Associated Textile Engineers (A.T.E.), is founded by S H Bhagwati to sell textile machinery in India.

Atul Bhagwati joins A.T.E., and together they brought European textile technology to India, through representations of leading manufacturers. Over the next years, they significantly grew the sales organisation. In addition, they helped several of A.T.E.'s European principals find Indian licensees.

Prakash Bhagwati joins A.T.E., spearheading group manufacturing efforts and adoption of technology in India.

Formation of Stovec Industries Limited. Joint venture: Stork N. V., Netherlands (for manufacturing rotary screen printing machine, accessories and engraved screens for textile printing industry and pre-sensitized positive/negative aluminum offset plates for graphic arts industry).

Formation of A.T.E. Industries Private Limited. Licenses: C. Eugen Maier (1975), (for manufacturing flyers for textile spinning).

Formation of Trumac Engineering Company Private Limited. Joint venture: Trützschler GmbH & Co KG, Germany (for manufacturing blow room, cards and draw frames for textile spinning industry).

Formation of Erhardt + Leimer (India) Limited. Joint venture: Erhardt + Leimer GmbH, Germany (for manufacturing web-guiding, web-tension monitoring and control systems for textile, paper, foil, film, packaging, tyre and non-woven industries).

Formation of Johnson Pump (India) Limited. Joint venture: Johnson Pump AB, Sweden (for manufacturing self-priming pumps, process pumps, multistage pumps, internal gear pumps, marine pumps and flexible impeller pumps for marine, pharmaceutical, environmental engineering, chemical, petrochemicals, food, paper and general industries).

Anuj Bhagwati, son of Atul Bhagwati, joins the group.

Formation of cooperation with A. Monforts Textilmaschinen GmbH & Co, Germany for manufacturing stenters in India.

Formation of A.T.E. Enterprises Private Limited (ATEEPL). The A.T.E. Group has spun off its sales, marketing, distribution and after sales service business from its parent company A.T.E. Private Limited into a separate entity - A.T.E. Enterprises Private Limited.

Formation of Zinser Textile Systems Private Limited. Joint venture: Zinser, part of Oerlikon Schlafhorst Group, Germany/Switzerland (for manufacturing roving frames for textile spinning industry).

Formation of EcoAxis (for providing machine-to-machine solutions across industries and manufacturing register control systems for printing, packaging and publication industries).

Restructuring of ownership of A.T.E. Group between the families of Atul Bhagwati and Prakash Bhagwati. A.T.E. Private Limited, the group holding company, is now owned by Atul Bhagwati and family. A.T.E. Industries Private Limited (now known as Inspiron Engineering Private Limited), Erhardt + Leimer (India) Private Limited, Johnson Pump India Limited, and Stovec Industries Limited are spun off from the A.T.E. group.

Entry into cleantech through investment in HMX Systems Private Limited, which manufactures innovative and energy efficient products for comfort conditioning

Further investment in cleantech through investment in A.T.E. Envirotech Private Limited (formerly known as Alps Environmental Technologies Private Limited), which provides solutions in the field of water and waste water management.

Investment in Valence Electrons (P) Limited, providers of world class industrial static control products and solutions.