as Project Manager.
Vrushali Raut joined ACE Furnaces as Purchase Executive in 2018. In her current role, she is looking after Purchase-related activities of all Projects / spares. She also looks after Sub-Contracting and Vendor Development activities. She completed her diploma and degree in Mechanical Engineering from Mumbai University, and has previous experience of project execution, purchase and procurement.
She is having overall about 6 years’ experience in furnace manufacturing industry. Previously, for about 5 years, she has worked with Seco Warwick Allied Pvt. Ltd. in Project & Purchase department.
Pramod Patil joined ACE furnaces in 2014 as Design Chief. In his current role, he is looking after Design & Drawings of Reheating Furnaces, Bell Furnaces, Roller Hearth Furnaces and Heat-Treatment Furnaces. He completed his ITI - Draughtsman Mechanical course from Jalgaon, and NCTVT Training at Allied Consulting Engineers Pvt. Ltd.
He is having overall about 26 years’ experience in turnkey projects and production line, out of which 20 years’ experience in furnace manufacturing industry. Previously, for about 5 years, he has worked with Seco Warwick Allied Pvt. Ltd. as Design Co-Ordinator. Earlier, he has about 7 years’ experience in rubber production line with VIR Products Pvt. Ltd.
Imran Sayyed joined ACE furnaces as Design Co-Ordinator in 2017. In his current role, he is looking after Design & Drawings of Roller Hearth Furnaces, Hardening & Tempering Lines, Bogie Hearth Furnaces, Ovens and other Special-type Furnaces. He completed his ITI - Draughtsman Mechanical course from Moosa Haji Saboo Siddik in Mumbai.
He is having overall about 19 years’ experience, out of which 13 years’ experience in furnace manufacturing industry.
Avinash Khamkar joined ACE furnaces as Design Co-Ordinator in 2017. In his current role, he is looking after Design & Drawings of Reheating Furnaces, Bell Furnaces and Heat-Treatment Furnaces. He completed his ITI - Draughtsman Mechanical course from Advance Training Institute in Mumbai, and NCTVT Training at Larsen & Toubro Ltd., Mumbai. He completed his AutoCAD course in Autodesk Training Centre, Mumbai. He also completed his Structural Design Engineering Course from Trinket Institute of Technology, Mumbai.
He is having overall about 20 years’ experience in turnkey projects, out of which 17 years’ experience in furnace manufacturing industry. Previously, for about 14 years, he has worked with Seco Warwick Allied Pvt. Ltd. (formerly Allied Consulting Engineers Pvt. Ltd.) as Design Co-Ordinator.
Ganesh S. Srivastav joined ACE furnaces in 2015, as Accounts Manager. In his current role, he is looking after overall accounts and finance-related works, upto finalization of Balance Sheet and P/L, and also all Banking activities. He completed his degree in Bachelor of Commerce – Accounts (Honours) from College of Commerce, Patna.
He has previous experience of Accounts and Taxation under a CA Firm. He has overall experience of 6 years in Accounts and Taxation field.
Hanny Rajpal joined ACE Furnaces as Sr. Manager Projects – Hydrogen Bell Furnaces in 2021. In his current role, he is looking after project execution and after-sales service of Bell Furnaces. He has completed his Diploma in Fabrication Technology and Erection Engineering from Fr. Agnel Polytechnic, Vashi, Navi Mumbai and Degree in Mechanical Engineering from SSBT's College of Engineering & Technology, North Maharashtra University. He has previous experience of project execution, erection & commissioning of Industrial Furnaces.
He started his career as a Mechanical Engineer with Allied Consulting Engineers Pvt. Ltd. He is having overall 16 years of experience in furnace manufacturing industry. Previously, for about 2 years with Allied Consulting Engineers Pvt. Ltd. and 14 years, with Seco Warwick Allied Pvt. Ltd. (formerly Allied Consulting Engineers Pvt. Ltd.) as Project Manager in Bell Furnaces department.
Basant P. Sharma joined ACE Furnaces in 2020, as Accounts cum EXIM Manager. In his current role, he is looking after overall Accounts, Export-Import related works, and also handling of all Forex activities. He completed his Degree in Bachelor of Commerce – Accounts from Mumbai University in 1987.
He has previous experience of Accounts and Export-Import under 100% EOU & MNC Firm. He has overall experience of 24 years in Accounts and Export-Import field.