Grasim forms JV with Germany’s Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen for composite hollow core insulators

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  • Oct 23,19
The JV - Aditya Birla Power Composites Ltd – will set up a manufacturing facility in Halol (Gujarat) and will reportedly spend Rs 100 crore over the next 3 to 5 years
Grasim forms JV with Germany’s Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen for composite hollow core insulators

Mumbai
 
Grasim Industries Ltd has formed a joint venture with Germany’s Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen GmbH (MR) for the manufacturing and sale of composite hollow core insulators (CHCI) to serve the power transmission and distribution industry globally. The JV - Aditya Birla Power Composites Ltd – will set up a manufacturing facility in Halol (Gujarat) and will reportedly spend Rs 100 crore over the next 3 to 5 years.
 
Kalyan Ram Madabhushi, CEO – Global Chemicals and Group Business Head – Fertilisers and Insulators, Aditya Birla Group, commented, “As an insulating solutions provider to power industry for over 50 years, this venture is a natural next step for Grasim to expand into the composite hollow insulator segment and we are happy to partner with the global quality leader in this segment, MR. Through cutting-edge technology and world class manufacturing, this JV will offer high-end competitive, innovative and sustainable solutions to our customers globally, and reaffirms our commitment to Make in India to serve the world.”
 
The joint venture brings together Aditya Birla Insulators (a unit of Grasim), the third largest global porcelain insulator player and Reinhausen Power Composites (a Unit of MR), the second largest hollow composite insulator player globally, with over five decades of combined experience in the insulator industry. Aditya Birla Power Composites will build a fully integrated plant at Halol, bringing the latest technology for composite hollow insulators from Europe. It will serve the insulator requirements of Indian and global OEMs in the power equipment industry, helping them to enhance their product proposition for the T&D utilities worldwide.
 
Dr Nicolas Maier-Scheubeck, CEO of the Reinhausen Group, said, “We look forward to expanding our presence to India, which is not just an attractive market but also a very competitive location for manufacturing such a high quality product. We are delighted to partner with such a large and reputed group, the Aditya Birla Group, for this venture, sharing our focus on quality and customer performance.”
 
Composite hollow core insulator is the fastest growing segment of insulators, and improves the performance as well as safety of power equipment. This facility will be the first such large scale plant for this range of products in India and will be the largest such plant outside of China.
 
Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen GmbH, founded in 1868, is a fifth generation family-owned company from Germany. It is the global leader for power transformer automation and control solutions, while 50 per cent of the electricity generated worldwide flows through MR products. It is also the leading global player for composite hollow core insulators outside China and known for its cutting edge technology. With 3,400 employees, MR generated a revenue of Euro 750 million in 2018.

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