After it started off as a support team to Essar Projects, over the years, EHES developed the skill and technology to carry out highly critical and niche segment jobs. Sarin knew that he was competing with players who have been in the business for decades. "So we focused on two things: speed and getting things right first time. We had to achieve in a few years what others had done in decades," Sarin told The Machinist during its recent visit to the facility in Hazira.

For example, Sarin learnt and implemented very early in its journey that it needs to have separate plants and storage for carbon steel and stainless steel. "It was during an early project that we came to know of this requirement and immediately implemented it. It was a bit challenging initially but we knew that this would benefit us in the long run and it definitely has."

Today, EHES has the capacity to manufacture heavy equipment for the fertilizer, refinery, petrochemicals, power, steel, port handling, and several other allied industries. EHES manufactures and fabricates a wide range of engineered-to-order heavy equipment such as pressure vessels, reactors, vacuum vessels, cranes and steel plant equipment.

EHES had the advantage of fabricating various types of equipment for its own projects in the initial years till 2012. For example, EHES played a major role in the expansion of Essar's Vadinar refinery and the 10-million Essar Steel plant at Hazira. It has also worked with Essar steel at Minnesota, USA and in Paradip.

"During this period, EHES gained experience and also established systems and certifications such as ASME U, U2, S & R Stamps, ISO9001, OHSAS18001, ISO14001, IBR, CCOE, etc. Apart from this, EHES established the required approvals with about 100 renowned Indian and global companies," Sarin said. And it is not wonder that presently, EHES is executing 85 percent of jobs for external customers in India and abroad secured through reputed multinational companies.

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