Focus on establishing a robust education-to-work pipeline for young women to enhance STEM skills in line with business expectations.

Coimbatore, India, September 21, 2022: PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, the Coimbatore-based autonomous arts and science college, recognized as a ‘College of Excellence’ by the University Grants Commission, and Elgi Equipments, one of the world’s leading air-compressor manufacturers, came together today, to inaugurate the ‘GRG-ELGi Digital Innovation Dojo’ at the college’s GRG Campus in Peelamedu. This is the first Digital Innovation Dojo, in line with ELGi’s digital transformation strategy based on the premise of ‘Experiment, Start Small & Scale Fast’. The partnership aims to provide a plethora of opportunities for women to acquire specialized technical skills while defining solutions and exploring areas of development, ultimately resulting in valuable industry experience for the participant students, together with workable solutions and fresh perspectives for ELGi.

“We are thankful to Elgi Equipments for joining forces with us to cultivate and strengthen students’ practical knowledge and skillset. The GRG-ELGi Digital Innovation DOJO will showcase the effective implementation of a strong industry-academia collaboration and how it benefits various stakeholders and, most importantly, society. In the future, we hope to help other companies and institutions establish similar facilities that will propel us to the front and centre of digital innovation as the future belongs to those willing to adapt and change,” said Dr R. Nandini, Chairperson of GRG Institutions.

At the inauguration, Dr Jairam Varadaraj, Managing Director, Elgi Equipments said, “At ELGi, we believe collaboration is at the heart of successful business. The talent of tomorrow will succeed if business corporations and the academia bolster collaboration efforts with the purpose of driving value research and society-shaping, business-forward innovation. Equally imperative is the focus on adopting new ways of helping graduates gain relevant experience, ensuring they enter the workforce equipped and job-ready. We are delighted to partner with PSGR Krishnammal College for Women. While we’re excited about the possibilities, we’re confident that the Digital Innovation Dojo will upskill and empower young women students, creating a talent pool for the future as we continue to advance on our digital transformation journey.”

The ‘GRG-ELGi Digital Innovation Dojo’ equipped with the necessary computational systems and software from ELGi, will engage approximately 20 interns at any given time. The Dojo or learning center will embrace extensive and effective use of the agile scrum framework for project management and technology advancements. Aside, all interns will have the opportunity to work on technology platforms spanning Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and Virtual/Augmented reality, along with Robotic Process Automation (RPA). The students will also be able to interact, learn, work, and be mentored by ELGi’s industry leaders across the globe, empowering them to explore various employment opportunities in the digital transformation arena.

About PSGRKCW

Established in 1963, PSGR Krishnammal College for Women (PSGRKCW) is a reputed and renowned institution of higher education. Enjoying autonomy since 2004, the college was conferred with ‘College of Excellence’ status by the UGC in 2016. It is ranked 6th among colleges in India in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2022 by Ministry of HRD, Government of India. PSGRKCW is accredited by NAAC with A++ Grade (CGPA 3.71). All the eight science departments of the college have been recognized with Star status of DBT, Government of India. PSGRKCW offers 35 UG, 14 PG and 13 MPhil/PhD programmes in arts, science, commerce, business administration, management, and computer science.

About ELGi

Elgi Equipments Limited is a global air compressor manufacturer with a broad line of innovative and technologically superior compressed air systems. ELGi has consistently ensured that its customers achieve their productivity goals while keeping the cost of ownership low. ELGi offers a complete range of compressed air solutions from oil-lubricated and oil-free rotary screw compressors, oil-lubricated and oil-free reciprocating compressors, and centrifugal compressors to dryers, filters and downstream accessories. The company’s portfolio of over 400 products has found wide application across industries. For further information on the organization and its products, please visit www.elgi.com

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Sharing his views on the collaboration, Dr. Jairam Varadaraj, Managing Director of Elgi Equipments Limited, said, "Our purpose is to provide the best experience at each stakeholder touch-point.  In our journey towards this purpose, we recognize that emerging digital technologies will be central pillars in providing such an experience.  Be it customers or employees, or investors, digital can substantially and significantly enhance the experience.  This has to be architected by our people and the starting point is to imagine the opportunities through the lens of digital technologies. To enable each employee in our organization to do this, it is imperative that they have a foundational knowledge of the various digital technologies.  We’re committed to ensuring all of our employees are digitally proficient and conversant with digital technologies as we adapt to the future.”

