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January 2012
in hand. One of the major projects
bagged by it is the deal for the Tata
plant for light commercial vehicles
at Dharwad, Karnataka, and for the
Ford plant at Sanand where the pro-
duction rate will be very high.
Commenting on the need for a
strong local vendor base, Mr. An-
dreas Stedtfeld says: “We have iden-
tified and developed good vendors
in India. A strong local vendor base
is important to stay competitive. We
have to confine import to highest
technology scope only, so we must
find local vendors with good quali-
ties”.
Heavy metal sheet and steel struc-
ture cabins and conveyors are a few
products supplied to the company
by local vendors.
The most innovative products en-
gineered and imported to a signifi-
cant extent from Germany are the
rotative conveyor system for pre-
treatment and E-Coating (“RoDip”),
the application technology and the
new dry scrubber system for paint
separation in the paint cabin (“Eco-
DryScrubber”).
As a world leader, Dürr is target-
ing OEM orders with a key role
played by the passenger and com-
mercial vehicle segment.
With Dürr’s entry in India, the lo-
cal customers have access to world
class painting technology available
at a competitive price. Dürr on a
global scale generates around 80 per
cent of its sales in business with the
automotive industry. However, with
its affiliated company Schenck Ro-
Tec Ltd., Noida, Dürr is also active
in manufacturing, sales and service
of balancing and diagnostic systems,
a 25-year-old operation. It is also ca-
tering for other industries. Another
business unit for cleaning and filtra-
tion systems is operating from Pune.
Furthermore, Dürr India stepped
into the fast developing energy and
environmental systems segment
about two years ago. Currently the
second big project on a thermal oxi-
dizer plant for a chemical company
in Andhra Pradesh is in progress and
another project will be started soon
in Gujarat. With this enhanced ac-
tivity, Dürr is contributing a lot to
reduction in the CO
2
, NO
X
, VOC
(volatile organic components) levels
in India and meeting worldwide pol-
lution control standards.
As in the case of OEMs them-
selves, Dürr has successfully ex-
panded its capacities on the sub-
continent with a view to effectively
serving the local market. Recently
the company took a share in the
execution of a paintshop project in
Thailand. Deployment of Indian
experts for China, Germany and
Morocco and the fact that almost
a quarter of the engineering work
done at Dürr India’s main office in
Chennai related to projects for the
Dürr Group outside India reflect the
high level of competence achieved
by the company with an employee
strength of 195.
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products & components
Its ability to supply upto 70 per
cent of equipment for paintshop
and final assembly systems based
on local suppliers makes it easier
for Dürr to handle developments on
the Indian market.