IMI Precision Engineering opens a major manufacturing facility in Noida
New Delhi, October 25th
Today saw the plant opening ceremony of IMI Precision Engineering’s brand new 67,000 square foot facility in the prime industrial area of Noida, Uttar Pradesh. This is IMI Precision Engineering’s second largest manufacturing site in the Asia Pacific region, and has been built to meet the demand for its branded products.
Known for brands such as IMI Norgren, IMI Buschjost, IMI FAS, IMI Herion and IMI Maxseal, IMI Precision Engineering is a world leader in pneumatic motion and fluid control technologies.WithIMI’s global manufacturing and product standards at its core, this new ‘built to suit’ plant has used Lean principals throughout andreplicates best practice from its many manufacturing centres throughout the world.
Kuldeep Bhan, Managing Director of IMI Precision Engineering- India said: “This is an exciting time for us to be in India. Our expansion plan is aligned with the government’s‘Make in India’ strategy and is now moving to the execution phase. Over the next few years, we will be further increasing our product and technical offering.
“By localising production of its most popular pneumatic motion and fluid control components, IMI Precision Engineering will be able to cut lead times by supplying locally manufactured products to global manufacturing standards.”
Massimo Grassi, Divisional Managing Director said: “This purpose-built facility in India places the company in an ideal situation to expand the business in the Industrial Automation, Commercial Vehicle, Rail, Life Science, Energy, and Food & Beverage sectors.The plant will form an important part of our global strategy to deliver growth, customer satisfaction and operational excellence.”
Andrew Taylor, Regional Managing Director for Asia Pacific said “India is an important and growing market. IMI Precision Engineering is actively supporting the government’s ‘Make in India’ initiative to promote manufacturing of products locally. By tripling production space, we will be in a much stronger position to serve our many customers, sales and service offices across India.”
About IMI Precision Engineering
A world leader in pneumatic motion and fluid control technologies, IMI Precision Engineering works closely with customers to gain a deeper understanding of their engineering needs, and then connects its people, products and expertise to give their equipment and their business a clear advantage. IMI Precision Engineering’s reputation rests on a world-class portfoliothat includes the IMI Norgren, IMI Buschjost, IMI FAS, IMI Herion and IMI Maxseal brands, and the innovation and technical expertise of its 6000 people. A subsidiary of the £1.75 billion turnover engineering group IMI plc, IMI Precision Engineering has a sales and service network in 75 countries, in the USA, Germany, UK India, and China, and manufacturing facilities around the world of high performance products, the, and an ability to deliver exceptional local service.
About IMI plc
IMI plc, the specialist engineering company, designs, manufactures and services highly engineered products that control the precise movement of fluids. Its innovative technologies, built around valves and actuators, enable vital processes to operate safely, cleanly, efficiently and cost effectively. The Group works with industrial customers across a range of high growth sectors, including energy, transportation and infrastructure, all of which are benefiting from the impact of long-term global trends including climate change, urbanisation, resource scarcity and an ageing population. IMI employs around 11,000 people, has manufacturing facilities in more than 20 countries and operates a global service network. The Company is listed on the London Stock Exchange.Further information is available at www.imiplc.com.