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Delta, a global provider of power and thermal management solutions, will expand its R&D and manufacturing operations in the country with new facilities in Bangalore and Hosur respectively, in line with its long-term plans to harness India’s significant long-term growth potential. Delta India Electronics plans to develop smart energy management solutions with industry-leading energy efficiency at its new R&D centre which is expected to create up to 500 engineering jobs within the next 3 years. In the next 10 years, Delta’s new factory in Hosur is expected to create up to 20,000 jobs for the manufacturing of power electronics, renewable energy and automation solutions.
James Ng, chairman of Delta Electronics (Thailand), parent company of Delta India, said, “Delta recognises the potential of India to become a powerhouse in manufacturing and its need for high energy efficiency which is one of Delta’s core competences. We believe our new R&D centre in Bangalore will be instrumental in the creation of innovative and energy-efficient technologies that will support the realisation of national initiatives such as ‘Make in India’ and ‘Digital India’.”
Delta was one of the multinational companies invited by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the opening event of Digital India in July 2015.
The new R&D centre in Bangalore is expected to create up to 500 high-tech jobs within the next three years and focus on technologies such as mega-watt scale power conversion and power quality. The new plant in Hosur is expected to start operations in early 2017 and will supply the local marketplace with smart, high-efficiency telecom power systems, industrial automation solutions, UPS, renewable energy inverters and converters as well as solutions for display and monitoring.
Dalip Sharma, managing director of Delta India Electronics, remarked, “Delta is recognised as a sustainable enterprise by world-class institutions such as the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) and the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) given its commitment to the development of solutions that truly help customers save energy. Providing telecom networks with green power, enabling energy-efficient and smart manufacturing processes and data centres and even realising green buildings are part of Delta’s contributions for a better tomorrow”.
At Elecrama 2016, Delta exhibited for the first time in India its entire portfolio of smart solutions with industry-leading energy efficiency for a wide range of sectors such as green energy generation, industrial automation, telecom and even agriculture. Its PV inverters, featuring the world’s highest energy efficiency of up to 98.7 percent, support residential, commercial and megawatt-scale projects. Delta’s innovative solar trackers increase output by up to 30 percent versus fixed-mount structures. “Our VFD controllers combine with solar power to provide Indian farmers with a clean and energy-saving water pumping solution for irrigation,” Sharma added.