Kirti Seth, CEO, SSC NASSCOM, said “Now more than ever, the need for each citizen to get equipped with the skills of emerging technologies is of paramount importance to leverage the waves of opportunity rising up through this digital transformation we are going through.   It is also important for each individual to talk the language of ‘digital’ and stay in tune with the world that is changing rapidly around us.  FutureSkills Prime has a vision to make individuals from across sectors, and across job roles digitally fluent. We’re proud that our voice has been recognized by industries across sectors. The fact that Elgi Equipments, a leading compressor manufacturing company is going to leverage FutureSkills Prime to build the digital quotient of their employees, is a strong signal of how this need cuts across all industries and domains.  I wish Elgi’s employees an exciting learning journey to not just build on their technological foundations but unleash a fresh burst of creativity. This digitally ready workforce will be the key to not just exponential growth of their company but contribute to India’s dream of creating a trillion dollar digital economy.”

FutureSkills Prime – a platform built by the government and the IT industry focuses on providing a solution to challenges when upskilling people with emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity, Big Data Analytics, Robotic Process Automation, and more. The registered candidates can develop core proficient skills, take aptitude diagnostics tests, acquire SSC NASSCOM certifications and scholarships, and become more digitally fluent.

About ELGi

Elgi Equipments Limited is a global air compressor manufacturer with a broad line of innovative and technologically superior compressed air systems. ELGi has consistently worked towards ensuring that its customers achieve their productivity goals while keeping the cost of ownership low. ELGi offers a complete range of compressed air solutions from oil lubricated and oil free rotary screw compressors, oil lubricated and oil free reciprocating compressors and centrifugal compressors, to dryers, filters and downstream accessories. The company’s portfolio of over 400 products has found wide application across industries. For further information on the organisation and its products, please visit https://www.elgi.com

About FutureSkills Prime

FutureSkills Prime is the first of its kind public-private partnership, between Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology and NASSCOM to build a digital skilling ecosystem for the citizens of India.

It is committed to guiding and empowering the Indian professionals towards playing exciting, valued, and purposeful roles in a future that has significant possibilities, enabled by new-age digital technologies.

FutureSkills Prime is upskilling professionals in various sectors, IT, non-IT as well as students across India towards building a nation-wide digital talent pool. In the short journey, it has upskilled 3,70,000+ citizens of India, 89 % of whom are youth, 35% are women, thereby, contributing towards the vision of making the country a Digital Talent Nation. futureskillsprime.in

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Waterloo, Belgium January 8th, 2020: Elgi Compressors Europe, a subsidiary of Elgi Equipments Limited, one of the world’s leading air compressor manufacturers, will launch its range of oil-free screw air compressors, the AB ‘Always Better’ Series at Underhall 2020, Europe’s leading maintenance trade fair in Sweden, scheduled to be held from the 10th to the 13th of March 2020. Also on display at the ELGi stand B06:69, will be key innovations spanning ELGi’s energy efficient and highly reliable lubricated screw air compressors.

Speaking ahead of the tradeshow, Chris Ringlstetter, President at ELGi Europe, said “At ELGi, our mission is to be ‘Always Better’ and we will reiterate our commitment to the Scandinavian market, at Underhall 2020. The global oil free air compressor market, estimated to be USD 3 billion is expected to grow significantly with increasing environmental and cost considerations. Customers however incur significant ownership costs on account of the current technology, considerable maintenance requirements and relatively poor reliability. Our main focus, the ELGi AB ‘Always Better’ series, is a disruption in oil free compressed air technology, offers customers a no-compromise, oil free solution at reduced lifecycle costs when compared with prevailing oil free technology. With significantly lower maintenance and ease of use, customers across Europe will be assured of reliable, ‘Class 0’ air purity for sensitive industry applications.”

