CG upgrades substation at GlobalFoundries’ Fab Malta, New York

CG upgrades substation at Global Foundries’ Fab Malta, New York

•   Design, procurement, engineering and installation completed
•   Showcases capability in meeting semiconductor industry demand
•   Strengthens relationship for next phase of the plant expansion

Avantha Group Company CG has successfully designed, engineered, installed, tested and commissioned a substation expansion including two 45/75 MVA power transformers for the GlobalFoundries’ Fab 8 computer chip manufacturing complex in Malta, New York.
CG’s power transformers will ensure a continuous, reliable power supply at Global Foundries’ Malta plant, which has a 300,000‐square‐foot clean room, a fabrication area approaching one million square feet, and a workforce of more than 2,000.

CG was selected for this important project because of the company’s ability to provide a total solution
EPC approach to a project that had a compact construction schedule.
After successfully designing, procuring and installing the original transmission lines and substation during the initial construction phase of the Fab 8 plant in 2009‐10, CG has remained a valued‐added partner with GlobalFoundries. The current project places the company in a favorable position to provide turnkey Transmission and Distribution (T&D) solutions, including post‐project services, for the next phase of the Global Foundries Malta fabrication plant, which is expected to be completed in 2014.

The market size for power transformers in the U.S.is estimated to reach 4640 Mn USD by 2018. It is growing at an estimated CAGR of 6% and this market is just 18% of the global power transformer market.*
In the US, CG has Manufacturing Units, Sales Offices and Service Facilities in Washington (Missouri), Springfield (New Jersey), Albany and Rochester (New York), Connecticut, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. The company has successfully completed over 300 projects in 34 US states and 14 foreign countries, ranging from 2.4 kV class to 765 kV class. It is responsible for interconnecting 22% of wind power in the United States.

Commenting on the completion of this project, Avantha Group Company CG’s CEO and Managing Director Laurent Demortier said: “The completion of this project marks the continuing diversification of CG into industrial markets. We thank GlobalFoundries and their General Contractor for renewing their trust in CG and we look forward to strengthening our relationship as a long‐standing partner, able to supply high‐quality, durable power equipment that meets their needs for a reliable power source.”

*Source: Global Industry Analysts, Inc. Report on Power Transformers

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.
CG’s Automation headquarters located in Bilbao, Spain, hosts the center of excellence for the development of CG’s smart grid solutions commercialized under the ZIV® brand.
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 of Corporate Communications
Avantha Group
Thapar House, 124 Janpath
New Delhi 110001
Phone: 011 41699282
Email: 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 installs ZIV Substation Automation System at Latin America’s largest photovoltaic power plant

CG installs ZIV Substation Automation System at Latin America’s largest photovoltaic power plant

•   Complete 61850 Substation Automation System (SAS) and associated engineering
•   Intelligent Electrical Devices (IED), system integration, commissioning, and training

Avantha Group Company CG’s Automation Business Unit (BU), through the Spanish contractor Isastur, has installed, in the Llanos de LLampo substation, in Chile, a complete 61850
SAS based on ZIV protection IEDs and a SAS gateway, providing also the associated engineering, system integration, commissioning, and training services. The size of the order is 500.000 Euros.
SunEdison’s 100‐Megawatt Llano de Llampos substation is located in the Atacama Desert in Chile. It distributes the energy generated by the largest Solar Photovoltaic Plant in Latin America (100 MW). The Substation’s PV modules transform sunlight radiation into  direct current (DC) electric power after converting it to alternating current (AC) by means of an inverter. This power is then distributed through the Sistema Interconectado Central High Voltage (HV) power lines.
After acquiring ZIV, CG is a key provider and an important player in the global smart grid market where it offers ZIV meters, protections, communication and automation solutions. CG offers innovative Substation Automation Systems (SAS) and Distribution Automation Solutions (DAS) commercialized under the ZIV® brand. ZIV has successfully been working in Latin America for the last 16 years supplying its IEDs and Systems to the main Utilities in the Region.

