CG inaugurates its first Global Design Centre (G.D.C.) for motors

•   To fulfill ever‐evolving market needs for industrial products
•   Reduce time to market for technologically advanced products
•   Solutions : commercial motors and highly engineered medium voltage motors and generators


Avantha Group Company CG opened its very first Global Design Centre, or G.D.C., in Bhopal, India thereby boosting its support to customers globally for ever‐evolving market needs in oil and gas, cement, mining and metals, water treatment, electrical transportation, power, to name a few .The Global Design Centre’s key markets would include countries spread across South East Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Europe.

CG’s Global Design Centre is unique insofar as being the nerve centre of the design and development of advanced technological solutions for CG’s projects globally. It will synergise teams across regions, cross‐ pollinate ideas, co‐create, and deploy best practices leading to the optimisation of CG’s global network of engineering resources and manufacturing facilities to consequence highly integrated innovative products and technologies.

The product portfolio would cover commercial motors and highly engineered medium voltage motors and generators that will be developed as per customer demand in a single location. Other offerings include LV/MV Motors up to 25 MW, Synchronous Machines up to 70 MVA and the LV/MV development of AC drives.

CG’s global technology pool will thrive through effective international collaboration, and with the support of 90 local service centres in more than 15 countries. G.D.C. currently has over 150 designers working globally. The centre is designated to offer a centralised system of customising CG’s products that would reflect global standards across geographies.

CG’s Global Research Centre in Mumbai is the hub of technology development for all of CG’s businesses. By integrating the G.D.C.in Bhopal, it further reinforces CG’s global network of centres located in Canada, Belgium, Spain, Newark Hungary, Germany, Sweden and India.The G.D. C will support, address and sustain the current and emerging business objectives of CG’s Industrial portfolio.

Commenting on the inauguration of the new facility,Avantha Group Company CG’s CEO and
Managing Director Laurent Demortier said “The Global Design Centre reiterates CG’s commitment

towards developing energy‐efficient and technologically advanced products of a high quality that require a minimum long‐term investment and that reduce lead time in the market. The G.D.C. enables synergies of expertise by closely integrating CG’s centres of excellence around the globe, for the purpose of fuelling innovation and accelerating development”.

About CG

Avantha Group Company CG is a global pioneering leader in the management and application of electrical energy. With more than 15,000 employees across its operations in around 85 countries, CG provides electrical products, systems and services for utilities, power generation, industries, and consumers. The company is organized into four business groups: Power, Industrial, Automation, and Consumer. CG clocks US$ 2.3 billion in revenues from product lines that cover the entire value chain of engineering offerings.

For more information on CG, please visit: www.cgglobal.com.

About Avantha

The Rs. 25,000 crores (US$4bn) Avantha Group is one of India's leading business conglomerates. Its successful entities in diversified sectors include Crompton Greaves (power transmission and distribution equipment and services), BILT (paper and pulp), The Global Green Company Limited (food processing), Biltech Building Elements Limited (infrastructure), Avantha Power (energy), Salient Business Solutions Limited (IT and ITES), Jg Glass (glass container).

With a global footprint, the Group operates in 90 countries with more than 25,000 employees worldwide. Led by GautamThapar, Avantha demonstrates strong leadership globally and emerges as a focused corporate, leveraging its knowledge, leadership and operations, adding lasting value for its stakeholders and investors.

For more information on Avantha, please visit: www.avanthagroup.com.

For further information, please contact:

Ms. Paula Sengupta
Global Head ‐ Communications
CG (Crompton Greaves Limited)
CG House, 10th floor
Worli, Mumbai 400 030, India
T: +91 22 24237516 / 67558771
paula.sengupta@cgglobal.com

Mrs. Shravani Dang
Vice President
Group Head – Corporate Communications
Avantha Group, 1st floor, Thapar House,
24, Janpath Lane, New Delhi 110 001
Tel (D): +91 11 41699282 Tel (B): +91 11 23368332
s.dang@avanthagroup.com

CG expands its RMU capacity to cater to the Indian Subcontinent

• To address larger goal of cutting power distribution losses
• Expansion of domestic footprint, investment of INR 100 mn
• Production capacity more than doubled to produce 1,000 RMUs per month


Avantha Group Company CG’s joint venture – CG Lucy, today inaugurated its new Ring Main Unit (RMU) production facility at Nashik, India. Incorporated in 1994, CG Lucy Switchgear Ltd. is a joint venture company between CG and W. Lucy & Co. Ltd., Oxford, U.K. The facility offers RMUs for enhancing the efficiency of power distribution networks, preventing transformer burnouts and is equipped with a partial discharge testing facility up to 33kV.