Also on display, at the tradeshow, will be ELGi’s encapsulated screw air compressors, the ‘EN Series’ and lubricated screw air compressors, the ‘EG or Global Series’. The ‘EN Series’ is designed to encapsulate high-performance functional components with a small footprint. These compressors are highly reliable and low-maintenance, making them ideal for industrial applications where size, efficiency and cost matter. The ‘EG or Global Series’ represent a significant leap in design and performance, with every single component focusing on reliability and ease of maintenance. Each compressor is developed and manufactured in compliance with applicable international standards (CE, ASME, UL and others).

Over the years, ELGi has earned worldwide accolades for designing customer centric, compressed air solutions that are sustainable, and help companies achieve their productivity goals while ensuring a lower total cost of ownership. With a portfolio of 400+ products, ELGi’s compressed air solutions range from oil-lubricated and oil-free rotary screw, centrifugal and reciprocating compressors, to dryers, filters and downstream accessories that help customers the world over to run their businesses efficiently. To power a 400+ productportfolio, ELGi has state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in India, Italy and the USA.

ELGi’s products serve a wide variety of applications across industries ranging from manufacturing, food & beverage, construction, pharmaceuticals and textiles. ELGi does business in over 100+ countries and is proud of its 2 million+ satisfied customers.

About ELGi

Elgi Compressors is a global air compressor manufacturer with operations in nearly all European countries with a broad line of innovative and technologically superior compressed air systems. ELGi has consistently worked towards ensuring that its customers achieve their productivity goals while keeping the cost of ownership low. ELGi offers a complete range of compressed air solutions from oil-lubricated and oil-free rotary screw compressors, oil-lubricated and oil-free reciprocating compressors and centrifugal compressors, to dryers, filters and downstream accessories. The company’s portfolio of over 400 products has found wide applications across industries. For further information on the organisation and its products, please visit https://www.elgi.com/ru

Addressing the team at the Metrology Department, Dr. Jairam Varadaraj, Managing Director of Elgi Equipments said, “At ELGi, we are never satisfied with the status quo, we believe in pushing the boundaries, every day, in our quest to be “Always Better”. Across the world, we know our customers deserve the best and appreciate, high reliability, unmatched performance consistency and zero downtime.”

The ELGi Metrology Department was set up to ensure every product undergoes the right measurement through the usage of accurate and precise measuring equipment, resulting in a reduction in variation in accordance with the ISO/IEC 17025-2017 norms. Over the year’s, the laboratory facilities have been upgraded with computerised master equipment and data acquisition systems. The calibration results from the ELGi Metrology lab have been authenticated through Interlaboratory comparisons specified by NABL.

To ensure instruments, gauges and testing Equipment (IMTE) adhere to national and international standards, the team at the ELGi Metrology Department focus on –

ELGi Equipments recently won the Deming Award for Total Quality Management and became the first global air-compressor manufacturer, to have won the prestigious award in the last 60 years. A pioneer in cutting edge compressed air technology with a presence across over a 100 countries, ELGi offers customers across the world a complete range of compressed air solutions from oil-lubricated and oil-free rotary screw compressors, oil-lubricated and oil-free reciprocating compressors and centrifugal compressors to dryers, filters and downstream accessories. With state of the art manufacturing units and a product portfolio of 400+ compressed air systems, ELGi redefines reliability, efficiency and cost-effectiveness across 2+ million installations globally.

About ELGi

Elgi Equipments Limited is a global air compressor manufacturer with a broad line of innovative and technologically superior compressed air systems. ELGi has consistently worked towards ensuring that companies achieve their productivity goals whilst keeping the cost of ownership low. ELGi offers a complete range of compressed air solutions from oil lubricated and oil-free rotary screw compressors, oil-lubricated and oil-free reciprocating compressors and centrifugal compressors, to dryers, filters and downstream accessories.