Speaking about this SAS project, Mr. Alejandro Vega, Isastur project Manager at Llano de Campos, said “ZIV played a key role in the successful commissioning of the 61850 Substation Automation System, meeting both delivery time and budget. They have continually displayed their technical ability to ensure minimum deviations throughout the commissioning period. We are very satisfied with the supplied ZIV
61850 SAS and with the service provided all the way from tender to commissioning.”
Speaking about this project, Avantha Group Company CG’s CEO & Managing Director, Laurent Demortier said: “As a global pioneering leader in the management and application of electrical energy, this installation reaffirms our strengths in several areas ‐ our expertise in automation technology, our expertise in transmission and distribution of power from renewable energy sources such as photovoltaic power plants, and our expertise and presence in Latin America. It is another milestone in our global
 
expansion and a vital component of our plans to gain expertise in technologies that cover the entire power spectrum – from generation, to automated transmission and distribution, to final consumption.”

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 of Corporate Communications
Avantha Group
Thapar House, 124 Janpath
New Delhi 110001
Phone: 011 41699282
Email: s.dang@avanthagroup.com 
          
Itziar Lasaosa
CG Automation Communications Manager
PT Zamudio, 210. Zamudio. Bizkaia. Spain.
T+34 625709727
i.lasaosa@ziv.es

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Avantha Group Company CG’s Automation Business Unit

CG to supply ZIVSubstation Automation Systems to monitorand improve PGCIL’stransmission capacityin Jharkhand,India

•   Supply of six 220/132/33 kV Substation Automation Systems
•   Manufacture and supply ZIV protection relays and systems
•   CG’s first SAS order from PGCIL

Avantha Group Company CG’s Automation Business Unit has bagged a deal from Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) to supply six Substation Automation Systems (SAS) in Jharkhand, India. The SAS, which will be jointly managed with CG’s Engineering Projects Division, India, is intended to help monitor and improve PGCIL’s transmission capacity across the state.

The deal involves supplying six 220/132/33 kV ZIV 61850 SAS to Govindpur, Manoharpur, Jaduguda, Dalbhumgarh, Jamtara, and Rourkela in Jharkhand, India. The order includes the manufacture and supply of ZIV protection and control relays, automation systems and engineering services. CG intelligent substation automation solutions are a key element to develop a safer and more efficient network.
The company’s cost‐effective substation automation solutions based on open standards simplify future expansion and maintainability and minimise lifetime costs. CG will utilise resources at its automation unit in Bangalore to provide local support during commissioning services. CG’s new site in Bangalore houses India’s first‐ever, state‐of‐the‐art facility for manufacturing Intelligent Electronic Devices and systems, both for Substation Automation and Smart Grid applications. CG will bring automation technologies and solutions that have been proven in similar climatic conditions in countries like Argentina, Mexico and Brazil.
After acquiring ZIV, CG is a key provider and an important player in the global smart grid market where it offers ZIV metering, protection, communication and automation solutions. CG offers innovative Substation Automation Systems (SAS) and Distribution Automation Solutions (DAS) commercialized under the ZIV® brand.

CG’s other business dealing with PGCIL is its maiden order for the manufacture of 765kV transformers. PGCIL, one of the largest power transmission utilities in the world, is developing a robust Integrated National Grid and participating in the Indian Government’s flagship programme, ‘Power for all’. Through the execution of this order, CG will qualify as a complete solutions provider which can build an intelligent integrated SAS, engineered around high‐end technology products. CG aims to widen its Substation Automation and Smart Grid offer spectrum and play a major role in strengthening the country’s power networks.
 
Speaking on the PGCIL order, Avantha Group Company CG’s CEO and Managing Director, Laurent Demortier, said: “We thank PGCIL for this order. We are proud to bring state‐of‐the‐art automation technology to PGCIL to contribute to a safer, efficient and stable grid. The substation automation systems delivered to PGCIL are part of the Smart Grid offering that CG has acquired following the acquisition of ZIV in 2012.”
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.
CG’s Automation headquarters located in Bilbao, Spain, hosts the center of excellence for the development of CG’s smart grid solutions commercialized under the ZIV® brand.
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 of Corporate Communications
Avantha Group
Thapar House, 124 Janpath
New Delhi 110001
Phone: 011 41699282
Email: s.dang@avanthagroup.com

Itziar Lasaosa
CG Automation Communications Manager
PT Zamudio, 210. Zamudio.
Bizkaia. Spain. T+34 625709727
itziar.lasaosa@cgglobal.com

Salient Business Solutions

About Salient
Salient Business Solutions is a niche business process solution provider for global clients in diverse vertical and horizontal streams like finance and accounts, healthcare, financial services, human resource and knowledge process outsourcing. Salient has an unmatched ability to grow its clients’ businesses by innovating to improve clients’ back-office processes, while significantly reducing the costs.

