Many products, one platform.
Retail, workshop, fleet, parts and remarketing: one engineering DNA.
Our story · A Gateway Group company
Built like a platform.
Grown like an ecosystem.
A tower stands on one trunk, and falls with it. AF-X grew the other way: out of a 29-year engineering group, product by product, market by market, wider and stronger every year.
No single point of failure.
Gateway heritage: zero debt, zero outside investors, 40+ companies.
Built to last.
29 years of compounding. The platform is just the newest ring of the tree.
Where it began
Our story began with
restlessness.
It began in 1997 with an engineering firm and a belief that every promise made to a customer had to be honoured, regardless of the challenge. A chance meeting on a train built the bridge to the Netherlands; decades of automotive work built the practice; the practice built the products: AutoFacets, AutoDAP, AnalyzeMyCar.
AF-X is what happens when all of that converges: the products proved the parts, and the platform now unifies them. Ownership before hierarchy, ethics before expediency, long-term relationships before short-term gains. The operating DNA didn’t change. It scaled.
Milestones · 1997 → 2026
The journey, year by year.
Six chapters, one continuous story: from a small team in Ahmedabad to an ecosystem built on partnerships. Select a chapter to jump.
● Markets■ Practices◆ Capital✦ Legacy★ Recognition▲ Partnerships
Chapter 01 of 06 · 1997–1999
The Beginning
Gateway began with a simple belief: build technology people can rely on, and grow through trust rather than rapid expansion.
- 1997
Founded in Ahmedabad, and offshore engineering begins
A small team opens its doors, building software offshore for clients who would stay for decades.
● Markets
“Trust became our first product.”
Chapter 02 of 06 · 2000–2008
Footprints Across the Globe
NINtec in the Netherlands, founded in 2000, gave Gateway its European base and extended offshore engineering through trusted local teams.
- 2000
First European base opens in the Netherlands
A Dutch operation anchors the move into Europe, pairing local leadership with offshore delivery from India.
● Markets - 2005
Operations open across North America
A United States presence brings cross-border delivery to North American clients for the first time.
● Markets - 2007
Nordic entry begins with Sweden
Sweden becomes the first Nordic base, opening a region that would grow into a lasting centre of gravity.
● Markets
“Global in reach. Built on lasting relationships.”
Chapter 03 of 06 · 2009–2015
Engineering That Knows No Borders
Engineering spread across continents, delivered from many hubs with one engineering culture.
- 2010
Development centre established in China
A new engineering hub in Asia adds scale and extends delivery across time zones.
● Markets - 2013
The United Kingdom and Iceland open
Two European markets come online in one year, from London to Reykjavik.
● Markets - 2015
President’s Choice Award, GESIA
Recognised for global delivery at the 8th GESIA awards.
★ Recognition
“One engineering DNA across many countries.”
Chapter 04 of 06 · 2016–2019
Reinvention Through Digital
Gateway and NINtec united as one digital brand, listed publicly and began building niche automotive and logistics platforms.
- 2016
A single digital identity unites the Group
Regional brands consolidate under one name and one promise.
✦ Legacy - 2016
First public listing on the Bombay Stock Exchange
The Group lists on the BSE MSME board.
◆ Capital - 2017
A dedicated automotive practice launches
Years of automotive project work consolidate into a focused practice serving the industry’s data and aftermarket needs.
■ Practices - 2019
The automotive practice expands into France
A French presence brings the automotive work closer to Europe’s carmakers and their aftermarket networks.
■ Practices
“We evolved before the market demanded it.”
Chapter 05 of 06 · 2020–2023
When We Started Building Companies
The move from delivering technology to building businesses, driven by TGC Capital Partners.
- 2020
CLEPA Innovation Awards, SME Environment prize
Second place, for precise vehicle identification.
★ Recognition - 2022
Silver Jubilee: twenty-five years of building
A quarter century in, the founding belief holds.
✦ Legacy - 2023
Main Board listing on BSE and NSE
Migration to the Main Board of both major Indian exchanges.
◆ Capital - 2023
TiE50 Award for the automotive data venture
Won at TiEcon 2023.
★ Recognition
“We started building companies, not just solutions.”
Chapter 06 of 06 · 2024–2026
Innovation Through Partnerships
Partnerships with ambitious European founders and, by 2026, strategic scaleup investments in automotive, energy and managed services.
- 2025
Five partnership ventures span the Nordics and Benelux
Ventures in Sweden, Norway and Belgium.
▲ Partnerships - 2026
Strategic scaleup investments across Norway, Finland and Germany
Automotive, energy and managed services, backed as operators first, investors second.
◆ Capital
“Every partnership expands the ecosystem for everyone. Operators first. Investors second.”
