“The Specialist - Ravi Sarin, CEO, Essar Heavy Engineering Services”

Evolution is a key to success in any business and the story Essar Heavy Engineering Services (EHES) is an excellent example. Established in 2005, as Essar Projects India Ltd's ‘engineered to order' heavy fabrication facility in Hazira in 2005 to support its own projects, EHES has transformed itself into one of the top five finest heavy engineering companies in the country today.

In fact, EHES is amongst the elite group of companies not just in India but also globally to have specialised competency both in terms of capacity as well as capabilities. And the man who has been instrumental in making this happen is Ravi Sarin, Chief Executive Officer, Essar Heavy Engineering Services.

Sarin, who has been with the Essar Group for more than 22 years, is quick to underline the vision and support of the Group's Chairman Shashi Ruia. "EHES is Mr Ruia's brainchild who had conceptualised a state-of-the-art heavy engineering. Fabrication is a heavy investment industry and with management support, EHES was able to develop this facility by acquiring machinery and experienced engineers and managers, within a short span of five years as compared to 30-40 years of similar fabrication facilities in India.

All critical CNC and testing machines have been imported and infrastructure has been developed by Essar itself including the civil and mechanical works, plant structures and also EOT and gantry cranes. The journey, of course, has been very challenging."

Plant statistics Date when manufacturing started: 2006 Total plant area: 315,000 sq m Products manufactured: Pressure vessels, columns, reactors & heat exchangers for sectors like fertilizers, refineries, petrochemicals and oil & gas. Steel and power plant, material handling equipment & machinery Modular, skids & technological structures Capacity: Equipment - 15,000 mt/annum + Modular / Technological / Offshore - 15,000 mt/annum Number of employees: 180 approximately Investments made so far: Rs500 crore Recent milestones achieved: Winning critical and prestigious orders from multi nationals - for domestic and exports - and delivering world class, high quality products within required delivery schedule Current order book size: Rs385 crore Percentage of third party projects in above: 85 percent of orders/ projects Manufacturing principle followed: WCM Key machines used: CNC plate cutting, plate bending and forming machines, welding machines, CNC machines for drilling, boring, milling, etc. Testing facilities: Well equipped lab with destructive & NDT machines and instruments

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