Crompton Greaves has
planned to set up one of the
world's largest ultra high
voltage research centres, at Nashik
in Maharashtra.
Having achieved leadership
position in the manufacture of high
voltage power products up to
800kV, this move to set up this UHV
research centre at its Ambad plant
in Nashik city is a giant leap
towards fulfilling its cherished
objective of positioning itself as the
dominant player in the UHV arena,
a release from CG said.
The company is making initial
investment of approximately
40
crore to establish this research
centre and will further augment
infrastructure in the next three
years with an additional
20 crore.
After performing the
'Bhoomipujan' and laying the
foundation stone of the research
centre, S M Trehan, Managing
Director, CG, said, "This is indeed a
momentous occasion for CG and
the research activities planned here
would tremendously enhance the
technological capabilities of CG in
this advanced technological arena"
CG has been in the forefront of
technology development, fulfilling
the new requirements of its
customers in India and abroad. CG
was one of the first partners to have
volunteered to take up this
challenge of developing
indigenously three major products
required for 1,200kV research
station being established by Power
Grid Corporation of India.
Speaking of its UHV expertise,
the CG statement noted that the
company has indigenously
designed, developed and
manufactured 800kV power
transformer, gas circuit breakers,
instrument transformers and surge
arresters, apart from 1,200kV
power products.
With solid foundation in
design, development and
manufacture of UHV products
indigenously, this newly planned
UHV research centre, which is an
extension of their Global R&D
centre, will enhance their inhouse
research capabilities to
optimize the designs and upgrade
the products and services, the
release added.