Mission / Vision 

Advantage Salient
Salient’s focus on business process outsourcing services combines with its advanced technical & process expertise to deliver long term customer centric benefits.
Mission
Harness knowledge capital and use cutting edge technology to deliver solutions that constantly exceed global standards.

Vision
To become an industry leader through continuous commitment to best in class standards of performance and productivity, team work, innovation and a willingness to embrace new ideas thereby creating customer delight and stakeholder wealth.

Culture
A young and vibrant global organization that leverages its knowledge heritage while empowering its people to create an environment of passion and change.

Core Value

• Integrity of Thought and Action
• Customer Delight
• Openness and Learning
• Innovation and Creativity
• Fast and Flexible
• Bonding and Team Work

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Avantha Differentiators

Why Avantha?

Deep Domain Knowledge	More than 70 years of manufacturing experience with leadership in Power Systems, Industrial Systems, Consumer Products
Adaptive Process Knowledge	An established global R&D center with facilities for Industrial Design / Product Design, Simulation & Prototyping. Highly competent , research oriented and skilled faculty at our technical University give technical edge
High Quality Delivery	Dedicated and hands on management team, qualified employees with required professional / technical skills
Process Excellence	End-to-end solution using best in class tools & methodologies focus on quality & stringent delivery standards
Credibility	Nine decade old track record in successfully managing diverse business globally coupled with JV partners domain expertise & in-depth process knowledge

Avantha Foundation Urban Governance Programme

Governance requires prioritisation from key players. This is especially the case in smaller towns - Urban Local Bodies (ULBs)- that are undergoing rapid transformation and urbanisation. These areas and governing bodies are in a flux, and need support to adapt to the urbanisation and way of life, particularly as urban democratic governance roles and responsibilities are not clearly defined. Neither is there much focus on strengthening systems in these towns. Resources are available to ULBs from the state and centre, but they are all in the form of tied funds. Besides, most of these towns are unaware of how to channelise these resources.

In order to bridge this gap, and offer support in an area that has remained largely untouched, the Avantha Foundation has decided to seed innovation in democratic governance practices in small towns with a population of 25,000 to 50,000, through a fund created to support such innovation. This programme is unique because it aims to recognise best practices within ULBs as an outcome of good democratic governance, thereby establishing its impact on service delivery.

The Avantha Foundation has constituted the ‘Avantha Governance Innovation Fund’ to create/support models of good urban governance that brings together the key players viz the elected representatives, citizens and the bureaucracy on a single platform to resolve a pressing issue of their town.

The thrust of our programme is on encouraging and strengthening innovations in democratic governance through maximised citizens’ participation. This pioneering programme has been envisaged as a collaborative effort between all stakeholders of the ULB (elected representatives, bureaucrats and citizens) to address governance gaps and put in place sustainable systems for strengthening good governance in their town.

Our objectives:

• To recognise good democratic governance in select ULBs and provide a fillip to innovation
• To create awareness about significance of good democratic governance in small urban bodies
• To facilitate systemic change by highlighting best practices that could be replicated
• To empower ULBs by strengthening the democratic process
• To establish seamless interface between citizens fora and elected representatives to ensure good service delivery by the ULB
• To promote learning and experimentation amongst ULBs by creating a knowledge platform

In 2012-13, the target states are Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. The Foundation has partnered with an NGO - Samarthan, in these states.

Avantha Foundation seeks to create this seed of change, by developing a platform that addresses democratic governance gaps in ULBs. The seed capital provided by Avantha Foundation will incentivise a movement or issue aimed at strengthening good democratic governance and sustainable development.

Crompton Greaves Wins Wind Onshore Projects in France

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Wednesday, July 03, 2013 -- (Business Wire India)

• Will produce electricity for over 55,000 households

• Estimated reduction in emissions - 130.000 tons of CO2 per year.

