Luwa India, a leading player in air engineering, presents its newest offering at India ITME. Mr. P.K. Singh, President, Luwa India Pvt. Ltd., shared his thoughts on the mega event.
The India ITME show is akin to the Olympics and attracts successful textile companies into its fold. Luwa India is no exception as it has become a regular participant at the show.
As Mr. Singh put it: “India ITME is truly the only exhibition being organised in India which brings all the stake-holders of the textile industry together at one place. It provides an avid platform to all the machinery manufactures to showcase their innovation and technology and offers a good networking opportunity with customers.”
A sizeable number of the company clients are expected from India as well as from other Asian countries like Bangladesh, Indonesia, Iran, Egypt and Turkey. The company which has expertise in the field of air engineering presents a newer and technologically advanced and a high-efficiency version of the Axial Flow Fan series B607.
“We are presenting a first-of-its-kind air filter which we have conceptualized as MultiCell Filter (MCV). This new variant offers the advantage of modular design, less floor space and lower maintenance along with power savings,” added Mr. Singh.
Already, at ITMA 2015 the company presented its range of MultiCell Filters (MCVs) based on Luwa’s filtration technology. Seen from the user point of view, MCV lowers the required floor space of air-conditioning and filtration plants in textile mills.
State-of-the-art factory
In its effort to meet the various air needs of the textile industry, Luwa has built a new green field state-of-the-art factory in Bangalore earlier in the year. With an investment close to the tune of 5 million CHF, this facility manufactures air-conditioning and waste collection equipment. An array of machines executes fabrication and sheet metal work. Besides, European CNC machine is used to manufacture a special type of fan housing with bell mouth which lowers the air entry losses and thus results in additional power savings. Also Luwa intends to expand the existing factory set-up and put up additional machines next year.
Luwa in India carries a wide range of activities working in close collaboration with various textile producers and machinery manufacturers. These include design and supply of fully automatic air-conditioning, humidification and waste collection system, metal and fire detection system, OHTC, heat recovery system, energy audit for air-conditioning plants, AMCs, modifications in old plants, retrofitting and upgrades.
As an on-site partner, Luwa knows the exact requirements of its partners. Its services do not end with the implementation of a system, rather it offers warranty services and support to customers with their maintenance duties and timely supply of spareparts.
What keeps Luwa ticking? A highly competitive market drives the company to innovate and improvise and get evolve as a growth oriented company. “Being a global leader, Luwa creates the climatic conditions required for the efficient operation of textile mills and gain expertise as a local partner,” Mr. Singh added.
Customer Corner
With a workforce of over 200 employees, along with 50 service engineers for customer support and aftersales service requirements, Luwa is able to quickly meet the various client prerequisites like design, installation and aftersales service.
He explained: “Luwa provides a complete range of aftersales services with the aim of minimizing the maintenance requirement and maximize the customers’ productivity. Luwa has a strong team for spareparts, and we aim for immediate dispatch of spares within a day’s time.”
The service department is headed by the General Manager with Regional Service Managers working closely with customers in Ahmedabad, Coimbatore, Delhi, Mumbai and Kolhapur. Nationwide, Luwa with a team of highly trained service engineers, having vast experience in start-up, commissioning and trouble-shooting meet regular customer service calls, provide maintenance guidelines along with attending energy audit and plant optimization. Maintenance engineers and technicians undergo sessions in customer training and awareness classes.
Given this hands-on approach, it’s anyone’s guess that Luwa has a diverse section of customers that span from start-up 24 looms mills to major textile corporate houses like the Vardhman Group, Sintex Group, Welspun Group, Raymond Group, Nandan Group, Sagar Group from MP, Pallava Group, Kallam Group, Best Corporation and the Shahi Exports.
Partnerships have enriched the Luwa portfolio. The company has forged ties with weaving companies in Ichalkaranji, Bhilwara, Tarapur and Erode to fulfill various air engineering requirements.
The Luwa Group, the origin of which dates back to 1935, has its global headquarters in Uster, Switzerland. The company has a fair share of global clients through subsidiaries established in Singapore, China, Turkey, Indonesia and in the US. Besides, the brand has wide acceptance attained through a strong network of local representatives in over 75 countries. The India chapter began when the company set up its local headquarters in Bangalore in 1993. Subsequently, it branched out in other Indian cities as well.