The company’s portfolio of over 400 products has found wide application across industries. For further information on the organisation and its products, please visit www.elgi.com

Coimbatore, India, 2019: Elgi Equipments (BSE: 522074 NSE: ELGIEQUIP), one of the world’s leading air-compressor manufacturers, has witnessed wide adoption of the ELGi Heat Recovery System (HRS), a solution for utilizing waste heat energy from an air compressor. Approximately 96% of the heat generated during the compression process, normally dispelled into the atmosphere, can now be recovered through the heat recovery system and then utilised to heat air (space) and water. This eliminates the need for additional equipment to heat air or water, thereby reducing CO2 emissions and energy consumption significantly.

The ELGi Heat Recovery System (HRS) is best suited for customers across process industries spanning paper, sugar, food and beverages, dairy, textiles etc, mainly companies who require compressed air and use hot water for their process requirements. The Heat Recovery System is a perfect solution for utilizing waste heat energy from the compressor and finds applicability across companies committed to building energy efficiency in their compressed air system and paving the way for a clean environment.

One of our customers, a paper mill, experienced the benefits of the HRS system, within the first few hours of installation, by way of continuous warm water availability with no external heating. With the implementation of HR 110, the customer was able to recover a heat load of ~ 89.14 kWh / 0.077 MKcal through the continuous water supply of ~2000 lit/hr at a temperature of ~70°C throughout the year. This resulted in an annual energy savings of 800~900 tonnes of LP steam and a carbon emission reduction of ~170-190 tonnes of Co2 / Yr. With the ELGi’s energy efficient compressor and heat recovery system, our client was able to achieve significant energy savings resulting in accomplishing the target stipulated by PAT Scheme I and winning the prestigious GREENCO award.

ELGi, is a pioneer in cutting edge compressed air technology with a presence across over a 100 countries, offering a complete range of compressed air solutions from oil-lubricated and oil-free rotary screw compressors, oil-lubricated and oil-free reciprocating compressors and centrifugal compressors to dryers, filters and downstream accessories. With state of the art manufacturing units and a product portfolio of 400+ compressed air systems, ELGi redefines reliability, efficiency and cost-effectiveness across 2+ million installations all over the world.

About ELGi

Elgi Equipments Limited is a global air compressor manufacturer with a broad line of innovative and technologically superior compressed air systems. ELGi has consistently worked towards ensuring that companies achieve their productivity goals whilst keeping the cost of ownership low. ELGi offers a complete range of compressed air solutions from oil lubricated and oil-free rotary screw compressors, oil-lubricated and oil-free reciprocating compressors and centrifugal compressors, to dryers, filters and downstream accessories.

The company’s portfolio of over 400 products has found wide application across industries. For further information on the organisation and its products, please visit www.elgi.com

Coimbatore, India, December 15, 2019: ELGi Equipments, (BSE: 522074 NSE: ELGIEQUIP), celebrated the 2nd edition of the “State of the Future Art” themed Technology Day at the Le Meridien, Coimbatore. The event saw participation from 200+ employees, the academia, students from over 20 engineering colleges across India and industry thought leaders. This year, the Global Technology Centre reflected on ELGi’s energy efficient and sustainable compressed air products that have debuted globally over the last one year, while gazing towards the exciting future.

Speaking at the event, Dr. Jairam Varadaraj, Managing Director, Elgi Equipments said “At ELGi, we place a great deal of importance on building compressed air solutions that help organizations bring down their energy and operating costs. At the same time, we ensure that our products help our customers to achieve their productivity goals with minimum impact on the environment.

Today, global climate change is an alarming reality and we’re striving to make a difference by ensuring organizations reduce both energy dependence and emissions. The “State of the Future Art” is an ELGi signature initiative aimed at identifying and developing advanced technology while nurturing innovation. With this objective we’re delighted to have created a platform that not just brings students, the academia, industry thought leaders and our employees together, but encourages active ideation and game-changing creativity with a view to developing products for the future.”

On display at the 2nd edition of Technology Day were engineering advances in product development presented by the ELGi Global Technology Centre. Keynote speakers, Prof. S. Rajasekaran, Chairman, Department of Orthopaedic and Spine Surgery, Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore, responsible for revolutionizing the field of medicine through innovation and Dr. Robert Ian Taylor, Technology Manager, Shell Global Solutions, a pioneer in future technology scouting and lubricants discovery, addressed the audience, highlighting how innovation paves the way for an organizations’ performance and success.