Avantha Group Company CG has been awarded a contract worth € 3.5Mn for the design, engineering, supply, installation & commissioning of a “WINDSUB” (wind farm substation) at the 75 MW Seine Rive Gauche Nord wind farm in France, located in the Aube department on the left bank of the river. CG will also be responsible for upgrading/building the overall electrical system.
The project scope includes all electrical, mechanical and civil engineering works, supply of two 45 MVA step-up power transformers, medium voltage and high voltage Air Insulated Switchgear (AIS), Substation Automation System (SAS), buildings and ancillaries.
The substation will help to integrate wind energy and boost power supplies to meet the growing residential demand besides reinforcing the transmission grid and improving reliability, efficiency and power quality. The total 150GWh of installed capacity will produce electricity for over 55,000 households with an estimated reduction in emissions of 130.000 tons of CO2 per year.
The project is scheduled for completion by mid 2014. Substations include equipments that protect and control the flow of electric power, transform voltage levels and facilitate the safe and efficient transmission and distribution of electricity in the grid.
CG was successful against established industry competition in securing this second reference project in the French renewable sector after the 225kV wind substation commissioned in 2011 for VALECO's wind farm “Les monts de Lacaune”.
Commenting on this win, Avantha Group Company CG's CEO & Managing Director, Mr. Laurent Demortier said: “This is yet another proud moment for us. We thank Nordex and H2air for awarding CG the contract. This win demonstrates CG's local project management strengths, and on and offshore track record besides our cost-efficient approach in offering turnkey “design and build” grid infrastructure solutions. The contract is recognition of our offerings and expertise in the renewable energy sector and our commitment to support France's renewal goal and the growing regional electricity needs”.
About Avantha Group Company 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.

Avantha Group: Global Green Recognition Award from YUM! India

Yum! India awarded “Recognition Award for 2013” to Global Green during a felicitation ceremony held on 4^th July 2013 at J W Marriot, Chandigarh during YUM! Supplier Conference 2013.
The award from YUM! India is recognition for Global Green’s integrated tomato paste project – the project has helped YUM! India to achieve 100% localisation of tomato paste.
The award was presented by Mr. Vijay Sukumar, Chief – Food Innovation & Quality Assurance and Mr. Mr.Sunay Bhasin, Director Marketing – PH Dining, YUM! India to Mr.Ravi Jadeja, VP Sales (India, Russia & Middle East), Global Green
The conference is an annual event and was attended by the leader’s hip and management Team of YUM! consisting of more than 150 delegates from a wide base of national and international suppliers of YUM! YUM!  Has 39,000 outlets worldwide and YUM! India has now 600 outlets in India (KFC, Pizza Hut, Pizza Hut Delivery and Taco Bell).  YUM! India became the fastest growing multinational QSR chain in India during 2012 by opening 138 outlets in one year and it has a very clear and aggressive store opening plan to achieve a target of 1000 outlets by 2015 and 2000 outlets by 2020.
Yum! though its stringent process of selecting best-in-class suppliers has rightly selected Global Green who already have vast and varied experiences in global food safety, quality and customer servicing. Both companies are looking forward to a synergistic relationship that will be nefit each other in the long run. http://www.globalgreencompany.com/

Avantha Group: The Admired Indian Transnational Business Houses

The Avantha Group is one of India's leading business conglomerates. The Group has business interests in diverse areas, including pulp and paper, power transmission and distribution equipment and services, food processing, farm forestry, chemicals, energy, infrastructure, Information Technology (IT) and IT-enabled services.

Avantha Group is present in 90 countries with more than 25,000 employees worldwide. The company was founded by Lala Karam Chand Thapar in Kolkatta in the year 1933. Earlier, the company was known as the Thapar Group. Avantha Group is India’s second largest producer of coal prior to coal nationalization, the Thapar Group also had interests in sugar, paper, chemicals, textiles, banking, insurance, and engineering products and services. The Thapar Group went on to establish some of India’s most respected institutions, including Oriental Bank of Commerce, Oriental Insurance and Thapar University, to name a few.

The partition of the Thapar Group’s assets amongst its family members was completed at the turn of the century. Avantha is a thriving consolidation of the old conglomerate and Gautam Thapar represents the third generation of the illustrious business family, the baton having been passed on to him by his uncle, Mr. L.M. Thapar and his father, Mr. B.M. Thapar. The group of companies run by Gautam Thapar was rebranded as Avantha, and the new identity launched worldwide on 15th November 2007.

Presently led by Chairman Mr. Gautam Thapar, the Avantha Group demonstrates strong leadership globally and emerged as a focused corporate, leveraging its knowledge, leadership and operations to add lasting value for its stakeholders and investors.

Avantha Group includes companies like Crompton Greaves Limited, India's largest power equipment company, and Ballarpur Industries Limited (BILT), India's largest paper manufacturer, both listed on the Indian stock exchanges.

