Partnering for growth and profit in sugar
Maharashtra is also India's second largest state for sugar processing, following Uttar Pradesh. The two states account for 45 percent of India's sugar mills and 70 percent of the country's production. In Pune, over 80 percent of sugar mills use ABB measurement and analytics solutions to motor control and drives, which are especially helpful in reducing energy consumption in centrifuge and refining applications. There are further opportunities for expansion in sugar mills abroad. For example, Hi Tech Automation has been making inroads into the sugar industry, armed with comprehensive products and solutions from ABB.
"Working with an ABB channel partner means having immediate access to experts with world-class skills and resources, plus an in-depth understanding of local business needs and conditions. ABB as a brand is well accepted in the sugar market because of its reliable and high-quality products, and this has helped us gain entry into this sector. Customers are always eager to learn how ABB solutions can help their processes. This brand recognition gives us an added advantage when we are facing tough competition and market volatility," said Santosh Kalaskar and Chandrahas Anvekar, Directors, Hi Tech Automation.
Taking clean solar irrigation to the next level
The government of India has recently launched a revamped scheme to encourage solar irrigation, which will include solar pump subsidies as well as incentives for power distribution companies to buy power for farmers to replace diesel options. A leading start-up manufacturer of solar pump controller in Pune, Ecozen Solutions Pvt Ltd has been partnering with ABB drives, which provide additional value to solar pump irrigation packages to farmers across India.
"ABB solar pump drives complement our remote monitoring and analytics platform well. When enough radiation is available, the ABB solar pump drive starts automatically and the motor connected to it begins to run the pump to draw water, stopping the flow at sunset, thereby avoiding wastage.The monitoring and analytics helps us to provide aggressive after sales support to our customers. Hence, this collaboration is used by most of the solar pump installers across the country. In addition, ABB also has a large business network that will help us develop our business in the future," said Prateek Singhal, Co-founder & COO at Ecozen solution.
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