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Elgi Equipments Limited is a global air compressor manufacturer with a broad line of innovative and technologically superior compressed air systems.
READ MOREMental Health through the Pandemic and Beyond: A Manufacturing View
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READ MOREELGi begins a new growth phase
The year 2020 marked Elgi Equipments Ltd’s (ELGi) 60th year of existence. For a Coimbatore-based compressor maker, it was a transformational journey which began way back in 1960 when the late LG Varadarajulu, father of the current managing director, Jairam Varadaraj founded the company as a reciprocating air compressor and garage equipment manufacturing entity.
READ MOREElgi - Nasscom partnership to focus on skilling 1,000 white-collar employees for business strategy
Dr Jairam Varadaraj, Managing Director, Elgi Equipments, said, “Once we are clear about where we want to deploy a digital platform in our business strategy, people working in those specific functions that will eventually impact the strategy will be looked at. The company will see what other skills are required and will initiate the upskilling and reskilling initiatives accordingly.”
READ MOREElgi partners with NASSCOM to impart digital skills to employees
Coimbatore-based air compressor manufacturer Elgi Equipments will impart digital skills to its employees across the country through a partnership with NASSCOM.
READ MORERemoving Contaminants From Your Compressed Air System
The atmospheric air contains moisture, particle contaminants, microorganisms, and gases. When this air gets compressed, the concentration of such particles increases by 6 to 10 times. However, when this atmospheric air gets compressed by an air compressor, other contaminants like oil and metal traces get added during the compression process. That is why removing these contaminants is essential before using compressed air across any application.
READ MOREBRINGING ALIGNMENT TO A COMPANY’S GOAL & AN INDIVIDUAL’S GOAL
Dr Jairam Varadaraj, Managing Director, ELGi Equipments, one of the global leaders in providing sustainable compressed air solutions. In this confab with Juili Eklahare, Dr Varadaraj throws light on what made the company win the Deming prize, how it aligns individual goals with the company's goals and explains its goal of becoming the world’s second-largest air compressor manufacturer & not the first. Excerpts…
READ MORE‘Elgi’s international business will do better than domestic in near term’
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READ MOREHedging 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.
READ MOREOnwards 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
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