Across Avantha, good citizenship is a defined objective, with focused emphasis on education and community

With a rich heritage and a modern outlook, the organisation continues to evolve and expand across the globe and the group aims to become one of the most admired Indian transnational business houses by 2015.

To Become One Of The Most Admired Indian Transnational Business Houses By 2015:Avantha Group

By 2015, our Group will be recognised and admired in the world community. We will set benchmarks and be the gold standard in every business we operate in.

We will be a Group that combines the best of the old and the new: respect for people and relationships, integrity, our pioneering spirit and performance orientation.

In our businesses, we will:

Aggressively seek opportunities for profitable growth and creation of long term investment value

Be a leader in the domestic market

Establish a significant global footprint

Use technology as an asset and to our advantage

We will be admired for our people orientation: strong relationships with our employees and business partners, and a preferred employer status for our work culture, respect for people and learning opportunities.

We will be respected for being a good corporate citizen by adhering to best governance practices, and fulfilling our responsibility to society by engaging positively with our communities.

Ballarpur Industries Limited

Ballarpur Industries Limited (BILT) is India’s largest manufacturer of writing and printing (W&P) paper. BILT’s subsidiaries include Ballarpur International Graphic Paper Holdings B.V. (BIGPH); BILT Graphic Paper Products Limited (BGPPL); Sabah Forest Industries (SFI), Malaysia’s largest pulp and paper company; and Bilt Tree Tech Limited (BTTL), which runs BILT’s farm forestry programme in several states in India. Mr. R.R. Vederah is the Managing Director and Executive Vice Chairman.

In India, the company has six manufacturing units, giving it geographic coverage over most of the domestic market. The company has a dominant share of the high-end coated paper segment in India. It accounts for over 53% of the coated wood-free paper market, an impressive 80% of the bond paper market and nearly 35% of the hi-bright Maplitho market, besides being India's largest exporter of coated and uncoated paper.

Building on its unmatched paper quality, BILT ventured into the paper-based office stationery segment. The company markets its stationery through a well-established network of 350 retail distributors spread over 270 locations. BILT has mega brands such as BILT Royal Executive Bond, BILT Copy Power, BILT Image Copier and BILT Matrix that have now become an integral part of office stationery. BILT Ten on Ten notebooks are targeted at students and are also available with licensed characters such as Barbie, Spiderman, Winnie the Pooh, Hotwheels, Jungle King and Hannah Montana. BILT Student Stationery has won ‘Product of the Year’ award for the last three consecutive years. In 2008, BILT forayed into organised retail through P3 – Paper, Print and Pens – serving both B2C and B2B clients across India.

In 2005, BILT entered into the tissue and hygiene business with two brands: Etiquette and Spruce-up. Since then, the company has acquired Premier Tissues India Limited, the leading player in hygiene tissue products in the domestic retail market.

BILT’s acquisition of SFI, Malaysia, in 2007 was a watershed event – it was the first overseas acquisition by an Indian paper company, it transformed BILT into a major regional player, and elevated BILT’s ranking among the global top 100.

Avantha Technologies Limited

Avantha Technologies Limited is a designated technology outsourcing services (TOS) company. It offers a broad portfolio of business and technology solutions and services, including IT infrastructure support management, professional and engineering services, and consulting and business process outsourcing.

The company follows strict procedures to maintain complete confidentiality and integrity of the clients' data, and the backbone infrastructure meets the rigorous standards of ISO/IEC 27002:2005 - Information Security Management Systems (ISMS). Mr. Manoj Malhotra is the Director.

Engineering Solution Practice:

Avantha Technologies Limited has established Engineering Solution Practice (esp) in India for executing projects with expert groups from different engineering domains. Our offshore engineering teams have developed a unique road map to deliver Context to Core support for your product development goals in the short and long term.

Our value-driven services model can enhance your engineering processes by:

• Enabling your engineering teams to focus on high-end product design work while we provide Design Detailing, Meshing, Analysis or Legacy conversion services.
• Cutting costs across the product development spectrum by leveraging our India-based low-cost services.
• Increasing your team strength without increasing the team size by using our staffing model.
• Increasing design automation using our CAE, Tool Design or Design Customization capabilities.
• Shortening cycle time by utilizing the 24x7 model and India-based delivery.

