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The Textile Magazine
August 2012
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in Chennai. Danfoss India has 340
employees and revenues of Rs. 352
crores with offices in 10 locations
across the country.
Mr. Noel Ryan, President of
Danfoss India, says: “Till last year
we were just a sales and marketing
organization. We have now started
focusing on making India an engi-
neering, R&D hub, manufacturing
base for India and Asia. We want
to do more sourcing from India
and have the full scale of activities
across the value chain. India is an
important market for Danfoss”.
Danfoss has devised a 2015 plan
for the Indian market. The com-
pany is planning to build a state-
of-the-art manufacturing facility
near Chennai at an investment of
Rs. 500 crores for both R&D and
manufacturing. As part of the plan,
Danfoss India plans to raise its
headcount from the current 340 to
2000 by 2015.
Danfoss, in India, is committed to
offer a global experience to the cli-
ents with its quality products. The
company caters to a wide range of
industries for their component and
sub-system, be it the refrigeration
and air-conditioning components
and controls or the technologically
innovative VLT Drives or heating
and water controls.
Power Electronics is one of the
five broad business units of Dan-
foss. The Danfoss Power Electron-
ics Division includes three business
units – Danfoss VLT Drives, Dan-
foss Customised Power Electronics
and Danfoss Inverters for Solar and
Wind.
Since 1968 Danfoss Drives has
been dedicated to developing VLT
electronics to control speed, torque,
acceleration, synchronisation, po-
sitioning, and the overall perform-
ance of AC motors. The reliable
and innovative VLT drives are
designed to support any automa-
tion application and provide major
energy savings. The modular design
makes VLT drives extremely flex-
ible, making it easier to deliver
within days highly customised
drives, tested from the factory.
There is a VLT drive for any tex-
tile application. The product range
covers drives and solutions with
geared motors and customer-dedi-
cated, low-power solutions. Within
the textile business Danfoss Drives
holds a strong position in Asia. The
textile industry was the proving
ground for AC drives, and Danfoss
has been an innovator in that appli-
cation sector from the outset.
Mr. Purushothaman Ravichan-
dran, Senior Director, Power Elec-
tronic, Danfoss Industries Pvt. Ltd.,
says: “Textiles is one of the most
Danfoss is one such company
which offers customers solutions
that significantly reduce energy
consumption making machiner-
ies and equipment more efficient.
Danfoss has a 75-year history of
effectively reducing energy con-
sumption in the heating, refrigera-
tion, air-conditioning and industrial
control markets.
Danfoss Industries Pvt. Ltd.,
India is a 100 per cent subsidiary of
Danfoss A/S, Denmark. The Indian
entity commenced its operations
in 1999 with its registered office
Mr. Puroshothaman Ravichandran, Sr. Director, Power Electronic
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