Benchmark launches oval pipe water heater

Ahmedabad-based benchmark agencies has launched the oval pipe water heater in India which it claims is 20 per cent more efficient than round-based pipe water heaters.

The oval pipe heaters are priced nearly 10 per cent more the round-based pipe heaters.

Benchmark Agencies Director Nisheeth Joshi told reporters here that Gujarat had "huge potential for gas-based water heaters considering that a significant number of homes in areas like Surat and Ankleshwar use LPG or PNG."

He added that the market for gas-based geysers was growing by 30-40 per cent each year and that over the next two years over 80 per cent of Gujarat would prefer gas to electricity when it came to heaters.

"The volume of heat load handled by an electrical heater is three kilo watts whereas that of a gas-based heater is much more..around 12 kilo watts," he said.

The company is also looking to expand its presence in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.