The new facility is the fruition of CG’s expansion strategy in the domestic market. CG Lucy has more than doubled its capacity to produce 1000 RMUs per month for the growing demand of reliable and secure power supply in the rapidly expanding Indian subcontinent. Built with an investment of INR 100 million, this plant is spread across an area of 3500 square meters and aims to employ approximately 200 people.

This plant is specially equipped with an Automated Sealant preparation process, a Robotic Welding setup and a Partial Discharge test facility for producing High Quality and Reliable products. It will produce RMUs for the expansion of power distribution networks for utilities, especially in megacities, industries, infrastructure projects and buildings with a huge power demand. Compact, lightweight and easy to install, these RMUs isolate the faulty section, ensuring continuous power supply to end users. They can be universally applied across 12kV/
24kV distribution controls in network distribution, for e.g. the municipality,compact substations, buildings, complexes, hospitals and industries.

In 2013, CG won the largest contract for the Design, Engineering, Manufacture, Supply, Erection, Testing and Commissioning of 11kV and 22kV  RMUs and associated materials in consortium with the ECC Division of L&T Ltd. This order primarily includes the supply of 3,283
RMUs to the Tamil Nadu Generation & Distribution Corporation Limited (TANGEDCO), for their
Restructured Accelerated Power Development and to the Reforms Programme (R‐APDRP) in seven cities of Tamil Nadu.

Power distribution losses in India are approximately INR 600‐650 bn. CG holds a market share of 18 percent in the distribution switchgear market.

Commenting on the inauguration of the new facility, Lucy Switchgear Chairman, Richard Dick, said: I am very pleased to be here in Nashik to  mark the inauguration of this new RMU manufacturing facility. This will provide a significant increase in capacity to enable CG Lucy to meet a growing demand in India for RMUs and allied equipment. The latest techniques will be employed to ensure that CG Lucy's reputation as a first class supplier is maintained and additional engineering resources will be available so that new customer specific requirements can be met. I congratulate the CG Lucy team on completing this fine new building.

Commenting on the inauguration of the new facility, Avantha Group Company CG’s CEO and Managing Director Laurent Demortier averred: “I commend the CG Lucy team for this new feat. It is our proud privilege to have partnered with Lucy switchgear ‐ a 100+ year old leader in secondary power distribution solutions. This is our second RMU facility which is an example of cutting edge medium voltage design and innovation. The new facility reinforces CG’s strategic business intent to further expand its domestic footprint to offer best‐in‐class electrical products and solutions to the megacities of the Indian subcontinent where distribution losses are a major concern.”

About CG

Avantha Group Company CG is a global pioneering leader in the management and application of electrical energy. With more than 15,000 employees across its operations in around 85 countries, CG provides electrical products, systems and services for utilities, power generation, industries, and consumers. The company is organized into four business groups: Power, Industrial, Automation, and Consumer. CG clocks US$ 2.3 billion in revenues from product lines that cover the entire value chain of engineering offerings.

For more information on CG, please visit: www.cgglobal.com.

About Avantha

The Rs. 25,000 crores (US$4bn) Avantha Group is one of India's leading business conglomerates. Its successful entities in diversified sectors include Crompton Greaves (power transmission and distribution

equipment and services), BILT (paper and pulp), The Global Green Company Limited (food processing), Biltech Building Elements Limited (infrastructure), Avantha Power (energy), Salient Business Solutions Limited (IT and ITES), Jg Glass (glass container).

With a global footprint, the Group operates in 90 countries with more than 25,000 employees worldwide. Led by GautamThapar, Avantha demonstrates strong leadership globally and emerges as a focused corporate, leveraging its knowledge, leadership and operations, adding lasting value for its stakeholders and investors.

For more information on Avantha, please visit: www.avanthagroup.com.

