Castings, forgings, CNC parts, stampings, rubber, and fasteners built into one tested unit. Torque logged on every critical joint, leak tested per serial, packed to your line. One accountable team from drawing to your US dock. India first, more regions as your volume grows.
VIA INDIGOS is a US contract manufacturing company that runs mechanical assembly programs in India, as one accountable team from drawing to US dock. Child part sourcing, kitting, assembly, torque control, functional testing, and packing sit under one program, with PPAP Level 3 at the assembly level.
If you have ever sourced a multi part assembly from anywhere in the world, you know the routine. Email at 9 in the morning. No reply. Email again at 4. Maybe an answer Tuesday. We built VIA INDIGOS so the fifth email never lands. Because on an assembly, one late child part strands every finished part on the bench with it.
A multi part assembly is not one sourcing problem, it is 13 of them running at once. One BOM can carry castings, forgings, CNC machined parts, stampings, rubber parts, springs, and fasteners, each on its own clock. We built VIA INDIGOS so all of it runs as one accountable team. Assembly benches in 6 Indian cities, drawing child parts from a 470+ facility audited partner network spanning 22+ cities, with fixtures and tooling under one roof. One build schedule, one status update, one PO. Whether your volume is 500 units a year or 200,000, we set up the program the same way.
I walk the assembly cell before a single PO is placed. We check the benches, the DC torque tools and their calibration certificates, the press fit stations, the test rigs, and the traceability system that ties a serial number to its child part lots. Then we walk the child part suppliers the same way, foundry to fastener shop. DFM and BOM scrub happen before any tooling is cut. First article builds come with torque logs, test results, photographic evidence, and a written verdict from our quality lead. Boots on the ground, every step of the way.
My team runs a shortage board on every open build, so the slowest child part is named on Monday, not discovered on Friday. We track torque values per critical joint, leak test results per serial, first pass yield at the bench, and build rate against your delivery date. You get a status report every Friday covering child part WIP, kit readiness, test results, and shipping milestones. Carton and container loading photos reach your inbox before the seal goes on. Every serial traces to its child part lots and its torque record. We do not wait for you to ask. We report because that is how an assembly program should run.
On an assembly, the chain is longer and the breaks multiply: 13 sub suppliers means dozens of chances to drop the ball. We hold every one. Ten real stages, drawing to your dock. No sub-step skipped, no handoff left to chance.
6 assembly cities. Assembly benches drawing child parts from a 470+ facility audited partner network across 22+ Indian cities. Hover any marker to see partner count and what runs there.
6 assembly cities · 470+ facility network · 22+ cities behind every BOM
Most India sourcing is run from a laptop in Cincinnati. Ours is not. Our team is physically present at partner facilities for first article builds, torque audits, leak test sign offs, and production launches. When a child part slips, we see it before you do. When quality holds, we have the photo evidence to prove it.
Assembly benches in 6 Indian cities, backed by a 470+ facility audited network across 22+. Real people on the floor making sure your BOM becomes a tested assembly that passes PPAP the first time.
If a metric does not have a name against it, a target, and a data source, it is not a metric. Below is the scoreboard we run on every assembly program, refreshed weekly, surfaced in your Friday status email.
Follow one build through the 5 stations that turn a crate of child parts into a tested, packed assembly. All of it runs through one VIA INDIGOS playbook. One accountable team from drawing to dock. One status update every Friday. One India network of 470 plus audited partner facilities behind every BOM.
Every child part lot is inspected against its drawing and BOM revision before it earns a bin. Kits are staged per unit with a paper traveler, so the bench never guesses which revision it is holding and a superseded part cannot reach station 3 half built into 200 units.
Bearing pressing, bushing insertion, riveting, and staking on monitored presses, with force and distance watched so a cocked bearing is caught at the press, not at the endurance rig. Each sub unit carries its own trace so the final build inherits a clean history.
Every critical joint runs on a DC torque tool with the value logged against the serial, held to plus minus 10 percent of the target. Calibration certificates stay on file per tool. When a warranty question lands 8 months later, the torque record answers it in one email.
Pressure decay for sealed systems, hydraulic leak tests under working pressure, vacuum function checks, and endurance cycling where the control plan calls it. A dimension can pass and the assembly can still leak, which is why results are recorded per serial, not per lot.
Finished units in VCI wrap with custom foam or partitioned cartons, labeled with your part number, serial, and lot. Cartonization is planned at quote so the pallet that lands feeds your line or your warehouse racks without a repack, and loading photos go out before the seal.
Full assembly in India vs sub assemblies vs kitted parts vs loose parts on many POs vs US final build on India parts. Five honest comparisons, not marketing claims. Use this to short list before you send the BOM.
Recurring volume, many child processes, 1 PO wanted.
Final assembly stays on your line, modules arrive tested.
Your bench does the build, you want 1 supplier not 13.
Honestly, never. This is the status quo we replace.
Tariff or IP reasons keep the final build in the US.
Three sign offs, photo evidence at every step. We do not move a build forward unless the sign off before it is closed. An assembly that ships on dimensional checks alone is an assembly that leaks on your customer, and we would rather catch it on the rig than on your line.
Complete units built from production intent child parts, on the production fixtures, by the production crew. Stack up and fit verified on the bench, every critical joint torqued and logged, every child part checked against its BOM revision. If two parts fight each other, we find it here at unit 1, not at unit 5,000. The build is signed off before production is scheduled.
