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Luminous ties up with IIT Chennai for Joint engine development

To open engine R&D and test bed facility in Chennai

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Last Updated : Jan 21 2013 | 4:48 AM IST

Luminous Teleinfra Ltd. (LTI), a venture of 250 million US$ SAR Group, has started its engine R&D and test bed facility in Chennai (Kandanchavadi) to develop diesel products amalgamating the innovative power solutions with engine technology.

In a pioneering effort, LTI has joined hands with IIT Chennai for engine and new concept development for its DG products, so as to provide fuel efficient and durable Diesel Genset products at competitive price.

Commenting on the developments Mr. Rakesh Malhotra, Founder & CEO, Luminous Power Technologies said, “IIT Chennai has established its forte in innovations and research and we are extremely proud to be associated with them. This collaboration will further strengthen our knowledge base to develop world class engines based on optimized fuel consumption. The test bed facility will aid us forge new milestones in areas of research and development in future.”

LTI will initially develop Diesel Gensets that ranges from 3 KVA to 30 KVA. This will cater all kinds of domestic markets viz. Commercial, Industrial and Telecom. LTI core team for Diesel Genset products consists of qualified engineers from reputed institutes (IITs) & experienced with leading Engine OEMs.

With a planned investment of 2.5 Crores INR, LTI has world class engine equipments from AVL, Austria and SAJ to test performance, emission and noise. Furthermore, LTI is planning to expand its R&D facility with IIT Research Park.

About Luminous Teleinfra:-
Luminous Teleinfra Limited (LTI), a venture of US$ 250 million SAR Group, provides Innovative Integrated Passive Infrastructure solutions and products to Wireless Telecom Customers worldwide with a clear commitment to deliver significant reductions in energy consumption & carbon emissions. LTI has set up a manufacturing facility in India for telecom batteries with a manufacturing capacity of more than 1 billion AH and manufacturing facility for power electronics with an annual capacity to manufacture 60,000 units.  LTI is committed not only to provide cost effective products & solutions to its customers, but also to provide Operation & Maintenance service for BTS sites. Leveraging unique R&D & technology strengths in both Power Conversion & Energy Storage of the group, 20 patents have been filed so far in the field of Power Conditioning, Deep Cycle Battery & Renewable solutions.

About Luminous Power Technologies
Luminous Power is leading Power & energy Storage Company with a global presence, delivering high quality products for home, commercial, telecom towers & renewable energy systems. Founded in 1988, the group has revenue exceeding US $ 250 million in FY 09-10 and projected to be US $ 500 million by FY 10-11. The group businesses include Power Backup, Power Storage, Distributed Power Generation, Renewable & Alternate Energy solutions and Physical infrastructure solutions for IT & Telecom, Engineering Design & Support services, Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles and mobile phones & accessories. Luminous markets its products to over 36 countries worldwide. Its Global technology centers located in India, United States & China deliver cutting edge technology that goes into every luminous product. Luminous follows its proprietary UGC (Universal Grid Compatibility) process to ensure consistency & very high standard of reliability of its products anywhere in the world. Luminous has been consistently winning awards & accolades for market leadership and excellent reliability of its products. Luminous is the proud recipient of Frost & Sullivan Industry Technological Leadership award for market penetration in DC-AC Inverters in Non Renewable Energy markets in Asia Pacific.

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First Published: Sep 07 2010 | 7:05 PM IST

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