For further information, please contact:
Ms. Paula Sengupta
Global Head ‐ Communications
CG (Crompton Greaves Limited)
CG House, 10th floor
Worli, Mumbai 400 030, India
T: +91 22 24237516 / 67558771
paula.sengupta@cgglobal.com

Mrs. Shravani Dang
Vice President
Group Head – Corporate Communications
Avantha Group, 1st floor, Thapar House,
24, Janpath Lane, New Delhi 110 001
Tel (D): +91 11 41699282 Tel (B): +91 11 23368332
s.dang@avanthagroup.com

Dr. Jan Declercq
Chief Technology Officer
CG
Antwerpsesteenweg 167
2800 Mechelen, Belgium
T: +32 15 283 240
jan.declercq@cgglobal.com


CG, as part of the FICG consortium, receives order in excess of €150 mio, for the offshore wind project “Gemini” in the Netherlands

•   Design, deliver and install 2 HV offshore substations and 1 HV onshore substation
•   Supply and secure low carbon electricity to over 785,000 households
•   Reduce emissions of 1,250,000 tons of CO2


Avantha Group Company CG, along with the other consortium partners Fabricom and Iemants, has been selected by Van Oord, for the offshore wind project “Gemini” in the Netherlands. As part of the scope CG, will design, deliver and install 2 high voltage (HV) offshore substations and 1 HV onshore substation. The volume of the order for the consortium is in excess of €150Mn. CG’s scope covers approx.30% of the overall contract.The project is expected to start in the second quarter of 2014 and to be completed in 2016.

The Gemini project consists of 2 offshore wind farms i.e. Buitengaats (300MW) and ZeeEnergie (300MW) and is located 85 kms north of the island of Schiermonnikoog in the Dutch North Sea. The total 600MW of installed capacity will produce electricity for over 785,000 households which equals a reduction in emissions of 1,250,000 tons of CO2.

To achieve the desired development potential of this project, CG will design and engineer the overall electrical HV system, manufacture and  supply all key equipment and connect the onshore substation to the 400 kV Tennet high voltage grid.

Furthermore, the Gemini project builds on CG’s successful track record. It is the 10th offshore grid connection project secured since 2008. CG’s connecting technology and products have been chosen for its high reliability, high performance and cost effectiveness.Over the past years CG has developed an innovative AC connection link for offshore wind farms. CG’s proven technology already used in other platforms on the North Sea (a.o.Belwind, Humber Gateway, Northwind) has minimal weight, hence lowers costs and is designed for optimal and minimal maintenance compared with traditional high voltage AC or DC solutions.

Avantha Group Company CG’s CEO and Managing Director Laurent Demortier said: “We are delighted that Van Oord has awarded CG a ‘further order’.The transaction is consistent with our renewable energy strategy. It provides yet another opportunity to utilize CG’s unique technology & expertise in wind offshore connection (HVAC) and to assist the Government and our clients in reducing carbon emissions and increasing the supply of green energy”.

About CG

Avantha Group Company CG is a global pioneering leader in the management and application of electrical energy. With more than 15,000 employees across its operations in around 85 countries, CG provides electrical products, systems and services for utilities, power generation, industries, and consumers.The company is organized into four business groups: Power, Industrial, Automation, and Consumer. CG clocks US$ 2.3 billion in revenues from product lines that cover the entire value chain of engineering offerings.

For more information on CG, please visit: www.cgglobal.com.

About Avantha

The Rs. 25,000 crores (US$4bn) Avantha Group is one of India's leading business conglomerates. Its successful entities in diversified sectors include Crompton Greaves (power transmission and distribution equipment and services), BILT (paper and pulp), The Global Green Company Limited (food processing), Biltech Building Elements Limited (infrastructure), Avantha Power (energy), Salient Business Solutions Limited (IT and ITES), Jg Glass (glass containers)


With a global footprint, the Group operates in 90 countries with more than 25,000 employees worldwide. Led by Gautam Thapar, Avantha demonstrates strong leadership globally and emerges as a focused corporate, leveraging its knowledge, leadership and operations, adding lasting value for its stakeholders and investors.

For more information on Avantha, please visit :  www.avanthagroup.com
For further information, please contact:

Ms. Paula Sengupta
Global Head ‐ Communications
CG (Crompton Greaves Limited)
CG House, 10th floor
Worli, Mumbai 400 030, India
T: +91 22 24237516 / 67558771
paula.sengupta@cgglobal.com

Mrs. Shravani Dang
Vice President
Group Head – Corporate Communications
Avantha Group, 1st floor, Thapar House,
24, Janpath Lane, New Delhi 110 001
Tel (D): +91 11 41699282 Tel (B): +91 11 23368332
s.dang@avanthagroup.com

Dr. Jan Declercq
Chief Technology Officer
CG
Antwerpsesteenweg 167
2800 Mechelen, Belgium
T: +32 15 283 240
jan.declercq@cgglobal.com