The FAI units go to the rig. Pressure decay on sealed circuits, hydraulic leak under working pressure, vacuum and function checks, and endurance cycles where the control plan calls them. Test rig calibration certificates on file. Results reach you per serial before production releases, so the first leak a unit ever sees is on our rig, not your line.
PPAP Level 3 at the assembly level, with child part PPAPs rolled into the file. PSW signed by the buyer. Capability studies above Cpk 1.67 on critical dimensions and torque values. Serial traceability live to child part lots. Production releases only after the buyer has the full package in hand.
This is what a real gearbox style assembly BOM looks like once you open it: 38+ unique parts, 7 manufacturing processes, 10+ materials, up to 13 sub suppliers. Below is a condensed version of one build we run. Every line carries its own drawing revision, its own incoming inspection, and its own lot trace into the serial record.
| Part family | Process | Material | Qty per unit | Source cluster |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Housing | Gravity die casting + CNC | A356 aluminum | 1 | Rajkot |
| Mounting bracket | Closed die forging + machining | EN8 steel | 1 | Ludhiana |
| Gear cluster | Hobbing + heat treat | 20MnCr5 | 3 | Pune |
| Cover plate | Sheet metal stamping | CRCA steel | 1 | Faridabad |
| Seals + O rings | Rubber moulding | NBR 70 | 6 | Chennai |
| Bushes | Machined bronze | SAE 660 | 4 | Coimbatore |
| Springs | Coiling + shot peen | EN47 spring steel | 2 | Ludhiana |
| Fasteners | Cold heading, class 8.8 | Zinc plated MS | 14 | Faridabad |
The slowest line on this table sets your delivery date. That is the line our shortage board watches hardest, and the one you hear about on Monday instead of discovering on Friday. Full BOMs, material certificates, and lot traces go in the PPAP file.
Upload the assembly drawing, the BOM, and child part drawings. We scrub the BOM, run DFM, and return a full landed cost per unit with build timeline and PPAP scope. You get one contact from intake to ship.
Every industry has its own certs, its own regulatory pressure, its own drawing conventions. The build discipline stays the same. What changes is the testing and the documentation that move with the assembly.
Plain English answers, written for procurement and engineering teams who want a real number, not a brochure. Last reviewed by Mandeep Singh in August 2026.
Kitting programs land a first kit in 5 to 9 weeks. Sub assemblies run 6 to 10 weeks to first article. Full assembly programs run 8 to 12 weeks from PO to a signed first article build, because the slowest child part tool sets the date. On one program we delivered a critical sample built across 13 partner floors in 7 weeks.
If a supplier quotes 3 weeks on a 38 part BOM with new tooling, ask which child parts that timeline actually covers. It is usually the easy ones.
Assembly level PPAP Level 3 means the buyer gets the full package for the build, not just the parts: signed PSW, dimensional report on assembly callouts, torque and functional test results, control plan covering every joint and test, PFMEA, MSA on the inspection methods, and the child part PPAPs rolled into the same file.
Production does not release until the buyer has the package in hand and the PSW is signed. That is the discipline. No PPAP, no shipping.
Builds run up to 38+ unique parts across 7 processes: casting, forging, CNC machining, stamping, rubber moulding, spring coiling, and cold headed fasteners, in 10+ materials, coordinated across up to 13 sub suppliers on one PO.
The BOM scrub at intake maps every line to a source cluster and a lead time, so the critical path is named before the quote, not after the slip.
Per the control plan: pressure decay on sealed circuits, hydraulic leak under working pressure, vacuum and function checks, torque audits, and endurance cycling where the duty calls it. Salt spray per ASTM B117 on coated builds.
Results are recorded per serial, not per lot, so a warranty question 8 months later is answered in one email, with the record attached.
The MOQ is driven by the child parts, not the bench. Castings and forgings typically run 250 to 1,000 pieces per release, machined and stamped parts less, and kitting programs start from a few hundred units per release.
Send the BOM and the annual volume, and the quote comes back with the release size that makes the price work per line.
Default is FOB Nhava Sheva or CIF US West Coast. DDP is available on request with a logistics markup disclosed up front. Inbound preferences are Los Angeles, Long Beach, New York, Newark, and Chicago, with alternates only when they improve lead time or cost.
For programs with US warehouse pull, we hold finished assemblies or kits and ship JIT to your dock. Storage and handling fees on a published rate card.
You do. Fixtures, gauges, dies, and molds transfer to the buyer on full payment, in writing, with a tool record per item documenting ID, usage, correction history, and storage location. Tools stay at partner facilities on a bailment basis, available for inspection or transfer at any time.
If you want to move programs in 18 months, the tools are yours. We do not lock tooling to facilities or hold it hostage.
Every change runs through a written engineering change loop. The revision lands, the BOM is updated, affected child part suppliers are notified the same day, and the cutover lot is agreed with you in writing. Open stock at the old revision is counted and dispositioned, use up, rework, or scrap, before the new revision releases.
Kits and travelers carry the revision on paper, so a superseded part cannot reach the bench, and the serial record shows exactly which units carry which revision. No silent cutovers.
Send us your BOM and drawings and judge us as your assembly supplier on the reply. You get a full landed cost per unit, a build timeline, the recommended assembly route, and a PPAP scope. One contact from intake to ship. No commitment required.
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