Cummins India
Cummins India has an India presence for the past 52 years and has built a very strong reputation by virtue of its strong dealer network, product quality, and after-sales support. It supplies engines to three OEMs — Powerica, Jakson Power, and Sudhir Gensets. In turn, the OEMs assemble the DG sets by adding on alternators, canopies, and control panels — these are then sent to dealers across India for sale to customers.
Caterpillar India
In India, Caterpillar sells 200-3,000KVA diesel generator sets, gas-based generator sets, and also rents out 200-2,000 KVA gensets. Caterpillar has a manufacturing facility in Hosur, Tamil Nadu. The unit specializes in the design and manufacture of internal combustion engines, genset packages, and components. The product variants in a wide-ranging perspective are diesel engines, gas-engine long blocks, and electric power generator sets. Product ratings range from 200 kVA to 2,000 kVA depending on the various families like 3300, 3400, C series, and 3500. There are more than 300 employees in this facility.
Hosur currently has an extensive customer base across India, China, Indonesia, Australia, Europe, and North America. The unit assembles 200-3000kva engines, makes DG engines of up to 750kva, and imports/assembles >750kva. It has a machining shop for marking components that fit into the engine.It produces ~400 engines a month, i.e., ~5000 engines per annum using a single shift. It has the capacity to double production by using two shifts.
Starting production in India from October, 2014 onwards. Perkins is developing manufacturing facility in Aurangabad, Shendra Industrial Area. The facility will manufacture its 4000 Series engines, with power outputs from 700- to 2000-kVA. The estimated cost is around Rs 7.5bn with production capacity of 3,000 units that will be extended to 5,000 units. The new plant will help meet growing demand for engines from Asian markets. The 120,000 sq. mt. site (including a 40,000 sq. mt. manufacturing area), will also undertake machining, assembly and test, paint and packaging.
Channel Partners
In India, Perkins has two distribution partners — GMMCO Power and Powerparts Private Limited. GMMCO mainly concentrates in the Southern and Western states while Powerparts Pvt Ltd takes care of the Northern and Eastern region.
Gmmco Power
Territories supported — Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep,Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu.
Powerparts Private Limited
Territories supported — Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and West Bengal
KOEL is one of the major DG set manufacturers in India, especially in the low- to mid-end segment. It has a presence in the power generation sector and caters to agriculture and industrial segments. It also exports engines to the Middle East and African markets. Kirloskar has four manufacturing facilities — one each in Nasik, Pune, Rajkot, and Kolhapur.
Mahindra Powerol
Mahindra & Mahindra entered the DG business under the brand name Mahindra Powerol. It can produce DG sets from 5kva to 500kva. Mahindra has a strong presence in the telecom industry with most of the telecom companies opting for its gensets. Powerol also has a presence with banks, buildings, hospitals, hotels, and the manufacturing segments.
It has OEM’s in major cities of 15 states. Mahindra diesel gensets are manufactured at two factories located at Pune and Delhi, with a combined manufacturing capacity of over 30,000 sets a year.
Ashok Leyland
It is the genset provider in engines, alternators, and controllers. Its diesel generating sets meet latest CPCB norms in India and are made to meet international norms. AL’s sets are powered by the compact 4-, 6-, 8-, and 12-cylinder series of diesel engines. Its DG sets are silent, environment-friendly, require minimum maintenance, and are low on operating costs.
Leypower diesel generating sets are manufactured in plants located across six units in the country. The present range extends from 10-2,250 kVA with generating sets manufactured to operate under arduous conditions. It has OEM’s present across 20+ states in India.
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