
Hedging your bets: How globalisation can enable manufacturers to grow sustainably amid Covid
Companies that were able to conduct business globally, saw more revenue come in from overseas markets than India and thus experienced significantly lower disruptions in the revenues.

Onwards into the Future
When the global humanitarian and economic crisis that is COVID-19 unleashed its wrath across the world, individuals and companies, alike, had to change how they live and work, overnight. Here is a look at leveraging the precious lessons learnt

Elgi Equipments boosts capacity threefold to manufacture oxygen-plant compressors
Air-compressor manufacturer Elgi Equipments has increased the capacity to manufacture compressors for specific models of oxygen generation plants. Jairam Varadaraj, managing director of Elgi Equipments, informed the media that the company had increased its capacity almost threefold for specific models that were in demand in the oxygen sector.

Oxygen crisis: Elgi cranks up capacity to supply air compressors
Jairam Varadaraj, MD, Elgi Equipments, said, “We are a key player in oxygen supplies because the compressor is a key requirement for an oxygen generation plant. Our on-time performance on aggressive deliveries has been more than 100% and we are diverting all attention towards this as a social responsibility. For the specified models in demand for oxygen requirement we have increased production capacity by 2x to 3x. These large oxygen generators are being sent to big hospitals but the government is now looking at smaller generators to equip rural infrastructure.”

Guest Column: Energy Efficiency Trends in 2021
Heartening is to see big corporations setting examples of being mindful of the environment. “The Stone Age did not end because we ran out of stones; we transitioned to better solutions. The same opportunity lies before us with energy efficiency”, said physicist Steven Chu.

The New Norm And Focus On 3F’s
The pandemic period certainly offered me a great opportunity to form some good habits which I believe will stay with me and the organization for good. I would urge the readers to find their own priorities and form habits.

Elgi’s Compressors – Driving Concrete Batching Plants to Deliver Right Quality Concrete Mix
In the construction industry, producing high quality concrete in the right amount and delivering it on time is a challenging task. The right quality of concrete, produced by the concrete batching plants, increases the durability and sustainability of construction. It is the Compressed Air that drives the concrete batching plant operation to deliver the right quality of concrete and on time.

Elgi Equipments charts mid-term plan to achieve $400 m revenue by FY26
Elgi Equipments Ltd, a leading global air compressor manufacturer, is in the process of rolling out its strategic business plan (SBP) with a revenue target of $400 million to be achieved in the next five years, up from about $258 million in FY20.

Women in manufacturing: How companies are driving mammoth change
According to Anya Geraldine D’souza, GM – Global Marketing, ELGi Equipments, several barriers make women feel the manufacturing industry is ‘not for them’. “However, women must look beyond the general perceptions and rid themselves of the misconceptions that bear no semblance to the modern, innovative, technically advanced manufacturing operations of today,” she said.

Improving Energy Cost Savings with Variable Speed Compressors
If the airflow demand is varying for a significant duration in a shift between a minimum and maximum flow capacity, a variable speed compressor will be the ideal choice.
One of the important decisions to make while investing in a compressor is to decide whether a production facility needs a fixed speed or a variable speed compressor. Typically, energy cost contributes to more than 75% of the total life cycle cost of a compressor. Appropriate selection of compressors will result in optimal energy utilization thereby reducing energy costs significantly for the user.
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