ABB expands base in Vadodara,adds 2 power units at Savli

The launch of the new facilities at an investment of Rs 250 crore coincides with the golden jubilee anniversary of the multi-national’s presence at Maneja in Vadodara,the largest of the company’s 12 locations in India.

The new facilities employ 130 people,he said. The company has also supplied power equipments,including inverters,to the Bombardier which manufactures coaches of the Metro rail projects in Delhi and Bangalore at its facility also set up at Savli GIDC. The ABB is also the bidder for power solutions to the upcoming Ahmemdabad-Gandhinagar Metro Rail projects.

The units will produce high-voltage switchgear to meet domestic and export demands and cater to the growing needs of the power sector of the country,Jucker said. The other facility will produce dry-type and oil-immerse transformers which can reduce environmental impact and can be deployed in environmentally-challenged conditions.

Managing director of the ABB India,Bazmi Hussain said that the company was looking to providing power solutions to the upcoming Metro rail projects,and would like to do so for the upcoming Ahmemdabad-Gandhinagar Metro Rail projects,though nothing specific had come out so far in this direction. The company was looking increasingly for “localisation,” optimising products for the local markets. When asked how much of the products were being supplied to Gujarat,Hussain said the company did not keep any state-wise market details.