We offer engineering services to industrial machinery, tool & die, automotive, medical equipment and the white goods industry. We have highly skilled engineers with established competencies in the fields of Concept Design, Computer-Aided Design (CAD), Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE), Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM), Reverse & Value Re-engineering, and Product Lifecycle Management implementation.

Crompton Greaves Announces Q4 Results, Reports Strong Sales & Solid Order Intake

Avantha Group Company CG reported its audited financial results for the 4th quarter and year ended March 31, 2013.

Consolidated Performance Highlights- 4th Quarter FY 2013

• Q4 FY13 Orders Received Rs. 2,983 crores, up by 32% over Q3 FY2013
• Q4 FY13 Revenue at Rs. 3,387 crores, up by 14% Q3 FY2013
• Net Profit at Rs. 25 crores for Q4 FY13, as compared to loss of Rs. 189 crores Q3 FY2013
• Consolidated order backlog of Rs. 9,126 cr as on March 31, 2013

Consolidated Performance Highlights- Financial Year 2013

• FY13 Orders Received (For Power and Industrial) Rs. 10,544 crores, up by 3% over last year
• FY13 Revenue at Rs. 12,094 crores, up by 8% over last year
• CG has declared a final dividend of 20 % amounting to Rs 0.40 per share for the financial year ended 31st March 2013.

Despite tough market conditions CG recorded a strong order intake and sales performance. In India, orders were driven by Industrial and Consumer activities, reporting growth of 20% and 22% respectively. International operations benefited from the successful market penetration in fast growing geographies like Middle East and Africa (Order intake Rs. 1,753 Cr, +230% y-o-y) and Latin America (Order intake Rs. 367 cr, +190% y-o-y).

Profitability of the business was impacted by restructuring of Power Transformers activity in Europe. The restructuring of Belgium operations has been completed during the year. The new European manufacturing platform in Hungary was scaled up as planned.

CEO and Managing Director, Laurent Demortier of Avantha Group Company CG said “2012-13 has been a year of transition for CG. The growth has enabled necessary structural changes to face new market conditions. Several new high-value adding activities have been launched (UHV, Power electronics, automation). We are now focused on penetrating high growth potential geographies by leveraging our cost effective manufacturing hub in India.”

Crompton Greaves Wins "Dun & Bradstreet Corporate Award 2012"

Mumbai : June 04 2013 : Avantha Group Company CG was honoured as the top Indian company in the Power Equipments sector for the year 2012 by Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) at their Corporate Awards event held in Mumbai. The award recognized and felicitated corporate India’s leading companies from various sectors.

The awards methodology was developed through a proprietary financial model, by D&B basis eight parameters viz; total income, net profit, net worth, net profit margin, return on net worth, average market capitalization for FY12, growth in total income and growth in net profit.

Commenting on receiving the award, Avantha Group Company CG’s CEO & Managing Director, Mr. Laurent Demortier said: “We are very pleased to receive the 2012 Dun & Bradstreet Corporate Award. It is indeed a proud moment for us to be the sole recipient of this award in the Power Equipments sector.  CG is well positioned to lead by example in the power equipment sector and is focused on leveraging India’s value differential in cost effective manufacturing & talent resource pool to offer its global customers innovative and energy efficient electrical products.”

About Avantha Group Company CG

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.

Avantha Group Company CG Grab $ 60 Million Contract In Iraq

MUMBAI: Avantha Group company CG on Tuesday said it has bagged an order worth $ 60 million for constructing four high voltage GIS substations on turnkey basis from the Iraq government.

"The $ 60 million contract has been awarded by the Electrical Transmission Project Office of the Ministry of Electricity (MOE) in Iraq," the company said in a statement.

CG company will design, manufacture, deliver and install the substations, thus helping upgrade and reinforce the existing 132 kV electricity transmission grid, it said.

"This win showcases the widened product scope and extended capabilities of CG that enable the company to offer optimal solutions to customers who are looking for integrated systems in smart power transmission. The technological up-gradation will help reach efficient power supply to end customers," Avantha Group Company CG Chief Executive and Managing Director Laurent Demortier said.

The delivery will include all electrical engineering works, 12 power transformers, medium voltage and high voltage gas insulated switchgear (GIS) and SCADA/ control and protection systems for the high voltage substations.

The project is expected to be completed by August 2014.

"CG has supplied high quality, reliable T&D products and has a successful track record of building similar substations in the Middle East region. We look forward to strengthening our relationship with the Ministry in Iraq as a long-standing partner," he added.