Kolkata Special

Exide Industries Ltd is the country’s largest manufacturer of lead acid storage batteries and power storage solutions provider. With seven international standard factories spread across the country to manufacture batteries, the company offers one of the widest range of batteries for every conceivable application in the automotive as well as industrial segments. Exide also has manufacturing facilities in Sri Lanka and operates globally through its subsidiaries and international affiliates.

Exide’s products are sold globally, particularly in developed markets like Australia, Japan and Western Europe, under its own brand name.

The strong brand pull of the company for more than 100 years, is supplemented by its nationwide dealer network and a very strong R&D centre. With the help of its collaborators— Shin Kobe and Furukawa of Japan and East Penn of the US—Exide has consistently remained at the cutting edge of international battery technology and introduced various pioneering products and power storage solutions in the Indian and global markets.

Its vast product range, that includes everything from the smallest UPS batteries to the giant submarine batteries, finds application in the automotive, two-wheelers, inverters, UPS, power, telecom, railway and many other sectors. Exide is also present in the non-conventional energy business, where it designs and integrates solar and wind power solutions for use in remote areas of the country.

Exide’s customer list includes some of the topmost international names in industries as diverse as automotive, earth moving equipment, telecom and UPS manufacturing.

The company has recently branched out into the synergistic business of manufacturing and marketing its own range of home UPS systems, thereby offering complete end-to-end solutions to its customers.

With a net annual revenue of Rs 60.71 billion (as on March 31, 2013), the company is many times bigger than many of its competitors that are active in the branded lead acid storage business in India. The company has been consistently profitable for the last 64 years and is one of the top 100 Indian companies by market capitalisation.

For further details: 6A Hatibagan Road, Entally, Kolkata- 700014, Ph: 2286 6158/6159, [email protected], www.exide4u.com

“With a net annual revenue of Rs 60.71 billion, the company has been consistently profitable for the last 64 years and is one of the top 100 Indian companies by market capitalisation.

Core Technologies

Core Technologies was founded in 1997 by its proprietor Satyabrata Das. The company offers automation and embedded solutions for technical educational institutes and industry. It provides consulting services for multi-disciplinary projects in the fields of instrumentation, industrial automation, data acquisition, power electronics and drives, solar energy, security and fire alarm systems, apart from other industrial sectors. The company has introduced embedded systems training courses with focus on industry.

Satyabrata Das, a graduate from IIT-Kharagpur, in Instrumentation Engineering, has implemented a wide range of projects in different fields of engineering.The company’s latest R&D focus is in true colour displays, embedded video, power electronics and specialised drives. The company looks forward to specialising in mobile applications interfaced with embedded systems.

Core Technologies provides turnkey solutions from concept to manufacturing. The end products cater to automotive, railways, avionics, defence and other industrial sectors.

In all the projects undertaken, Core Technologies designs solutions based on the requirements of the customer in terms of pricing, technology and the manufacturing process. The solutions are shielded from being copied or replicated. Constant innovation and result oriented research and development drive the company to perfection.

Contact details: Suite No. 8A, 3rd Floor, 184, Lenin Sarani, Kolkata 700013. Ph: 033-22126863/6865; Mob: +91-9831027878, +91-9831444777; [email protected]; www.core-technologies.com

Printed Electronics Pvt Ltd has been a leading distributor of electronic components in the eastern regions of India, with its base in Kolkata for the last three decades. It sources and delivers the best chips, microchips, PCBs and other electronic components. The company has established its reputation by virtue of the quality of its products, services, price and the support it delivers to its customers.

LED lighting is one of its new ventures, and the company is focused on manufacturing commercial and industrial lighting solutions, aiming to offer best in class products at market driven prices.

Printed Electronics is headed by Vishnu Kumar Goyal, managing director, an IIT-Kanpur graduate with the vast experience of 36 years in the electronics field. He is supported by his son, Mukesh Goyal, an MBA, who brought with him the energy, ideas, and the passion to make the world cleaner and greener with the firm’s ‘GLOW green’ range of LED lights. With GLOW green, the company is committed to bringing the most energy-efficient green lighting solutions for the everyday needs of its customers. Its LED solutions are ideal for use in factories, hotels, hospitals, showrooms, building premises, malls, street and building lighting. The company has a wide range of the most energy efficient LED lights to suit any lighting requirement.

For further details: 14, Chittaranjan Avenue, 1st Floor, Kolkata 700072, India; Ph: +91 33 40066071, 9830948665; [email protected]; www.glowgreen.co.in

Power Services

Power Services was established in 1982 by Ramesh Baid. The company’s main focus was on inverters and emergency lights. During the three decades of its operations, Power Services has established itself as one of the leading players in eastern India. The company’s brand ‘Power House’ has earned a good reputation within the industry, which prefers this brand when it comes to calling for tenders to meet the requirements for power solutions.

