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Hitachi Ltd recently
announced that Hitachi Hi-
Rel Power Electronics Pvt
Ltd, its group company in India, has
established and started operations at
a new manufacturing facility in the
Sanand-II Gujarat Industrial
Development Corporation (GIDC)
Estate. With this new factory now
operating alongside its existing
Gandhinagar factory, Hitachi Hi-Rel
intends to enhance the lineup of
industrial power electronics for use in
plants in fields such as power
generation, steelmaking, and
chemicals. The goal is to expand
Hitachi Hi-Rel’s revenue of the
growing Indian infrastructure
market.
India is currently seeing the
construction of many large-scale
plants such as power plants, steel
works and petrochemical plants,
spurred by its rapidly growing
economy and plans for large-scale
investments in renewable energy to
realize a low-carbon society. These
developments are expected to lead to
expansion in demand for industrial
power electronics such as medium
and low-voltage inverter drive
systems, uninterrupted power
supplies (UPS) and power
conditioners for power generation.
These products are required to ensure
stable operations of large-scale
factories, and to conserve energy, a
statement by Hitachi observed.
In October 2011, Hitachi invested
in Hi-Rel whereby Hi-Rel Electronics
Pvt Ltd became a subsidiary and
changed its name to Hitachi Hi-Rel
Power Electronics Pvt Ltd. Since the
1980s, Hi-Rel Electronics had
expanded mission-critical businesses
in India, including backup power and
power stabilizer solutions in a broad
range of fields, such as oil refining,
petrochemicals, power generation,
steelmaking and metals.
Hitachi Hi-Rel’s Gandhinagar
factory manufactures power
electronics such as industrial UPS,
battery chargers and inverters for
railway applications. Furthermore,
since October, 2012, the factory has
added grid-connected solar power
inverters to the production lineup to
address demand in the renewable
energy field.
The Sanand factory will produce
industrial power electronics products
such as medium-voltage and low
voltage inverter drives steel
automation drives and industrial
automation products to increase its
lineup of offerings. This will enable
Hitachi Hi-Rel to manufacture cost
competitive products with “best-inclass”
quality with Hitachi
manufacturing know-how.
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