In line with ELGi’s focus on futuristic innovation, a companywide technology ideation contest was rolled out globally, earlier this year. The same has witnessed overwhelming participation from employees across the globe, paving the way for developing compressed air solutions that are both energy efficient and sustainability enabling. Engineering students from over 20 colleges were invited to author papers on “Energy efficiency and creating a greener environment”. ELGi employees have been working on similar paper presentations for the past few months. The winners were felicitated at the event.

About ELGi

Elgi Equipments Limited is a global air compressor manufacturer with a broad line of innovative and technologically superior compressed air systems. ELGi has consistently worked towards ensuring that companies achieve their productivity goals whilst keeping the cost of ownership low. ELGi offers a complete range of compressed air solutions from oil lubricated and oil-free rotary screw compressors, oil-lubricated and oil-free reciprocating compressors and centrifugal compressors, to dryers, filters and downstream accessories.

The company’s portfolio of over 400 products has found wide application across industries. For further information on the organisation and its products, please visit www.elgi.com

Charlotte, NC and Grand Rapids, MI/Coimbatore, India December 17, 2019: ELGi Compressors USA, Inc., a subsidiary of Elgi Equipments Limited, a global supplier of compressed air solutions, today announced its acquisition of Michigan Air Solutions, one of the largest independent air compressor distributors in Michigan. This acquisition is an important step that ELGI has taken to expand its presence in the US and strengthen its position as a leading player in the global compressed air industry.

Michigan Air Solutions was established in 2009, and has served the markets in Michigan’s Lower Peninsula with compressed air expertise, a wide range of products, and responsive after-sales support. Its product portfolio encompasses all compressed air needs from compressors, dryers, filtration, piping, vacuum pumps, blowers, and more.

“At ELGi, we focus on being the customer’s preference. World class products with the lowest life cycle cost (LCC), best-in-class uptime, robust warranty programs and cost leadership achieved through technology and innovation are just some of the factors contributing to our growth and success in the USA, in a short span of 5 years. Michigan Air Solutions complements ELGi’s global growth strategy, and brings significant market reach and scale, that will add further value to our product offerings and go-to-market plans across the region, said Dr. Jairam Varadaraj, Managing Director, Elgi Equipments Ltd.

“ELGi’s acquisition of Michigan Air is a continuation of our strategy to invest in select, inorganic opportunities to gain presence in the North American market,” said David Puck, President, ELGi North America. “With ELGi’s robust product portfolio and Michigan Air’s customer centricity, we are confident of building a strong foundation for market growth in the Midwest.”

“On behalf of the Michigan Air team, I am excited for this new journey with ELGi,” said Lisa Lewis, General Manager, Michigan Air Solutions. “We recognize ELGi’s commitment to manufacturing products with best-in-class reliability and ownership cost. Matched to Michigan Air’s proven customer service, we will create a formidable team.”

Through this acquisition, ELGi gains access to a significant customer base and establishes a foundation for further expansion in North America. Michigan Air Solution’s market leadership will provide ELGi with a significant territory from which to grow.

About ELGi

Elgi Equipments Limited is a global air compressor manufacturer with a broad line of innovative and technologically superior compressed air systems. ELGi has consistently worked towards ensuring that companies achieve their productivity goals whilst keeping the cost of ownership low. ELGi offers a complete range of compressed air solutions from oil lubricated and oil-free rotary screw compressors, oil-lubricated and oil-free reciprocating compressors and centrifugal compressors, to dryers, filters and downstream accessories.

The company’s portfolio of over 400 products has found wide application across industries. For further information on the organisation and its products, please visit www.elgi.com

ELGi has a strong legacy of providing compressed air solutions for the construction, mining, water-well drilling and oil and gas industries for over four decades. The central launches at the ELGi stand, this year, were the energy-efficient, electric powered trolley mounted portable air compressor, the PG 90E -12.5 and the diesel powered trolley mounted portable air compressor, the PG 500-185.

