BHOPAL, India & MUMBAI, India - Tuesday, July 2nd 2013 [ME NewsWire]
The facility for large rotating equipment and variable frequency AC drives
Global Design Center for energy-efficient motor solutions
(BUSINESS
WIRE)-- Avantha Group Company CG’s motor facility in Bhopal was
inaugurated today in the presence of Avantha Group Founder &
Chairman Mr Gautam Thapar. This plant will meet the growing global
demand for drives and motors. The equipment is primarily targeted at the
oil and gas, cement, mining and metals, water treatment, electrical
transportation, and power generation sectors.
This world-class
facility will design and deliver customized and energy-efficient
rotating machines with advanced manufacturing technology as well as
electronic drives with the latest hardware and software components. The
products will meet international standards and statutory certifications.
The facility deploys the latest manufacturing equipment such as
precision-controlled programmable CNC stator coil machine,
robotics-based automatic coil insulation machine, automatic vacuum
pressure impregnation plant, high-speed dynamic balancing machine, and a
modern test plant with active front AC.
The facility is
benchmarked for the highest level of global standards for quality,
performance and reliability required for customers worldwide. Spread
over 23 acres, the facility includes the Global Design Center for large
motors. This center will be equipped to design rotating machines,
addressing the needs of CG’s customers across the world. The plant is
geared to manufacture large voltage motors up to 15 MW, generators up to
25MVA, and traction alternators. The plant will serve both domestic and
international markets, including the Americas, Middle East, Africa,
Europe, and Asia Pacific regions.
Speaking at the inauguration,
Avantha Group Company CG’s CEO & Managing Director, Mr Laurent
Demortier, said: “We are proud to add another state-of-the-art facility
in Madhya Pradesh and thank all for making this possible. The opening of
this plant is an important step in the deployment of CG’s Industrial
Business growth strategy. It provides CG with a competitive
manufacturing platform on a global scale and will be the harbinger of an
augmented global presence for CG.”
About Avantha Group Company CG
Avantha
Group Company CG is a global pioneering leader in the management and
application of electrical energy. With more than 15,000 employees across
its operations in around 85 countries, CG provides electrical products,
systems and services for utilities, power generation, industries, and
consumers. The company is organized into four business groups: Power,
Industrial, Automation and Consumer. CG clocks US$ 2.3 billion in
revenues from product lines that cover the entire value chain of
engineering offerings.
For more information on CG, please visit: www.cgglobal.com.
About Avantha
The
US$4bn Avantha Group is one of India's leading business conglomerates.
Its successful entities include BILT, Crompton Greaves, The Global Green
Company, Avantha Power & Infrastructure, Solaris ChemTech
Industries, Biltech Building Elements, Salient Business Solutions and
Avantha Technologies. With a global footprint, the Group operates in 90
countries with more than 25,000 employees worldwide. The Group has
business interests in diverse areas including power transmission and
distribution equipment and services, paper and pulp, energy and
infrastructure, food processing, farm forestry, insurance, chemicals, IT
and ITES. Led by Gautam Thapar, Avantha demonstrates strong leadership
globally and emerges as a focused corporate, leveraging its knowledge,
leadership and operations, adding lasting value for its stakeholders and
investors.
For more information on Avantha, please visit www.avanthagroup.com
Contacts
Ms. Paula Sengupta
Global Head – Corp. Comms.
CG (Crompton Greaves Limited)
T: +91 22 24237516 / 67558771
paula.sengupta@cgglobal.com
Mrs. Shravani Dang
Group Head – Corporate Communications
Vice President – Avantha Group
T: +91 124 4099436
s.dang@avanthagroup.com
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