Power Services constantly focuses on innovative power solutions. It does not push what is readily available but studies its customers’ needs and designs solutions to match them. The company is very particular about its after sales service. It is also a leading name in the following segments: transformers, inductors, battery chargers, boost chargers for power plants, stabilisers (relay type to servo controlled, up to 1000 kVA), water level controllers, sensors, hooters, solid state call

Power Services indicators, control and protection relays, AMF relays, lighting controllers, light chasers, stage light controllers, etc. Power Services is a SSI and NSIC registered unit. It has inhouse facilities for transformer winding, to design any power electronics control device, for testing, assembly and has production facilities for similar electrical and electronic products/control devices. Some of its regular customers are Larsen & Tubro Ltd, Bridge & Roof Co I Ltd, Hindustan Uniliver Ltd, Bharat Electronics, BHEL, Usha Martin Industries Ltd, Usha Telehoist Ltd, Facor Ltd, Geological Survey of India, Eastern Regional Electricity Board, etc.

For further details: 33, Phears Lane, Kolkata 700073; Assembly Unit 1: AB 34, Prafulla Kanan, Kolkata 700 101; Ph: +91-033-2236-0575, +91-033-22370508, 9830061285, 9836398664, [email protected]; www.indiapowerhouse.com

Baid Power Services Pvt Ltd 

Baid Power Services Pvt Ltd was established in 2003 with the vision of developing new and innovative products in the field of digital electronics, microcontrollers, instrumentation and power electronics. Within a short span of time the company has developed and launched many successful products and solutions in the market. Some of the products are well established within the industry.

Its products carry the brand name, ‘BPS’. The BPS team has expertise in designing various custom solutions and has introduced the latest technical innovations in the field of Nurse Call Monitoring Systems—the microcontrollerbased NCM Series 640. The system is designed totally inhouse, to suit Indian conditions.

Nurse Call Monitoring System Series 640 informs the nursing staff in a hospital about the sequence of calls received, thus minimising the chances of any call being overlooked or left unattended. The call register maintains the sequence in which calls from different beds are received. The system is flexible and can accept calls from up to 64 beds at one nurse station. The company also undertakes new product design, embedded system design, PCB design and development on technology transfer model.

It also manufactures the Intelligent Queue Management System for OPDs at hospitals, called the iQMS.

Another innovation from the BPS team is the BPS Servo Controller–Digital. It is a complete metering and control solution for servo stabilisers, for a wide range of input voltages and also a wide range of load requirement.

Contact details: 152, B Block, Lake Town, Kolkata 700 089; Ph: 033 2534 3662, 033 2521 0322, 9830061285, 9836398664; anupam@indiapowerhouse. net; www.indiapowerhouse.net

Metravi Instruments Pvt Ltd

Metravi is among the largest distributors of electrical and electronic test and measuring instruments in India. The company has been operating in this line of business since 1970 and caters to the needs of almost all the major government, quasi-government, private and public sector industries in the defence, telecom, power generation, and iron and steel sectors. Keeping pace with the latest cutting-edge technology, the company continuously introduces new products and hence has become a ‘one-stop shop’ for all electrical and electronic measurement requirements, including voltmeters, ammeters, oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers and high voltage testing equipment.

The Metravi brand is widely accepted in the industry. High quality workmanship, accuracy, ruggedness and value for money have made Metravi a favoured choice with customers. Prompt deliveries and a quick response for after sales service are the major strengths of the company. Almost all instruments are available off-the-shelf, which ensures prompt deliveries. For after sales service, Metravi has a team of experienced technicians equipped with high quality test tools and equipment to take care of servicing.

The company’s team of experts always look for opportunities to introduce new high quality instruments with the latest technology. Metravi also undertakes calibration jobs prior to organisations acquiring calibration certificates, in accordance with national and international standards.

Contact details: 32A, Ganesh Chandra Avenue, 4th Floor, Kolkata 700013, West Bengal, Ph: +91-33-22151376/22159759, [email protected], www.metravi.com

Cambridge Instruments & Engineering Co 

Cambridge Instruments & Engineering is a pioneer manufacturer of electrical and electronic test and measuring instruments, having served the country’s needs for the last five decades. Since its inception in 1963 as a proprietorship firm and from the year 2007 as partnership firm, the company has been manufacturing a range of products including analogue and digital insulation tester, earth tester, tong tester, AC/DC clamp meter, clip on power factor meter, watt meter, phase sequence indicator, multimeter, digital micro ohm meter, electric motor checker, high voltage, breakdown tester, oil test set, relay test set, tachometer, light meter, thermometer, power meter, power supply, frequency meter, function generator and various types of scientific and laboratory instrument.

The company has a team of qualified and experienced experts to ensure that the best quality of products and services are delivered to the customer. The company offers all the standard equipment necessary for calibration, which adhere to national and international standards.

Its list of clients include majors like all State electricity boards i.e., Tamil Nadu State electricity Board, Andhra Pradesh State Electricity Board, West Bengal State Electricity Board etc. Railways, Steel Plants, Thermal Power Projects, GRIDCO, Orissa, Jodhpur Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd, Central Railways, NTPC, BHEL, Central Power Research Institute, Dept of Atomic Energy, Hindalco Industries Ltd, HCL, TELCO, JK Industries Ltd etc.

The company has three partners are Prakash Chandra Sharma, Manoj Sharma and Rajesh Sharma.

Contact details: Works: 23/2, Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad Road, Howrah, 711 101 Ph: 2666-1791/1192

Office: 55, Ezra Street, 4th floor, Yamuna Bhawan, Kolkata, 700001, Telefax: 22354098, [email protected], [email protected], www.cieinstruments.com