Also on display were the diesel powered trolley mounted portable air compressors, the PG 450 – 200 and the electric powered trolley mounted portable air compressors, the PG 22E, PG 75E and PG 45E. With superior technology, these rugged and reliable air compressors are energy-efficient while delivering customer centric benefits of low operating costs, stability, increased operational life, low maintenance costs and ease of use. The IE3 motors integrated with proprietary eta-V profile airends, suitable for dusty environments, ensure every ELGi electric powered portable air compressor demonstrates a high level of productivity. Over the year’s ELGi’s portable compressors have found extensive usage across a diverse range of applications that include construction, marble mining, granite mining and blue metal quarries.

Speaking at EXCON 2019, Ramesh Ponnuswami, Executive Director, Elgi Equipments said, “World class infrastructure is without doubt one of the key drivers for the Indian economy. Studies reveal that investments of over $63.20 billion will propel the infrastructure sector forward across the country. We’re excited about the opportunity.
At ELGi, we focus on developing customer centric compressed air solutions to address their needs. Our diesel and electric powered portable air compressors redefine maintenance costs, energy-efficiency and productivity across the industry. We’re delighted to be showcasing our range of portable air compressors at EXCON 2019 and we look forward to a great exhibition this year.”

ELGi, is a pioneer in cutting edge compressed air technology with a presence across over a 100 countries, offering a complete range of compressed air solutions from oil-lubricated and oil-free rotary screw compressors, oil-lubricated and oil-free reciprocating compressors and centrifugal compressors to dryers, filters and downstream accessories. With state of the art manufacturing units and a product portfolio of 400+ compressed air systems, ELGi redefines reliability, efficiency and cost-effectiveness across 2+ million installations all over the world.

For more details on our portable compressors, visit us at www.elgi.com or send mail to communications@elgi.com.

About ELGi

Elgi Equipments Limited is a global air compressor manufacturer with a broad line of innovative and technologically superior compressed air systems. ELGi has consistently worked towards ensuring that companies achieve their productivity goals whilst keeping the cost of ownership low. ELGi offers a complete range of compressed air solutions from oillubricated and oil-free rotary screw compressors, oil-lubricated and oil-free reciprocating compressors and centrifugal compressors, to dryers, filters and downstream accessories.

The company’s portfolio of over 400 products has found wide application across industries. For further information on the organisation and its products, please visit www.elgi.com

New Delhi, Oct 22nd, 2019: Elgi Equipments (BSE: 522074 NSE: ELGIEQUIP), one of the world’s leading air-compressor manufacturers, exhibited its oil free range of piston compressors for the railway segment at the 13th International Railway Equipment Exhibition (IREE), Asia’s largest rail transportation event. Also on display at the ELGi stall no. 54 in Hall 2, were ELGi’s encapsulated screw air compressor (EN series) and underslung auxiliary compressors. Organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), in association with the Ministry of Railways, Government of India, the IREE, scheduled from the 22nd to the 24th of October 2019, at Aerocity, New Delhi is expected to attract exhibitors and delegates from across the globe with a focus on continuous modernisation and expansion of the Indian Railways.

“The Indian Railways has been ELGi’s important customer for over four decades. Increasing urbanization and rising incomes have contributed to a significant growth in the passenger segment while freight traffic also saw a marked increase due to dedicated freight corridor investments. We’re confident that our oil free air compressors which are renowned for reliability, performance and energy efficiency, will further revolutionize the way compressed air is used in the railway industry’’ said Dr. Jairam Varadaraj, Managing Director, Elgi Equipments.
Speaking at IREE 2019, Ramesh Ponnuswami, Executive Director Elgi Equipments, said “We’re proud to introduce our Oil free air compressors for the Metro/EMU segment. Indigenously developed and bearing a lighter construction tag with noiseless operation at less than 66 dbA. This product is testament to our focus on continuous innovation and delivering sustainable and efficient compressed air solutions for our customers, in line with our brand promise of being Always Better.”

