By IANS
Pune : Cummins India’s power generation business Thursday inaugurated its manufacturing unit capable of making small generator sets of 15-150 KVA capacity here.
Launching the facility at Pirangut, Anant Talaulicar, chairman and managing director, Cummins India Ltd. said: “The new unit will specialize in manufacturing small generator sets of 15-140 KVA capacity for original equipment manufacturers and distributors within and outside India.”
The Pirangut facility is comprised of two plants – Export Oriented Unit (EOU) and Domestic Tariff Area (DTA).
The total capacity of the facility (on multiple shifts) is around 50,000 generator sets per annum and is comprised of over 100,000 square feet of manufacturing space. The facility will use automated flow lines for high volume genset assembly.
The announcement of the new facility coincides with the launch of the company’s new range of ‘X series’ generator sets for global and domestic markets.
Cummins entered the small genset market six years ago. Tony Satterthwaite, vice president Worldwide Genset Business, said: “Our business in India contributes significantly to our global strength. Based on our success in small generator sets in India, for the past six years we have been working on leveraging India as a global source for small generator sets.”
According to Satterthwaite, the new facility has been built to global standards and addresses capacity constraints. Along with the new facility launch, Cummins has also globally launched the new 30-38 KVA generator sets.
Cummins India Limited is part of the US $11.4 billion Cummins Inc.