ELGi’s Oil free piston series (RR10100 OF/RR20100 OF) offers railway customers clean, oil free air, enabling ease of operations, reduced maintenance costs of up to 50% and improved maintenance schedules. This will eliminate the need for routine maintenance checks enabling significant savings. As a CLASS ‘0’ certified product, the ELGi oil free compressor also ensures reduced CO2 emissions and a greener environment. ELGi’s oil free piston compressor provides best-in-class output, durable parts and a minimum number of service points, thereby offering a lower life cycle cost to the customer.

Also on display, the ELGi EN (Encapsulated) series compressor addresses customer’s varying air flow demands with high energy efficiency. The EN series is a compact, silent and energy efficient screw compressor with an encapsulated air end and air oil separation tank assembly. The EN series models also come equipped with enclosures and smart controllers that monitor, control and protect the compressor. The ELGi U/S CRC auxiliary compressor provides customers with a convertible solution (on board/underslung) for pantograph lifting applications. This direct drive piston compressor is compact, silent and ensures superior performance on account of the unique integrated motor and top block design.

ELGi, is a pioneer in cutting edge compressed air technology, offering a complete range of compressed air solutions from oil-lubricated and oil-free rotary screw compressors, oil-lubricated and oil-free reciprocating compressors and centrifugal compressors to dryers, filters and downstream accessories. With state of the art manufacturing units and a product portfolio of 400+ compressed air systems, ELGi redefines reliability, efficiency and cost-effectiveness across installations all over the world.

About ELGi

Elgi Equipments Limited is a global air compressor manufacturer with a broad line of innovative and technologically superior compressed air systems. ELGi has consistently worked towards ensuring that companies achieve their productivity goals whilst keeping the cost of ownership low. ELGi offers a complete range of compressed air solutions from oillubricated and oil-free rotary screw compressors, oil-lubricated and oil-free reciprocating compressors and centrifugal compressors, to dryers, filters and downstream accessories.

The company’s portfolio of over 400 products has found wide application across industries. For further information on the organisation and its products, please visit https://www.elgi.com/ru

Coimbatore, India October 15th, 2019: Elgi Equipments (BSE: 522074 NSE: ELGIEQUIP), one of the world’s leading air-compressor manufacturers, recently won the 2019 CII Design Awards. The ELGi AB ‘Always Better’ series, a disruption in Oil free compressed air technology, won the CII Design Excellence Award in the Industrial Design, capital goods category. The CII Design Excellence Awards, endorsed by the India Design Council, acknowledge and celebrate design and innovation in India, while aiming to create new paradigms of design and promoting a unique amalgamation of traditional and contemporary design.

Commenting on the win, Dr. Jairam Varadaraj, Managing Director, Elgi Equipments Ltd said “At ELGi, design thinking is at the core of effective strategy development and organizational change. We believe that innovation has evolved from being engineering focused to design focused and from product centricity to customer centricity. The ELGi AB ‘Always Better’ series is a disruption in Oil free compressed air technology, offering customers a no-compromise, oil free solution at approximately 8 – 10% reduced lifecycle costs when compared with prevailing oil free technology. With significantly lower maintenance and ease of use, customers will also be assured of reliable, high air purity for sensitive industry applications. From a design perspective, the AB series is customer centric and reflects our focus on product aesthetics, design and innovation.

With a clean, rectangular form, the AB Series oil free screw air compressor is largely defined by its functional parts. A filleted corner on the front face distinguishes the user interface from the rest of the air compressor. The canopy is designed to be symmetrical with azure blue panels replicating the color of water, signifying the underlying oil free technology.

This year, over forty six products were shortlisted and exhibited at the CII Design Summit held in Goa. The products were judged across criteria ranging from innovation, user friendliness, aesthetics, coherence and sustainability, by a jury comprising of several eminent personalities from the design fraternity in India.

ELGi, is a pioneer in cutting edge compressed air technology with a presence across over a 100 countries, offering a complete range of compressed air solutions from oil lubricated and oil free rotary screw compressors, oil lubricated and oil free reciprocating compressors and centrifugal compressors to dryers, filters and downstream accessories. With state of the art manufacturing units and a product portfolio of 400+ compressed air systems, ELGi redefines reliability, efficiency and cost-effectiveness across 2+ million installations all over the world.